Small Batch Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Rolls
I have a new site, Recipe Reality: Nutrition Facts for your Favorite Dishes. The first recipe I chose to examine required no deep thought; when I told people about the site, several of them said, "You mean like how many calories are in one of Pioneer Woman's cinnamon rolls?"
The answer is, perhaps not as many as you think.
As I was writing the post, however, I was struck my one thing: that is one HUGE batch of cinnamon rolls. I mean, sure if you live on a ranch and have to feed hungry cowhands (which are neither cows nor hands, discuss), make them for holiday gifts, or you have a big freezer you can stuff full of them you might be able to cope with 40-50 cinnamon rolls, but what about apartment dwellers or people with an itsy-bitsy little freezer? Like a large percentage of the people I know.
Well, how about a small batch recipe?
Small Batch Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Rolls
Makes 12
Cinnamon Rolls
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (1/2 package)
2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour (plus 1/4 cup for kneading)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder (heaping)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda (scant)
1/4 tablespoon salt (heaping)
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
2 teaspoons melted butter, for pans
Maple Frosting
1/2 pound powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring
1/8 cup whole milk
1/8 cup melted butter
1/16 cup brewed coffee
1/8 teaspoon salt
Snag the adjusted quantities from here and go over to Pioneer Woman for the instructions: Cinnamon Rolls 101 (the long version with a gazillion purty pictures) or the printable (short) version.
Enjoy!
