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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls (with cream cheese frosting)

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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls (with cream cheese frosting)

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls are extra soft with a sweet cinnamon swirl inside. Top these rolls with cream cheese icing for the perfect treat! Cinnamon rolls are easy to make but they do take a little bit of time, I can assure you it’s worth it! These cinnamon rolls are not difficult although they do take time. If you haven’t worked with yeast, don’t be intimidated. As long as your yeast is fresh, these should work out just fine! How to Make Cinnamon Rolls Combine the yeast with warm water and sugar (this is called proofing or blooming). The yeast should...

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Sweet wheat braid #BreadBaker

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Sweet wheat braid #BreadBaker

s This month our Bread Bakers host, A Day in the Life on the Farm, has chosen whole grain breads as our theme.  This was just perfect for me as I have been meaning to make this recipe again for some time.  Did you ever find a recipe, pin it, make it, like it, and then go back to find out the original post is gone?  It has happened to me more than once.  Most of the time I have been able to find either an archived copy, or someone else that made it and actually included the recipe and...

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Learn how to make these Chinese bakery-inspired scallion and pork floss roll

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Learn how to make these Chinese bakery-inspired scallion and pork floss roll

s. The rolls are feathery soft and bursting with umami flavor.  Thank you to Lodge Cast Iron for sponsoring this post! Over the past year or so, I’ve been learning how to make my favorite breads from Chinese bakeries at home. These breads brought so much comfort to me during my childhood, and I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I’m able to recreate them. Plus, Mama Lin is usually impressed by the breads I bake, and you all know that impressing an Asian mother is no easy feat. When I first embarked on this baking journey, I didn’t...

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This Copycat Cinnabon Recipe Will Transport You Right Back to the Mall Food Court

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This Copycat Cinnabon Recipe Will Transport You Right Back to the Mall Food Court

The smell of a warm, freshly baked Cinnabon cinnamon rolls always brings me back to my high school days spent in the local mall's food court. But while I no longer crave walking around the mall, Forever 21 bags in hand, waiting for my parents to pick me up, I'll never turn down a Cinnabon. With this recipe, you can have the tasty treat - tangy cream cheese icing and all - without ever leaving your house. And while it's labeled as a copycat Cinnabon recipe, it's no more work than your standard homemade cinnamon roll. That said, it's still...

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These traditional Swedish cardamom almond buns, called Semlor (Semla is the singular), are slightly sweet and an absolute delight to eat.

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These traditional Swedish cardamom almond buns, called Semlor (Semla is the singular), are slightly sweet and an absolute delight to eat.

Jump to Recipe The weather has been cool and chilly here in San Francisco, though a little bit of gray sky and rain is nothing compared to the madness that other folks seem to be around the country with their snow storms and subzero temperature drops. All of it makes me want to snuggle down deep in my thick comfy sweater and embrace the Scandinavian hygge sensibilities. This probably explains why I’ve been baking things like my Swedish Blueberry Cake and Swedish Cardamom Buns (and also making and eating my Swedish Meatball Stroganoff which is totally comfort food). But with...

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