Banana Bakes: Craving Cinnamon?

What to do when you're craving cinnamon? Cinnamon rolls! There are tons of recipes online. Our Best Bites has at least four! I made their everyday ones, you can find them here: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/06/everyday-cinnamon-rolls/

They were some of the best cinnamon rolls I've ever had and definitely the best I've had recently! I followed the recipe closely, but I skipped the dental floss scoring and precise measurements. I also ended up trashing the two ends of the roll that weren't very pretty (so don't worry if your dough isn't perfect, cutting off the ends will do the trick). I wasn't sure what to do with them but I didn't really have room in my round cake pans that I used to bake them in. The most surprising part of this baking experience was how incredibly easy it was to make the frosting. I wish I would have thought to learn that earlier in life. Next time I'm going to make the frosting right before they come out of the oven, it got kind of hard and weird while I was waiting for the cinnamon rolls to cook.

All the bits ready, compete with a cup of tea!

One thing you should know about me is I'm terrible with butter. I rarely take it out of the refrigerator in time for it to be soft for when I start baking. On pinterest I've found lots of tricks to speed this process up. While they're super clever, I usually just end up using the microwave... which has killed many a buttercream. However, it actually worked in my favor here. The melted butter and sugar spread more easily than the softened butter in little chunks.

As far as the roommate rating system, I think this was the best complement I could have received. Eilidh told me she hated cinnamon rolls and wouldn't eat any, but she took one bite and ended up eating two while they were hot! AND she's made them twice since then. We all agreed that they were a 5/5 or a 10/10 wooden spoons!