Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Cinnamon Swirls

I stayed up last night making these so the kids could have them in their lunches today. At 11:30 I was finally on my way to bed, with warm cinnamon rolls cooling on the rack in the kitchen. I was looking forward to getting up in the morning and having a relatively quick and easy job packing the lunches for school and daycare.... And then, as seems relatively run of the mill in this family.... something happened. At 6am my boys woke up and started talking in their room instead of going downstairs. This of course woke the baby up, which they noticed, and so quickly left the room to go watch TV before they got into trouble. In their haste, they forgot to close the door to the bedroom causing the baby to start screaming at the top of his lungs. So much for sleeping another hour. Then after getting the baby settled and back to sleep, I got up to go start making breakfast and lunch, only to discover that while I was dealing with a hollering infant, the boys had inhaled nine of the twelve cinnamon buns. So much for easy.... I ended up having to make muffins this morning too.

Cinnamon Buns

3 cups All purpose Flour blend (see prior post)
4 tbsp Splenda
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup margarine

1 1/2 cups goat milk yogurt

1 tbsp margine melted
cinnamon to sprinkle

Mix first 5 ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Cut in margarine until it is the size of peas. Add yogurt in and mix gently, then turn onto a clean surface and knead the dough until it is mixed. Press the dough flat on parchment paper (to prevent sticking) in the shape of a large rectangle (approx 8" by 15") Spread with melted margarine and sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll the rectangle width wise and cut into 1" slices. Place on parchment paper and cook for 15 minutes at 400*F. Allow to cool on the baking sheet before removing.

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