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| Has anyone made a raised dough pastry spiraled like a cinnamon roll, same ingredients, and then rolled it to a 1/4"-3/8" thickness before rising and baking? The final thickness is about 1" or less.
Have heard that these are sold in some bakeries. They were described as 4"-6" diameters. Is there a name for these? My 'regular' cinnamon rolls are 1 1/2" high. Since I tend to used lots of goodies in the filling, I believe I would have to begin any experimenting with just sugar and cinnamon filling. If anyone has already mastered the skill of these, I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks
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- Posted by ginger_st_thomas (My Page) on Tue, Apr 22, 08 at 5:04
| Sounds like elephant ears. Some are made with yeast, others not. The one below has yeast. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Elephant ears
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- Posted by shirleywny5 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 22, 08 at 6:24
| I use my bread machine on dough cycle to make my sweet roll mix. You may cut the rolled up dough thinner and place them farther apart on the baking tray and flatten with your hand or use a rolling pin. When I make the thinner flatter ones, I use only butter, white sugar and cinn. I substitute brown sugar if I am making them thicker and place them closer together on the baking sheet. When done, I like a drizzle of frosting on top. Another note, I always use water instead of milk in my sweet roll recipes. |
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- Posted by blueberrier1 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 22, 08 at 13:28
| Thanks Shirley and Ginger, Will try the elephant ear technique in the next few days with GDTs. Will try some raised and unraised. My favorite sweet roll dough is similar to European Easter breads=very rich! May or may not have potatoes, but always has milk and lots of eggs. Just now the new hens are working overtime, so for a 9 cup flour recipe, I use 3-4 whole eggs and a half cup of yolks and only a 1/2 cup of butter. For several years, I have been addicted to Vietnamese cinnamon Premium with 5% oil that I buy in pound pkgs from our food coop. I was not aware of the variation in cinnamons until I tried three kinds side by side, in coffee and in rolls. This Vietnamese is the sweetest variety I have found. |
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- Posted by ginger_st_thomas (My Page) on Tue, Apr 22, 08 at 16:44
| I've been using the Saigon cinnamon from Penzey's & like it very much. It's the only other kind I've tried other than the supermarket type but I'll take just about anything with cinnamon in it. |
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- Posted by shirleywny5 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 23, 08 at 6:49
| Many times I will use a Brioche recipe for my sweet rolls. In that particular recipe I do use milk and lots of eggs. |
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