Fat as a pig in cinnamon heaven

Lord have mercy on me and my hips.

Have you ever seen the episode of Sex in the City where Miranda can’t stop eating the chocolate cake? She’s alone in her amazing NYC apartment and she has a piece, just one piece, of this totally luscious chocolate cake.

After her first bite she can’t stop – she just keeps eating it. In a sheer moment of desperation to stop the madness she throws the cake in the kitchen trash. Later, hours later, she comes back to the trash and eats the cake right out of the can.

The episode is too funny and I know some of us have had this moment.

Cinnamon roles are my chocolate cake.

Once I start, I can’t stop.

I promise you, if you make this recipe, you won’t be able to stop your self either. It’s so good it’s crazy.

Here’s the recipe, in 3 parts. Trust me when I tell you it’s worth the effort.

Ingredients
Dough: (step one)
1 c milk
3 tb butter
3 ½ c flour
½ c sugar
1 egg
1 envelope yeast
1 tsp kosher salt

Filling: (step two)
1 c brown sugar
2 ½ tb cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
½ stick of butter (softened to spread)



Icing: (the best part) (step three)
4 oz cream cheese (soft)
1 cup powder sugar
¼ c butter (soft)
½ tsp vanilla



1.
Melt butter with milk
Mix warm butter / milk combo w/ 1 c flour with sugar, egg, yeast and salt – mix low 3 minutes
Switch kitchen aid to a dough hook and add 2 ½ c flour – mix until well combined dough forms
Remove from mixer on to floured surface and kneed dough for few minutes until smooth
Put dough in greased (non-stick) bowl covered in plastic wrap and a towel – let it rise for 2 hours.

2.
Mix brown sugar and spices
Punch dough – roll it out into a long, wide rectangle
Spread butter on to dough and sprinkle sugar / cinnamon mix
Roll dough into a log
Seam side down slice rolls
Place into a square cake pan
Cover, let rise 45 minutes

Bake these babies 375 for 20 minutes

3. Icing:

Cream butter, cream cheese - get the lumps out
Add powder sugar and vanilla
Mix well

When the rolls are done, let them cool for 5 minutes and then ice.

Good luck stopping at one.