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I don't even live close, but I'd be willing to drive there just to enjoy the aroma
I absolutely love fresh cinnamon rolls.
We go to the Oklahoma State Fair every year & spend .... I think around $8 each for a cinnamon roll ??? Maybe if I can ever retire & have spare time I can learn how to make some.
My mom makes fresh cinnamon rolls and oh are they oh so good. She always made them Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter mornings. Sometimes instead of making the dough herself, she would buy the roll dough in the freezer section to cut out the time in preparation. She would put the dough on a plate in the fridge overnight to thaw and slowly rise. Then the next morning finish the rising and rolling it out spread a little butter on them, then sprinkling with cinnamon and sugar then roll and cut and rise again and bake. This way wasn't as difficult as making the dough from scratch and anybody could do it. She also for some who like the carmel on the bottom, not me so she made me some seperately, put butter and brown sugar in the bottom of the baking dish. I haven't made them myself in a long time, but I am pretty sure that was all of the directions. I will ask her for the exact directions if anybody is interested.
We use a bread machine to make the dough - I don't have time to make it from scratch anymore, and DH (who usually makes the dough these days) has a hard time kneading the dough and controlling it when only one hand/arm work. He made the dough up Saturday night. We put about 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg in the dough. It was SO good! We also use a very good cinnamon - my brother got me hooked on the vietnamese cinnamon - it has an excellent flavor. I frosted the rolls with a frosting made of powdered sugar (what else!), vanilla, melted butter and a touch of the cinnamon. My dad thought he'd died and gone to heaven. He makes lousy coffee, but the cinnamon rolls made even the coffee taste good!
