Cinnamon Roll
Biscuits
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Ingredients for Biscuits:
3 cups plain flour
1 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Ingredients for Vanilla Glaze:
1 1/3 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter
2 teaspoons corn syrup
2 tablespoons milk
Instructions:
1. Pre-heat oven
to 425 degrees
2. Whisk flour,
baking powder, and salt together
3. Using a grater,
shave cold butter into dry ingredients
4. Use pastry
blender to cut butter into the flour
5. Add buttermilk
(use as much is needed to get dough to form into a ball - I had to use all of
it)
6. Stir with a
fork until dough forms into a ball - do not over mix
7. Place on well
floured surface (original recipe recommends a silicon mat)
8. Gently roll
into a 10x15 inch rectangle
9. Brush surface
with melted butter
10. Mix sugar and
cinnamon together
11. Sprinkle
sugar-cinnamon mix over melted butter
12. Roll the dough
up length-wise (like a jelly roll) - seal edges where it comes together
13. Dough will be
fragile - make sure dough is well floured underneath.
14. Using a sharp
serrated knife (or dental floss), cut into 1 1/2 inche slices
15. Grease a 10
inch round pan (I used a 13x9 casserole dish)
16. Place rolls on
greased pan
17. Bake for 25
minutes or until golden brown
18. Cool for five
minutes
19. Turn out onto
a plate - top side up
20. Combine all
ingredients for vanilla glaze - add as much milk as necessary for desired
consistency.
21. Drizzle glaze
over warm rolls
22. Enjoy
Mark's Notes:
1. A fairly
significant mistake is that I inadvertently used 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking
powder rather than the 1 1/2 tablespoon of baking powder. I only used 1/3 of the baking powder I
needed. That would affect the rise and
consistency. This just gives me an
excuse to make another batch at some point.
2. I didn't use a grater for the butter. I cut it up really fine with a knife.
3. Someday I will
own a pastry blender. For now, I have
always used a fork to blend it in. A
pastry blender would be easier.
4. When adding the
buttermilk, the original recipe says to use as much as necessary to form into a
ball. I had to use all of it.
5. It should make
10 biscuits. I somehow ended up with 12.
6. The above picture does not have the glaze on it yet.
6. The above picture does not have the glaze on it yet.
Mark's Story:
Well, this is a continuation of the story from the
Cinnamon Roll recipe. After I made the
Cinnamon Rolls, we were watching The Next
Great Baker on TLC. One team had a
recipe for Cinnamon Roll Biscuits. This
is quick bread recipe - no yeast - no kneading - no waiting for dough to
rise. So, I decided to try this recipe
as well. I imagine the two different
glazes that are drizzled at the end can be switched. This biscuit recipe has a more ingredients
for the glaze.
Here is the link to the original recipe from The Next Great Baker on TLC:
http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/next-great-baker/recipes/cinnamon-roll-biscuits-recipe.htm
