Raisin - Cinnamon Rolls

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Looking back to my weekly posts, it might seem like it has been cooking - baking week. Today I'm back with this Raisin - Cinnamon Roll recipe, which is part of my fake it till you make it initiative. This means I took the dough recipe from a trusted blogger and came up the filling myself. Maybe came up is not the right way to say as it's not my invention, it's just a choice. The result is so-so. I mean the taste is good, but it doesn't look as good as it should, due to the sugar foam, but more about this later.

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The Story

Years ago I joined a Hungarian cooking blogger community, where I met a lot of wonderful people and have learnt a lot from them over the years. It was basic networking, similar to what we do on Hive. You publish a post, get comments, comment on other users' posts and so on. Like everywhere in life, there are people with exceptional skills and those don't go unnoticed. There was a lady who had some fantastic baking skills and recipes and even though this was years ago, I still go to her blog to look for recipes, when I want to bake something good.

Why was she exceptional? Well baking is not rocket science, but it's not easy either. You can try and fail, you can try again and fail again and so on. Learning the ropes takes time and besides experience, you need tools, ingredients and a very good oven. What I loved about her recipes was the great variety of dough and the large combination of yeast and leaven she used in her recipes. Most of us usually go for the simplest and fastest option as over complicating things is not something we like, but then again, if you want results, you need to make an effort. Now that I have a new oven, I've made some plans, so buckle up as more baking posts are coming, but let's get back to the raisin - cinnamon rolls first.

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Ingredients for 20 rolls

  • 500g flour,
  • pinch of salt,
  • 3 tsp sugar,
  • 1 egg,
  • 1 egg yolk,
  • 250ml warm milk,
  • 25g yeast,
  • 8g vanilla sugar,
  • 2 tsp cinnamon, (can be left out)
  • 8g butter. source

Ingredients for the filling

  • 1 egg white,
  • 3 tsp sugar.

Ingredients after

  • 50ml warm milk,
  • 8g vanilla sugar.

So my dough recipe is almost identical with the original, but I added cinnamon to the dough and went rogue on the method. Not because the original was not good enough for me, but because my own stupidity. I did not pay enough attention and made a mistake, which was not fatal, not by far, but I wanted to mention it.

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Method

First of all, I soaked the raisins in a good quality rum. Yes, my good old James Cook rum, which I had a few sips left of, perfect for the job. The raisins sipped it up all, so the bottle is empty now, but don't worry as I have another one already, same brand, just white. I left the raisins to soak up the rum for a good few hours.

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The recipe says place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl, except the butter. Most likely this is my first time, when I am not letting the yeast rise first and adding it to the mix, which is strange, but I trust this woman when it comes to baking, more than myself, so there was no question about changing the method. So I added all the ingredients and because my mind was elsewhere, I added the butter as well.

The original recipe says melt the butter and add slowly after 10 minutes of kneading (with the kneading machine). Adding the butter to the dough earlier is not necessarily a mistake as the dough will still be good, but maybe a little different, so I was not worried at all.

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After adding the warm milk, it was ready for kneading.

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Here's my dough after 10 minutes of kneading. I tried to cut the cross on top of the dough but it was too soft and the knife too thick it seems. Anyway, this failed cross served the purpose anyway. For those who have missed my previous posts about the cross, this is not due to some religious beliefs but to allow the dough to rise.

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After that I covered the mixing bowl with a wrap and put it in the oven. This is a trick I've learned from my favorite Italian YouTuber, Federica. You know, every recipe that includes a dough says cover and let double in size at a warm place. Federica says heat the oven for 1 minute and put the dough in. That's what I did. It's a very good solution.

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My dough tripled in size in 90 minutes, so I was satisfied with the result.

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The dough was not white, because the cinnamon colored it a bit, but that wasn't a problem for me.

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After kneading the dough for another minute or two on a floured surface, I rolled it out to this rectangular shape. Beat the egg white with 3 tsp sugar and spread it on the dough.

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Spread the raisins over it and was ready to be rolled. Make sure the raisins are not soaking wet as that's not good for the dough.

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I cut the roll into 3cm wide pieces. I got 20 in total.

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Not the most beautiful shapes as none of them is round, but it's difficult to cut it right. Besides, the dough corrects itself during baking.

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Baked for 25 minutes, at 180C. And voilà!

After taking out the rolls from the oven, I spread some vanilla sugar milk on them, which makes them soft.

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The dough is very good, as you can see, it has risen nicely.

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Where Did I Go Wrong?

Apart from adding butter in the mix, instead of adding it after the dough was knead, my only mistake was spreading egg white with sugar on it, which tastes good and looks horrible. When you sprinkle chopped walnuts, poppy seeds or cocoa over it, it becomes a mixture and the white can't be seen when it's done, but not in this case. This was just for us, the family, not for guests, so it was a good practice and a lesson learned.

Soooo, raisin - cinnamon rolls anyone? 😏

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Hi @erikah! Wow how pretty and tasty those Cinnamon Rolls look.

Thank you! I can assure you that are very tasty, there's none left.

Once again, you have made a very nice cake recipe. I'm taking note of these posts of yours. I will try one by one in the future.

Good luck and share the result with us!

Am currently having a great time learning about this new and unique recipe thanks for sharing. I will try them some day and give you a feed back 😂

Or most likely convince someone to bake it for you, right?

SHUT UP!

That looks aweseome...although I'd want to see it served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Not that I'm fussy, I'd accept just the scroll at a pinch.

SHUT UP!

🙊

served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top?

I was gonna says aren't you a bit fussy?, then I say you said you're not fussy 😳. Ok, vanilla ice cream can be arranged too.

Vanilla ice cream goes with everything.

Ok, maybe not everything but you know what I mean right? 😀

Fantastic recipe!!!

Thank you!

Looks yummy😋. If served along Tea ☕️ it would be a great Combo, don’t you think so?

Tea can be arranged as I like tea too.

Thank go I'm not hungry cause they're my favourites and I'd be drooling. Kinda am actually anyway :)

Lol, sorry for that, on the other hand, I'm glad to hear that. Open your window as I'm sending some your way 😂

How sweet would that be to exchange food by open window delivery haha.

I can't argue with that. You could send me pizza 😂

I'd gladly do that!

Yes, me. I want cinnamon roll. I am sleepless. Here it is 4 AM and I'm thinking about breakfast at 7.
I think I'll try to sleep because the not-so-ordinary Challenge post awaits for me... Maybe I'll dream of cinnamon rolls

Lol, I can understand your feelings and I wish I could send you some. And please dream about cinnamon rolls as it makes me happy 😁

In the case of cooking only one that I do not know, which is baking, always fails when I try it, this time I will try with the recipe you shared, it may work😊

Baking id not complicated, but you need a bit of practice and experience. You can not go wrong with this recipe, I assure you.

Well, I'll try to make it later if I have a chance, and hopefully it won't get scorched🤭

You have made a great cake recipe with easy ingredients that everyone can access.

Thank you! That is my first goal always. I don't like to complicate things.

These look delicious. I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning.

Thank you! I bet those were delicious too :)

I feel happy and excited when I meet sister @erikah in several posts. because sis @erikah always brings delicious cakes for us. thank you very much 👍🙏

My pleasure, if I could only give you some to taste ...

Yes thank you sis @erikah 👍

Maybe with black chocolate too 😍

Nope, would be too much :)

The cake looks very delicious, even though this is not @erikah's invention, just a little addition, but it looks very delicious, the addition you provide is proof that you are smart in making cakes,Ordinary someone who took the recipe from Certain blogs will just follow the guide it can, without thinking about adding something else, well here @erikah add something else, you are very amazing, if I'm close With you I will ask him the cake 😁😁,

Well, changing a recipe is not a big deal, as long as you know what you're doing :) Yeah, I would share some with the community, if I could.

I agree...@erikah thanks for the knowledge.

Erika, please, I want to eat one with an espresso, it would be great. Thanks for the recipe and for sharing it, I can almost taste it in the distance, it looks yummmmmmm.

I wish I could send you some my friend. 😀

Thank you very much @erikah 🍩

Wow here you come again😌. That lady you say you learnt some baking recipe from must be a great cook and you sure doing great with your baking skill.

The dough is looking yummy😋.

She is indeed exceptional, one to learn from. Thanks for stopping by.

And this looks yummy. I love raisin cinnamon.. But can't perfect it lol. I'll give this a try next time

Good luck and you'll see, you won't regret it. Enjoy 😀

One of my favorite foods. I entered your article by seeing the photo. The recipe for Cinnamon Roll with Raisins looks very delicious.

I'm glad the photo had the power to bring you to my blog, so welcome 😀

Voilà! Yeah let me take one. It looks amazing and I promise I'll eat and never complain about anything in it 🙄.

😂 I was expecting you to say you don't like cinnamon, or raisin but you didn't. I wish I could send you some.

This roll looks delicious, I like the final finish, they look really provocative, for afternoon snacks they are very good, I can eat about three or maybe four of them. 😋

Many thanks and I can confirm, you could eat 3 or even maybe 4 if you're really hungry 😂

😋 I'm a big eater, I live more in the kitchen than in the rest of the house 🤣😂.

Lol, at least you admit it. So you live to eat, not eat to live then? 😂

Hahaha 🤣, I was born to eat 😅 and create delicious things 🤪👨🏻‍🍳

Soooo, raisin - cinnamon rolls anyone? 😏

Yes, please! 🙋‍♂️
They turned out so good! Looks like the cinnamon rolls from cinnabon (except yours are even better)

The dough must have liked you a lot. As far as I know, adding butter untimely would have made the dough clumpy. 😋

Thank you! I wish I could send you some 😀

As far as I know, adding butter untimely would have made the dough clumpy. 😋

Naah, you need to know how to work magics 😂😇


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This recipe is very good. Roll cake and a cup of tea, Delicious😍😋🧁☕

Exactly, it would go well with a cup of tea. Excellent choice and thank you! 😃

I saw that the cake recipe you made was delicious, and I wanted to try making it myself with the recipe you shared.
Seeing the cake after it was finished, my stomach became hungry Haha...

Lol, I know the feeling and this is why it's not recommended to look at recipes on an empty stomach 😂

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