I so am not kidding. This is the headline someone at the Oak Hill Gazette newspaper put on my column this week:
"Taste Caroline's hot sticky buns"
It was my recipe for cinnamon rolls.
* By popular demand:
Cinnamon Rolls
Dough
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
one egg
3 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
In small saucepan or microwaveable bowl, melt two tablespoons butter in 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup water. Add to bread machine. Then add one egg, three cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, one teaspoon salt and 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast (equivalent to one packet.) Run the dough cycle.
Filling
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
When the dough cycle is completed, place dough on a flour surface and roll in to a large rectangle (about the size of a 9 by 13 inch pan.) Brush with two tablespoons melted butter. Mix 1/3 cup packed brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle on entire top surface of dough rectangle. Roll in to a log, maintaining the width. Cut in to a dozen pieces. Place in greased 13 by 9 inch or similar size pan, cover, and let rise for 30 minutes or until doubled in size. (This will keep in the refrigerator, covered, overnight. I recommend early preparation to break up the work.)
Bake in 375 degree preheated oven for about 18 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
Topping
3 ounces cream cheese
1 tablespoon butter
one cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
Note: This makes a generous amount of a very sweet topping.
Melt three ounces of cream cheese and one tablespoon butter in a microwaveable bowl. (Watch for spatters.) Add one cup powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and two tablespoons milk. Stir together until smooth, although a few small lumps are okay and even good! Spread over baked cinnamon rolls, and delight in the warmth of this home-baked comfort!
Until then … Caroline.
8 comments:
So, what's the recipe?
If I lived in Austin, naturally, I'd read the Oak Hill Gazette for the articles...
You wouldn't be the first to be victimized by headline writers. I remember in my Daily Texan editorial columnist days, back in the 80's -- virtually pulling out my hair because some lackwit wrote a bone-head headline over my piece.
My all time favorite, from the same publication, was a cutline on a photo...some hotel fire in Japan - the headline read "Japanese Fire Drill." The person responsible was naturally called on the carpet, but it was a party joke for months afterwards.
P.S. So what IS the recipe ?
Well, what did you expect? "Please for to bake eat and share the delicious nonsensational and innocent pastry-like items as produced by our straightforward columnist's also non-seductive and innuendo-free recipe, as seen below this perfectly normal headline"
Hm. I may have a career in headline-writing. That's pretty catchy.
PPS: Your readers demand to see the recipe, you know.
I'm about to go MIA for a couple of days, but if y'all are still interested then, I'll print it.
And it does NOT require rolling around in Crisco!! ;)
*I* have the recipe - only because I have the edition it was printed in. But I'll let CC print it. Her buns are GOOD! :D
I'm sure you're going to get a whole new group of readers now. Similar to QoS with the foot-fetish fools
What, Queen of Buns?
Whew! I think we had better leave this topic fast! ;)
I'm back now - so let me know if you really want the recipe. I have to say my buns ARE excellent! :)
Yes, yes, we want it. Post it online if you can. Thanks!
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