Bread Dough and Cinnamon Rolls

[CMBright]

I've been making a few small loaves of bread lately. Today, I'm trying my hand at cinnamon rolls. Enriched dough, added a bit of olive oil to my standard 5 parts flour to 3 parts water. Added a couple tablespoons of sugar and a bit of salt to "brighten" the taste of the dough. Remembered to measure the water first and added yeast to bloom before adding the flour, it's been rising fine when I forget and put yeast in at the same time as the flour and water together, but I want to make it the correct way.

It's in the first rise. When it's ready, I'll punch it down into a square, add brown sugar and cinnamon to make the gooey inside. Are there any gotchas I should be aware of?

 

[CMBright]

First Google search site listed Cinnamon Roll Filling. Equal parts softened butter and brown sugar, along with ground cinnamon. I have my filling.

 

[mrsmig]

It's been yonks since I made cinnamon rolls from scratch, but from what I remember, it sounds as if you've got things well in hand.

 

[Cobalt Jade]

I'm puzzled by the olive oil. I'd use regular vegetable oil or peanut oil.

Whipped cream cheese makes the best frosting. I would use a block of regular cream cheese, use a hand mixer to whip it while adding a little bit of shortening to make it stiffer. When whipping, you can shake in a few drops of lemon, orange, or lime extract.

 

[CMBright]

I'm puzzled by the olive oil. I'd use regular vegetable oil or peanut oil.

Whipped cream cheese makes the best frosting. I would use a block of regular cream cheese, use a hand mixer to whip it while adding a little bit of shortening to make it stiffer. When whipping, you can shake in a few drops of lemon, orange, or lime extract.

We always have olive oil on hand for cooking. We don't usually have regular vegetable oil or peanut oil.

 

[CMBright]

They came out right. Roommate and I enjoyed, Spouse, Roommate's spouse and Kid have not tried them yet. I'll have to do them again.