It's not often that I come across cinnamon rolls. Good cinnamon rolls, mind you. The one in my dreams is a luscious golden-brown colour, still piping hot from the oven, wafting a delicious comforting cinnamon scent. Most importantly, it has to be of a decent size . After all, one of the joys of savouring a cinnamon roll is being able to sink your teeth into a thick yeasty goodness and take a huge bite, while knowing that there're still a few more mouthfuls of delight waiting for you. And as the sugar and cinnamon filling hits your tongue.... Mmm...
As you can tell, I like my cinnamon rolls.
Few of the cinnamon rolls I've had met my expectations. But then again, I haven't been to America, where my friend says cinnamon rolls are ubiquitous. So gradually as the years passed, I stopped looking for them. Truth be told, life's too short to cry over a lack of cinnamon rolls. There's plenty of other culinary distractions around to take one out of one's misery. This went on, until one fine day, during a trip to London. My friends and I were strolling along the streets, minding our own business, when suddenly the long-forgotten smell of fresh cinnamon rolls accosted my nostrils. Before long, I was a hunter on the lookout for that elusive prey.
That was when I spotted it: Cinnabon. A store selling nothing but cinnamon rolls? It must be good! And so it follows that I dragged my friends into the store and promptly satisfied my craving. Yum! It was absolutely delish!
It's been a few years since that Cinnabon treat. As much as I would love to, I can't just fly to London on a whim. But I can certainly bake whatever I want! As fate would have it, as I was searching for recipes online, I came across this recipe for Cinnabon Knock-off Cinnamon Rolls from Tartelette. How apt!
Baking them was easy enough. The best part was watching how the rolls expanded in the final rise. They looked perfect and the spirals were so pretty! My excitement only mounted further once they were in the oven, as the kitchen was soon filled with the smell of cinnamon-y goodness.
