I really love Cinnamon Roll Muffins, I have a serious weakness for them. But the real ones involve a yeast dough, and basically a cinnamon bun recipe. This version is a hybrid, more muffin then cinnamon bun but still spicy and delicious. Plus, oh so pretty.
Cinnamon Roll Muffins
(12 muffins)
Preheat oven to 375F. Combine milk and vinegar and set aside. In a bowl stir together brown sugar, salt and baking soda. Mix in egg, vanilla and then milk mixture. Stir in flour to form a dough. Transfer to a floured surface and knead for a minute until silky.
Combine butter, sugar and cinnamon until smooth. Roll or press dough out into a 12 x24" rectangle. Spread with butter mixture leaving about a centimeter border on every side. Roll up starting from the longer side to make a ~ 24" log. Cut into 12 1-2" sections, and put into a greased or lined muffin tin. Bake for 20 minutes.
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those definitely are wicked pretty! i can never get the cinnamon to swirl like that though.
Ah, fabulous. Just recently I was thinking about how great cinnamon rolls are and how I would never make them because they are too much work. But I think I could muster up the energy for these. Nice job!
These are too cute! And any cinnamon-roll-ish recipe is always welcome!
Got big plans to make these this weekend! Thanks for the great idea!
Made these. My rolls were hard on the outside. It would have been better to make the yeast kind, but I had hoped this would be a quicker fix. Maybe I should have used whole milk???