Ohhhh baby, today is a particularly great day.
Not only is it 70 degrees and sunny out, but it’s also the day that I get to share Josh’s famous Cinnamon Roll recipe with all of YOU!!!
First a little background. If you follow us on Instagram then you might have seen our littlest chick hanging out with Zoey a lot lately, her new BFF. Seriously, these girls are inseparable. They could play for days and never get tired of each other. I think this has to do with the fact that they’re both super independent, carefree and equally as obsessed with clothes, makeup and playing make believe. ha!
Anywho, Josh and Jamie are Zoe’s parents, and through attending events together and play dates, our families have become really great friends!
Something that immediately bonded our little families together, was the fact that Cason and Josh BOTH loved being in the kitchen. Jamie, the kids and I are definitely spoiled because when we spend time with each other, it’s a serious eating fest.
This past Saturday our two families got together for a combined garage sale, and Jamie talked Josh into selling his famous cinnamon rolls, right along with all the other garage sale goodies. The proceeds for the garage sale went to help raise money for Jamie and Josh’s upcoming adoption.
I kid you not, his cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting were AWESOME and they sold like crazy!
It was hard for me to catch each little step through pictures, because Jamie and I were busy wrangling the crowd outside, but I managed to snag a few photos of Josh in action.
Because I missed a few steps during the process I wanted to try out the recipe for myself, so my Mom and I got together after Sunday dinner to whip up a batch of our own. The recipe is fail proof, but I thought I’d add in a few little tips and tricks that I learned along the way.
1. If possible, use the Lehi Roller Mill Unbleached Turkey Brand Flour from Costco.
I don’t know why, but it DOES make a difference. We used regular ol’ flour and the cinnamon rolls STILL turned out really awesome, but they just seemed to have a heavier, bread-ier texture, compared to Josh’s, that were light and cake-y.
2. After you’ve mixed your dough and set it in a bowl to rise, keep it in a warm place and cover it with a tea towel or partially closed lid. You DO NOT want to close your bowls lid completely, the dough needs a bit of air, you’re really just keeping a little something over it so that the dough doesn’t get dried out and form a crust on the top.
3. When mixing the brown sugar and cinnamon for your filling, sift it together if you have any hard pieces. We don’t use a lot of brown sugar in our house (unless we’re baking) so sometimes it can get a bit hard, even with a piece of bread in the jar to help keep it fresh. I think a lot of this has to do with where we live, but sifting the brown sugar helps to break up any rough bits.
4. If you remember from above, Josh had a very sharp serratedknife that he was using to cut his cinnamon roll loaf, and that works great! But if you don’t have a really sharp knife on hand, I recommend dental floss. Yup, you read that right… flavorless dental floss! You just slide a piece underneath your loaf, bring the sides up, cross them and you’re done!
This is a trick my Mom taught me, so I thought I’d let her share it with all of you as well!
5. Make more frosting. I had to skimp on the second batch and my family was a littledisappointed.
I would just make DOUBLE what the recipe calls for, and if you have some left over then just pop it in the freezer. It keeps really nicely and when you need some awesome homemade cream cheese frosting for cupcakes or whatnot, it’s ready to go!
PS: This simple, quick frosting recipe is THE BEST I’ve had in a long time. I think it’s the tiny bit of salt that makes the difference. It just cuts out some of theoverwhelmingsweetness that frosting can sometimes have.
Aaaand here’s me trying to do a photoshoot with a fresh cinnamon roll, before it was snatched up by my guy.
Yes. They are THAT good.
I have to be honest and say that my Mom expressed her interest in wanting to share a favorite recipe or two of her own on our blog, and this got us thinking…
What recipe(s) do you have in YOUR arsenal that you feel are better than EVERYONE else’s?
Not just a recipe that you like, or is “pretty good”… but something you feel knocks peoples socks off! Maybe a dish that’s been handed down in your family, something you’ve invented or maybe even just a recipe that you feelcompletelytrumps all the others when it comes to that specific item.
(ex: chocolate chip cookies, pie, bread, chickenenchiladas, etc…)
I would have to say that our Buttermilk Banana Bread isdefinitelymine. Yummmmmy!
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Just like Josh and my Mom, a lot of our readers don’t have the time, energy or blogs to share their favorite recipes with others, but would love to, so Cason and I were talking about how much fun it would be to try out a new reader recipe favorite every once in awhile, and blog about it!
Sort of like a guest post, but we’ll do all the work!
Cason will do the cooking/baking of course, because well, he’s just way better at that and loves it… and I will do all the photographing. We think it could be really fun!
If you’d like to enter YOUR all-time favorite recipe for us to try out and share, simply send these few things to: ReaderRecipeFaves@gmail.com
Your Recipe – Withpreferredtitle name and detailed ingredients and instructions.
Your Contact info – name, location and best email address to reach you.
We can’t wait to see what yummy, awesome recipes everyone has hiding in their cupboards!
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