I made rolls, of the cinnamon variety.
I use cinnamon rolls as a sort of… well, anxiety calming drug. I don’t pop pills, I definitely pop cinnamon rolls.
See… there was this thing invented a good long while ago called the 10 Year Class Reunion. It’s where you get together with all the people that made fun of you during your painfully awkward teenage years. Yea. Why? Why do I have to do this? Can’t we all just become friends on Facebook and Twitter and consider ourselves properly reunited!?
Seriously. The future is now!
Since I think I’m going to gracefully bow out of the reunion festivities, here’s the CliffsNotes of what I might have said to my old classmates.
Hi. Yea, it’s me Joy. I sat behind you in.. a bunch of classes probably. Here’s the update. I went to college. I read a lot of books. I graduated. I traveled around some. I haven’t gotten married or pregnant yet. Yea.. I’m prettier now, but that’s mostly because I was actually really ugly when you knew me. I’m a baker. I think it’s the most awesome thing ever. I know a crap ton about food. Would you like to discuss French cheeses at all? I have a blog… also awesome. Sure, I’d like to meet your boyfriend Steve. I recognize him from your Facebook photos. Your relationship status is “complicated” though… care to discuss? No? Hm… well, sure I’d like to see pictures of your kids. Would you like to see pictures of my cinnamon rolls? It’s only fair.
Don’t make me go to this thing. It will be awkward. Awkward. Awkward. Awkward!
I need counsel and another cinnamon roll.
These cinnamon rolls are nothing short of amazing. The cream cheese is folded (literally) into the dough, creating an extra moist, truly irresistible roll. They take time… sure. Yes. But when it comes to things like your 10 Year Class Reunion… you just take the time to make the rolls. It’s necessary.
Here’s the recipe.
Below the recipe are my step by step photos, in case you get knee deep into the recipe and panic.
Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls
Saveur October 2008
For the Dough:
1 – 1/4oz package active dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon, plus 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk at room temperature
2 Tablespoons light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted, plus more for kneading
3/4 teaspoon salt
8 Tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan
For the Filling:
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/4 cup raisins
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
2 Tablespoons maple syrup
4 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
8 Tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
For the Icing:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/4 cup buttermilk
Making the Dough:
In the bowl of a stand mixer combine yeast, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/4 cup water heated to 115 degrees F. Stir to combine and let sit until frothy and foamy, about 10 minutes.
Add remaining sugar, milk, light brown sugar, vanilla, egg, and egg yolk. Beat with a wire whisk until well combined. Fit the bowl onto the mixer, fitting with the dough hook attachment. Add the flour and salt and mix on medium speed until the dough just begins to come together. Turn the machine on medium-high and knead the dough for 4 minutes.
Add the butter and continue to knead for about 6 minutes. The dough will the wet and sticky. Place the dough on a well floured work surface, and knead about 1/3 cup all-purpose flour into the dough. Don’t worry, the dough still might be a little sticky. It’s ok. Just set the dough to rest in a large greased bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and allow to rise in a warm place for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until doubled in size.
While the dough rises, make the filling. Combine the sugar, dark brown sugar, pecans, walnuts, raisins, cinnamon, salt and cloves in a large bowl. Stir to combine. Stir in the maple syrup. Set aside.
When the dough has doubled in size, dump if from the bowl onto a heavily floured work surface. Gently knead the dough until it is no longer sticky, adding more flour as needed. I think I added about 3 Tablespoons of flour. Work the dough for about 1 or 2 minutes. Once it’s no longer sticky, place a kitchen towel over the dough and let rest for 5 minutes before you roll it out.
Using a floured rolling pin, roll the dough into a 10 x 10-inch square.
In a small bowl, mix the cream cheese with a knife until it’s smooth and spreadable.
Spread the cream cheese evenly over the dough square. Fold the square into thirds like you would fold a letter to fit into an envelope. Take the open ends of the rectangle and fold into thirds again, to make a smaller dough square.
Invert the dough so that the seam is face down and, using the rolling pin, gently roll it into a 10 x 20-inch rectangle. You make find that some cream cheese sneaks through. Be as gently as possible with the dough, but continue to work it until you reach the size you need.
Turn the dough so that the short sides are parallel to you. You’re going to roll from the short sides of the dough.
Brush the top of the dough with half of the melted butter. We’ll use the rest of the butter after the rolls are baked.
Pour all of the filling onto the dough. Spread evenly, leaving a 1-inch boarder at one of the short edges of the dough so the roll can be properly sealed. Lightly press the filling into the dough.
Using your hands, lift up the bottom edge of the dough and roll it forward into a tight cylinder. Place dough cylinder seam side down on a cutting board. Using a sharp, thin knife, trim off the uneven edges.
Cut cylinder into 8 equal slices. Nestle the slices, cut side up and evenly spaced in a butter 9 x 13-inch (light colored) metal baking dish. Cover pan with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place to let rise for 2 hours. You may also refrigerate rolls overnight.
Heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Uncover the rolls. If you refrigerated the rolls, let them sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before baking. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
Make the icing: While the rolls are baking, whisk together the sugar and buttermilk in a small bowl until smooth.
Transfer the pan of cinnamon rolls to a cooling rack. Brush with remaining butter. Let cool for 5 minutes. Dip the tines of a fork into the icing and drizzle over the rolls. Serve immediately.
Some of the stuff you’ll need.
This is what the dough looks like as it’s coming together after the flour is added.
After kneading in the mixer for 10 minutes, I took the dough out, added 1/3 cup more flour and kneaded.
Gettin’ ready for the first rise.
Now make the filling!
Big, happy dough after 2 hours!
Knead the dough on a heavily floured surface, adding more flour so the dough is no longer sticky.
Roll that darling in a 10 x 10-inch circle and cream cheese it!
Fold it up.
And again.
Keep folding.
Done!
Now roll again. This time to 10 x 20-inches.
Time for the good stuff.
And roll.
Trim the edges and slice into 8 slices.
Into the pan.
And baked!
That’s good stuff. Great job.
Think this recipe is a little too daunting!? I understand… you might like this one though!
Megan Russell
These are amazing! Is it possible to double the batch?
Jen
Joy, or someone! I’m wanting to refrigerate overnight, but do I wait until after they’re raised or just throw them in the fridge right away?
Scott A
Amazing. Compared and contrasted the original recipe w the one sponsored by King Arthur. Followed original w the exception of the tweak to the fold and roll details — used the KA recipe for that. Absolutely killer!!!! JtB rules!
Jill
I’ve made these cinnamon rolls a few times over the years. They’re AMAZING and always gone within a few hours of making them. The making of these cinnamon rolls is really an all day affair that works best incorporated with friends and watching 3 movies: Make the dough, let it rise & watch movie #1. Roll out the dough make your cinnamon rolls and let those rise & watch movie #2. Throw them in the oven to bake and start movie #3. Movie #3 intermission, eat them and enjoy the rest of your movie. An amazingly, relaxing day.
akoshley
I know this post was a really really long time ago, but I was going to surprise the kids I nanny for with some awesome cinnamon rolls for christmas eve. I was wondering if you can prep the dough ahead of time and throw it in the fridge till the day of? Would that do something funky to the end result?
Neek
This lady rocks!
Fabiana
I simply love this recipe, but i just dont understand why my filling doesnt look dry like your.When I put the syrup together it becomes a paste.
miriam aliwalas
i am making one now. just waiting for my dough to rise. you are my new favorite baker. cappucino cookies i made two days ago was so delicious someone sneaked it out. cant find it now. vegan chocolate cake too was a blockcuster, made it a month ago. more cookies please…… how about using more filipino/asian ingredients.:)
luv ya girl!!!!!
Wendy Darling
It’s Christmas time so that means it must be time to make your cinnamon rolls again. All 3 of my kids say that it’s not Christmas without Joys cinnamon rolls. Thanks for all your awesome recipes throughout the year. Merry Christmas and much love from Baltimore!
Magdalena
OMG!!!
Just made them and finished all on the spot! So amazing! Joy you are the best! As are the rolls! Thank you so much for the recipe:)
Greetings from Singapore!
Vanessa
Joy, these look so good and I think I might make them for Christmas morning breakfast. I would have to make them the night before and am confused on one step.
You say “Cover pan with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place to let rise for 2 hours. You may also refrigerate rolls overnight.”
Do I cover the pan and let them rise for 2 hours and then put it in the fridge overnight OR cover the pan, put in the fridge and let them rise in there over night?
Please help :) Thanks!
Thora
Hi, – just tried them and they were amazing. Best cinnamon rolls I have ever tasted and it was real easy to prepare the night before and bake in the morning. Just two things about the recipe and directions:
1) Got a bit confused about the yeast (1 – 1/4 oz?) and ended using 1,5 teaspoon of dried active yeast.
2) In the directions you talk about adding water to the yeast, but in the recipe there is just milk. Anyway, it worked great using warmed milk with the yeast and then adding a bit of water to the eggs and sugar, but I guess it should have been the otherway around ;).
Thanks for a wonderful website!
Audra@The-Baker-Chick
I love everything about this post. The rolls- amazing. The awkwardness of a 10-year reunion- spot on.
Mine (which was last fall,) went something like this:
“Yeah it’s me the girl who was so awkward in highschool that you used to stick maxi pads onto my locker and made sure no one asked me to prom. Yeah- I’m a little less awkward now, and live in NYC. What? you still work at an auto-body shop? That’s cool…What? Um no…I won’t go out with you.” Pause.
Hahah. Thanks for keeping it real again Joy.
fishgirl182
i just took these out of the oven and they look divine! perfect for this rainy morning. thanks, joy!
Anna
THANK YOU!!! My quest for the perfect cinnamon roll recipe that can made the night before has come to end! I made these today for a baby shower that I hosted this morning and not a single one remains. My husband is shamelessly bragging about these. The thing that I think is so amazing is how soft a silky the dough is…must be all that butter!
Thank you for blogging – every recipe I’ve tried from your site has come out above expectations.
Michelle Brown
AMAZING – just spent the day trapped in by a Seattle snow storm melt baking these. Absolutely fabulous – and for sure the BEST cinnamon rolls we have ever made, bought, etc. Thanks for sharing all of your amazing recipes with us!
Maci
The. Best. Cinnamon. Rolls. Ever.
Ksenija
Hello
Have been wanting to bake these for ages – now’s the time:)
Just a bit confused how much yeast it actually is – 1 and 1/4 oz or different amount? Sorry.
Thank you
Ksenija
Cw
Ok, so I left a previous comment about how amazing these are. I have since found out that there is a down side…. I am working on my third batch of cinnamon rolls as I leave this comment :0. They are so delicious that I have lost all control lol, but seriously this is not funny. Joy the baker, you are so wonderful for sharing such a fantastic recipe. I will be following your blog and trying many more of your recipes. Thank you very much, have a wonderful evening:)
Cw
THESE CAME OUT AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Ok more than amazing. I’ve been looking for rolls this delicious and now i’ve found them. I will never make them asn’t other way. The only thing I did differently was to roll them out 17 by 10 inches and rolled from the long side. This gave me 16 nice sized rolls. I have a family of five:)
medstudentwhobakes
hi joy, these cinnamon rolls look delicious! i want to make them soon, but just have a quick question about logistics. am i supposed to fold the cream cheese into the dough and then roll out the dough again to add the filling? won’t that just mix the cream cheese into the dough? or is that the point? clearly i am confused, so i hope you can unconfuse me. thanks!
Gretchen
How about making these up to the rolled part but not the second rise and freezing them. I’ve bought some frozen that I just have to rise and bake.
Eleanor
Did you try it? I’d like to try as well so was wondering if it worked?
Cassandra
If only! *sighs* One of the things I miss most from before I went GF is cinnamon rolls. This longing is not helped by the cinnabun at the entrance to my local mall so every time I go there I can smell them. :-/ Don’t suppose you have any idea how to go about converting these or even a decent recipe for cinnamon rolls that are already GF? I’ve tried dozens of recipes through the years and they all run the gambit from inedible to pathetic.
Share
I made these cinnamon rolls yesterday and they were beyond delicious!! My family ate every crumb and they begged me to make more. I thought the recipe was daunting at first but it really wasn’t, it’s just time consuming, but it was definitely worth it. The cream cheese baked into the dough is a genius idea. The rolls were soft and the filling is the perfect amount of sweet. I’m making these rolls again:)
lynsimarie
I’m going to beg my husband to make these for me tonight!
And Joy, if you want to skip your reunion…do it!
talya
Joy, what a great recipe ! I come from a family with professional chefs, and this is the first one of your recipes that I am trying out – it’s wonderful to find honest recipes that are perfect !! Bravo for all of it, the recipe, the step by step, the pictures ! The rolls were delicious and I am eager to try more things from your site
thanks again
Sel
joy,
We loved these! The perfect father’s day treat. Thanx!
Loren B
This is my first post on here so I wanted to say how much I LOVE this website, I found you on Stumble. I doubt I even look at any of the other blogs I frequent again. I just made these cinnamon rolls when I got home, they’re in the garage rising, as it is warmer there than in the house. I’m going to put them in the fridge tonight and bake them in the morning. I can’t wait to go to bed so I can wake up to them!
joythebaker
i hope you love them!
Amy L
Perfect. cannot wait to make them.Thank you for your wonderful Story as well. So glad I found your Blog!
Donna
Am transfixed by buttermilk in the icing…
Jenna
I was about to ask the same thing as Rebecca: Is there a way to prepare this the night before, refrigerate & bake the next day??? I’m not especially alert when I first wake up & I can’t see having the stamina to make these at 6am all at once.
Rebecca
Hi Jenna,
I’m going to try making these tonight and baking tomorrow morning…I’ll let you know how it turns out!
Ksenija
Hi Rebecca
How did it go with keeping these in the fridge before baking?
Thank you
donna
These are absolutely delicious … the only negative comment I could make is that the recipe only produces 8 cinnamon rolls. While that may be plenty for a family, I normally make a big batch from my “go-to” recipe and take several pans to friends, family and/or our local fire department. Otherwise, they are really good.
Alex
Hi Joy!
You are killing me! …straight from the screen with my favourite yeast treat!
My palms are itching to hit the bowls and make your beautiful dough – but – my spouse and 14 year old have just embarked on a low-carb plan (sob…)
I’m saving your recipe for Easter – yeast breads are a must for Easter in Greece where we live now.
Thanks for posting in such great detail :)
Rebecca
Hi Joy!
I’ve been looking for a cinnamon roll recipe for a while now, and I think I’ve found it! Do you have an tips for making these “the night before”? Could I make these the night before and stick them in the fridge instead of baking them right away?
Thanks!
Rachel
Seven. Hours. Later. We have cinnamon rolls. Possibly the best seven hours I’ve spent in some time,
; longer than I often sleep in a night, but instead of purple, saggy under-eyes, I get rolled up pieces of heaven… :)
joythebaker
amen.
Yulia
Thank you for the recipe, I slightly modified it. Well either way these buns will be my number one recipe!
Marie Baars
I love that this only makes 8 rolls! I need to make these tomorrow…or tonight or now.
Janis
besides you don’t have to tell a cinnamon roll that it looks wonderful even if it has gotten fat, bald, and is still as much of an idiot as ever. I am with you. Stay home and bake.
Elly
This is IT. The perfect cinnamon roll recipe. Thanks Joy!!
P.S. use the leftover cream cheese for some cream cheese frosting and you get the best cinnamon rolls. EVER.
Marnie
I made these about two weeks ago.They are worth the immense amount of work you put into them. Perfection. THANK YOU for sharing!
Adrienne Lloyd
Staring at my now empty plate refusing to ignore the urge to lick my fingers, I am sure some sort of magic trick was played on me … how did these delectable cinnamon rolls disappear so quickly and why am I still craving more?
I made these for Christmas morning … my sister and I woke up at 5 am in order to do so, but let me tell you: it was worth it!
Thank you so much!!
Wendy Darling
I am just about to pop these bad boys into the oven! I made the dough and rolled them out last night… And now they are sitting on the counter ready to bake. I’m just waiting to hear my kiddies waking up. How cool will it be to have the house smell like yeasty cinnamony goodness as everyone unwraps their presents from Santa this Christmas morning. :-)
Thank you for sharing this recipe. The dough was amazingly easy to work with. I can’t wait to taste these!
I hope you are having a winder Christmas.
Kim
Thanks for the great recipe! I saw the adapted recipe on Brown-Eyed Baker but decided to go with your full recipe instead. I haven’t eaten them yet, as they are currently rising for the first time, but I do look forward to enjoying them with my family on Christmas morning. I am hoping that they taste as good as they look! (I’ll try to get a post on them up in a few days on my blog and will credit back to here.)
Marnie
Joy,
THANK you for posting… I made them this past weekend. While they were a LOT of work, they are beyond worth it.
I didn’t cut off the ends however, I preferred the ends as they weren’t as sweet.
Again, thanks for the recipe. I’ll keep this one for sure!
abigail
i am new to your blog. i found it through brown eyed baker, which i adore. what i love about all these blogs that are ought right now is that almost everything is done from scratch. don’t hate me for saying this but i would never ever never make and serve a cake made from a box. it is kind of like going out and buying a cre that sand color. it just says i had to pick something and i didn’t care what it is. that being said if you don’t feel that way your life is probably a lot easier than mine. i just made these cinnamon rolls and the bread part actually melts in your mouth like cotton candy. if it wasn’t for the nuts taking so much time to chew you would inhale the whole batch in one sitting. i really love banana cinnamon rolls also if your not a fan of nuts. thanks for the great recipe. by the way i used bread flour. it makes a big difference in the texture.
Serene
Wow, those are gorgeous. I have to try them. But not my reunion. I haven’t been to any of them (they’ll be doing the 30th in a year and a half), because I didn’t like those people in high school, and I’m unlikely to suddenly like them now.
Missie
Wow! These look amazing!
frabala
OMG this is really good!
Cons for the photos and description details!
Latika
Hi Joy, thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I made these delectable rolls of goodness yesterday and they were a big hit with my loved ones. I didn’t have any cloves so I used allspice and I had no buttermilk so I used milk with a squeeze of lemon in it. Plus I used two eggs (didn’t know what to do with the left over white). Anyway, they were wonderfully soft and sweet and cinnamony. My only hurdle was figuring out how much a stick of butter was, but Google came to the rescue. I stumbled to your website about a month ago and have become an avid follower. This is my first Joy recipe. Today I’m going to try the apple, walnut, flaxseed bread. Much love, all the way from Australia. xx
Mira
Joy, I absolutely love your site and am obsessed (OBSESSED) with baking. Unfortunately, I do not have many of the baking tools that are necessary, namely a stand mixer and dough hook. I’ve been avoiding doughy recipes that call for a mixer, but this recipe is too tasty to pass up. Any suggestions on how to modify the recipe?
Thank you so much!
Jen
omg. these are AMAZEBALLS!
Erin
Hi Joy, love the look of these and would love a turn but was wondering what i could substitute all the nutty stuff with?
Thanks so much
saundra
Love your site! these look delicious and i plan on making them tonight for tomorrow the only thing i would ask is that maybe you would like to include non mixer stand instructions as well because i don’t know about everyone else but i don’t have one and i’ve been trying to figure out how long to mix and knead everything together.. just a thought but i really do enjoy your site! i bookmarked it. thanks a lot for the recipe
Deese
So…I am actually facing my 10 year “get together” this summer. I too plan not to go…I also love cinnamon rolls. However, I am as close to married as a lesbian can get in NC, and I have 5 children in the form of furry, purring kittens.
That being said the only thing I can focus on in your beautiful pictures is the plate (with the fork)! I love the pattern. I recently went to a GIANT china/plate store place and couldn’t find a pattern I liked, but this one has the potential to be “it”. By any chance would you mind letting me know the name of the pattern (if it is marked)?
Thanks for posting this…I will be making these rolls of cinnamon next week.
:Deese
Andrea
I have spent the past several weeks trying all sorts of recipes in an effort to find the BEST cinnamon rolls. Because there are cinnamon rolls, and then there are CINNAMON ROLLS! I am happy to say, that this recipe of yours makes the best damn cinnamon rolls I have ever tasted! Thank you Joy!
joythebaker
yes. i mean that you’ll need one 1/4 ounce package of yeast for this recipe. so sorry for the confusion! happy baking!
Oanh
hi Joy! I wanted to make these but just wanted to clarify about the yeast. It is 1.25 oz of active dry yeast right? I was measuring it out on my kitchen scale and it seemed like a lot. Just wanted to confirm. Love your blog. Thanks
Carol in San Diego
I’m so happy you asked that question. These cinnamon rolls are so beautiful I can’t wait to make them. A package of active dry years is only 1/4 oz (7 grams). I’ll bet that is what Joy used.
Mochene
Heck yeah, I’mm gonna make these. Too bad I didn’t know about this recipe when I was at the store earlier tonight. Might have to brave the snow again tomorrow after all!
Dave
I just finished making these. So good. Thanks!
cooking in Mali
Joy. Oh joy!! What kissable dough! What nutrious filling! :) What a scrumptuous meal in the middle of a warm Malian day … you have made two women living in Africa smile (very widely!). Merci for this absolutely fabulous recipe … definitely worth the five hours of preparation (which allowed for a lot of great chatting while anticipating)!
earlene
I love to bake and will try these this weekend! I know this way past your class reunion, but here’s my take on them. My husband’s class reunion’s are more fun than mine, we’ve been to 4 of his and 2 of mine!
SoMD_Baker
Your love affair with baked goods is such a draw. It solidifies the verity of your recipe posts. Especially when the recipe comes from Saveur. The mag/website is a food-lovers dream. No recipe I’ve used from them has failed me. Nor have yours! I made the root-beer choc. cake this weekend and am cleaning up the crumbs only 48 hours after my friends and I cut into the cake.
Memoria
I baked these today! I used half-n-half in my glaze instead of buttermilk. I also subtracted out the nuts and kept the raisins. I prepared the rolls and let them rise in the refrigerator overnight and baked them this morning. They were perfect and flaky. Since i live alone, I plan to freeze the other rolls and microwave them whenever I feel like having another one. Thanks for the lovely photos. YUM! These were so good. I plan to blog about them soon.
Sarah
Hi Joy! I’m still drooling and dreaming about these cinnamon rolls of yours. I haven’t had time to make them yet so I’ve stuck it at the top of my list of the top ten recipes I’ve been meaning to make. I’ll be preparing it for this month’s Top Ten’s challenge on Food*Nerd!”
http://foodnerd.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/june-top-tens-blog-envy/
arisa
i have been stalking this blog for about a year, and at one time stalked about 50 food blogs. after several weeding-throughs, you are one of 2 i look at anymore. i have been searching for the perfect cinnamon roll recipe for 5 years and it seems i have finally found it. i just pulled these out of the oven and i am in love already. thanks!
and ps, don’t go to the reunion. i skipped mine and still think it was a good choice :)
lucylang
These look delicious … but hard to make. I am thinking about making it a personal goal to have all those ingredients and baking tools by the end of the summer.Small but hey you gotta start somewhere.
erin
Hi Joy,
Just discovered your blog and I am loving it! I am constantly on the lookout for my next cinnamon roll recipe and love the idea of cream cheese IN the dough. Genius, like rugelach but bigger.
My ten year reunion is coming up next year and I definitely understand your anxiety. Your post made me laugh out loud, especially the part about comparing children to cinnamon rolls. Personally, I’d be much more interested hearing about the cinnamon rolls…
Muriel
The cinammon rolls look absolutely amazing. About the reunion… my grandfather hasn’t missed any of his class reunions. His high school is in Sioux City, Iowa – he lives in Florida. He makes new friends every time. 10 years is kind of a big deal… maybe it’s worth checking out?
Allison
I loved this post! Partially for the cinammon rolls (they look fabulous) but mostly for the fact that I feel that exact same anxiety about my 10 year high school reunion next year. I’ll have to keep this recipe in mind.
Kevin
Those cinnamon rolls look so good!
Anne
Hey Joy!
I’ve been following your site for a while now, and I just want to tell you how great I think you and your baking are!! I made the cinnamon rolls yesterday and brought them into work – boy am I popular today!! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe, and for illustrating each step. The only think that always confuses me are US measures, but I’ve managed to convert them properly (except for the yeast – at first I thought you meant 1 and 1/4 oz of yeast, which would have worked out to 35grams!! Fortunately I realized that couldn’t be right before proceeding to the next step).
Anyway, I’m going to start off my own food blog soon, so I’ll be in touch.
Stay as cool as you are!
Anne
Jodi
OMW – I made these yesterday and I can say they are awesome! The instructions are so clear – its the first time I’ve ever baked something that turned out the way it should! :)
Thanks Joy for giving me some courage to bake :D
And I discovered that kneading is really good stress relief! :D
gina
look just great . could you put the amount of yeast in grams ?
i gotta make them
Sharon
Delish :)
ratty
i went to my 10 year reunion… awkward, Awkward, AWKWARD, bleah. i don’t think i’ll be going back until i’m as old as my granny was when she went last… 70-something, 80-ish, LOL!
but i believe i would give up EVERY H.S. reunion for the rest of my life [or until i’m senile, whichever comes first] for a whole pan of those cinnamon rolls ALL. TO. MYSELF.
seems like the best reason EVER to get out some baking pans and immerse myself in the graceful art of kneading . . .
Mmmmmmmm…..
p.s. i’m afraid there are just so many of you that i’d REALLY rather not find on FB either :)
Elissa
I was sold before I even read this post. The photographs alone have won me over… Cinnamon rolls are my one weakness. Sometimes I think you can read my mind!
Nutmeg Nanny
These look beyond delicious! BTW I’m with you on the whole class reunion thing. Can’t we just all be happy we “found” each other on Facebook and call it a day?
Linda
I don’t know what to say to these delicious looking rolls, but Joy, will you marry me?! :)
leti
JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i found you through Ceci’s new blog!
aaaaaaaawwww!!! you are the CUTEST!!!!!!!!
i LOVE that you are baking!!!!!!!
these cinnamon rolls look delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!
pardon the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but i’m way too excited about your bloggie!
hahahahah!! i don’t blame you about the reunion! i cant believe its been ten whole years! what?! so i’ve been watching Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion ahahahahah!!! i feel soo silly, cus i feel exactly the same… and lucky for me, i’m all the way NYC… won’t make it :)
i’m going to poke around and get some paper so i can try to make… everything!!!!!!!!
Hannah
Love your sight, Joy =]. I am seriously afraid to make cinnamon rolls lest I single handedly polish off a whole batch in one or two days. Which I have valiantly done twice. With these babies in my life the old “if you could take one thing to a deserted island, what would it be?” question covered.
Does anybody harass you about writing a book? If not, I think I’ll start. Do it!
Jovian
Ugh, Joy, DON’T go. Quite honestly, I never even went to my graduation ceremony, just to convey how little high school meant to me. Reunions are just ego-trips, and that’s not your style, so I say just honor it by baking what were your favorite foods at that time, and stay home ;-)
Dani
Joy this is hands down my favourite post you have ever done!!! Too funny!
And those cinnamon rolls are definately moving to the top of my “want” list :)
Rebecca
I wish I was successful with yeast. I would SOOO try these!!
lisaiscooking
These look incredible! And, cinnamon rolls are way better than class reunions. The cream cheese has drawn me in; I have to try these.
Cynthia
Completely drool-worthy.
Gina
Oh. Em. Gee. I haven’t even gotten past the title of the post yet…Cream Cheese plus Cinnamon Rolls?! I’m sure they are heavenly! Two of my most favorite things in the world {sigh} I can’t wait to read the post now!
Okay, now I’ve read the post. I HATED my 10 year high school reunion. My 20th was much better — much better! My 25th, though, was kick butt AWESOME. And now, people from my class who never hung out together in high school are getting together once a month, eating great food and having wonderful conversations. So – skip the 10 year, but go to your 25th. At the 10 year reunion everyone is still trying to impress everyone else. By the 25th we’re all going, “to hell with it. I am who I am. Like me or don’t let the door hit ya in the ass on your way out.” :)
And for what it’s worth, I’d totally drool over pictures of your cinnamon rolls if you were to show them to me at a reunion. :)
CookiePie
Oh my, those are beyond luscious-looking!!! Don’t worry – I had my 20th reunion last year (eeek!) and it was pretty much a love-fest. And I was a TOTAL geek in high school. But everyone who went seemed to really want to say hi and catch up, all the cattiness had been beaten out of all of us by life :) Good luck!
dana aka gluten free in cleveland
Joy,
I love your site and have been loving it for the past few weeks. Your beautiful pictures and funny stories (oh and um, fantastically yummy recipes) have really made smile amidst a kinda trying time. But how can you be sad in the face of cinammon rolls?
I just wanted you to know that I adapted your chai pancakes and made them into gluten-free pomegranate pancakes (giving you credit on my site, of course!) … and well, they were wonderful. Thank you so much for the site – I love reading it!!
– Dana
(here’s my link to the GF pom pancakes: http://glutenfreeincleveland.blogspot.com/2009/06/pom-wonderful-pomegranate-pancakes.html )
Karencilla
Joy, i LOVE your blog, your recipes, everything!!! I’ve been following your blog for quite a time now.
In fact i enjoy your blog so much, that I nominated you for One Lovely Blog Award! for more detail, please visit http://minisweethearts.blogspot.com/2009/06/g-r-c-i-s.html
=) keep the good work girl!
Ashley
Oh delicious delicious. I understand the cinnamon roll therapy!
Carol
Holy smokes…these cinnamon rolls looks deadly-especially for the hips! Oh what the heck….only go this way once! I’ve never mixed the cream cheese into the dough-I can’t wait to try it.
I’ve never been to a class reunion and don’t feel like I’ve missed a darned thing….and let me tell you-I’ve been out of school a LOT longer than 10 years!!!! Try 37—–think people will have changed if I choose to go the next time? Yeah-everyone but me….in my dreams!
I’d rather stay home and make cinnamon rolls!
Oh-and to solve the they’re-dry-or-hard-the-next-day dilemma…..pop them in the microwave and nuke them a few seconds….like 10? Nice, warm….and SOFT!
Jen Hamilton
WOW talk about irresistable!!! Great pics!!! Im drooling!
Marti
My fiftieth reunion is coming up soon, and I was amazed that some of my old friends emphatically do NOT want to go.
Still I hope that by 2017 we will all have matured and can greet one another without sneering. Perhaps the trick is to keep the discussion on the really important topics like cinnamon rolls, peach brulee and food blogs, notably Joy the Baker!
Vicki
A lot can happen in ten years. The cool ones aren’t so cool and the “geeky” ones maybe graduated from med school. You’ll be surprised how many marriages are already divorces and the amount of single mothers loving their kids but struggling to keep it all together. You have accomplished so much and a terrific future ahead as evidenced from all the bloggers who love and adore you and would gladly spend an afternoon in your company chowing down cinnamon rolls. Go get a fab dress, get your hair done, strut your stuff, laugh and spread good cheer.
Katrina
Ooh. Yum! I haven’t seen a dough with cream cheese folded in it before, but YUM!
My 21 year reunion is this year (everyone slacked too much and there was no 20 year). I’m not going. Same reasons as you. Well, I guess that and I live hundreds of miles from where I grew up. I would only like to be there as a fly on the wall so to speak. I just want to see how everyone looks now. ;) Oh well.
cassie o
i wonder if any of your former classmates secretly read your blog
cata
OMG!!!!! I love this recipe!!!!!!!
I have to make it…..now!!!!!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Cata
Lex
Hahaa, my reunion was canceled due to lack of interest. Apparently my whole class would rather consume cinnamon rolls than endure a painfully awkward situation!
Can’t wait to try your recipe!
Kristi
Wow, I am literally drooling from those pictures.
Amanda
I did not go to my 10 yr either….watched a BIG college FB game that night instead! don’t go! =)
Whitney
This recipe looks like a super fun challenge!
Noreen
Joy, This post made me laugh SO much!!! So when I went to my 10 year reunion I was shocked over and over again when people were like “yeah, I remember you” – I was like the quietest, shyest, most-forgettable ever. Oh, and I made a complete idiot of myself at the reunion also. But I am going to go to my 20th reunion (because I am silly & a glutton for punishment and SO curious!!). The cinnamon rolls look so fantastic – though I probably should not eat cinnamon rolls if I have a reunion coming up =)
stephchows
HILARIOUS!!! I think that would be pretty much my conversation too lol. My 10 year is this fall… and I also will not be attending :)
Jodi
Oh and my 10 year reunion was 4 years ago. I didn’t go mainly because I really couldn’t be bothered with seeing anyone that I hadn’t actually stayed in contact with. Plus it was so badly organised that I only found out about it two days before. I found out later only about 10 people showed up. Maybe we were just useless! hehe, but maybe you should go and show off how much cooler you are now. ;)
Jodi
Thank you thank you thank you for the pics!! I can’t believe the amount of times I’ve tried to bake stuff and get half way thinking “is this what its supposed to look like?”. Its winter here in South Africa and these are just what the doctor ordered! :D
Sue
Yum, such a generous amount of filling! :)
Lorette
Oh Joy! These look sooo much better than mine! I can also pop these like an addict. If I make these with the nuts, my family won’t eat them, so I can have it all to myself… I will definately try it this weekend. Also, as Tambo says, if I was anywhere close to LA, I would definitely join your picnic, as long as there are some of these buns…
Tambo
Joy, these look delish! Thanks for writing this adorable and yummy blog! And, regarding reunions–I made my 10th (but shouldn’t have bothered), missed my 20th (heard it was okay and maybe a little fun), my 30th (gasp!!) is next month. Skipping it. It’s 3000 miles away. No regrets but I still will want to see/hear about it from my friends who go, KWIM?! Sending hugs out to you! And, for the record, if I lived in CA, I’d be at your picnic for sure! But I’m too far north (Seattle).
Pilar
Hola from South America!!!!!!!!
I just discovered this blog and i´d love it!!! should go to your 10 year reunion …….im sure you will surprise everyone as you do it on this blog. can’t wait to bake these amazing rolls!
Cathy - wheresmydamnanswer
OMG your killing me – How am I supposed to get into a swim suit with posts like this!! Incredible
Irene
Ooooh yeah, these look seriously amazing!!!
Stiffler
i’ve remained close to two friend from high school. at our 10 year reunion, we stuck together and had a blast.
but, i know how you’re feeling. my 20 year is in august – how the hell did i get so old so fast – and i’m thinking of passing on this one. it’s still up in the air. i guess if my 2 friends go, i’ll go too.
it’s so true about facebook. i’m facebook friends with people i hardly knew in high school.
Shannon
I was absolutely terrified to go to my reunion…I’m not married, or pregnant, nor do I really have any imminent prospects for either; I was worried that I would spend the entire night feeling inadequate. Turns out, the fact that I like myself and am comfortable in my own skin made alI the difference. Once I got there, it wasn’t about proving myself; it was more about enjoying our shared experiences and our memories of misspent youth.
I encourage you to go. You’re a beautiful, seemingly HAPPY woman with life experiences to share. Let people know what success looks like.
Tracey
I skipped my 10 year reunion too – I totally understand what you’re saying.
I LOVE all the photos you included of the process. These look amazing and I will definitely be making them as soon as I can!
cindy
these rolls look like danger…hot, hot,sexy (sexy?, yes) danger.
yay! for avoiding the dreaded reunion joy! my mother pesters me about mine…she works at the school i went to…and i refuse to go. i like to avoid meeting with the rural nevada high school folk of my teen years…no i don’t have kids. no i’m not moving back to town (ever!). no i still do not want to drive out into the field and drink coors and shoot rabbits. NO!
Aimee
I bet this upcoming reunion would provide plenty of good fodder for this blog. C’mon, we’re all cheering you on!! You should go. You’ll never have another chance.
Food Hunter
I will be giving these a try really soon. maybe even tonight.
Sarah Jackson
Nuh-uh, not gonna work.
I don’t care how delicious those things are, you are GOING!
If I have to go to my reunion, you have to go to yours…period. My sister says I have no choice, so I better start looking for something fantastic to wear.
Same thing goes for you! Please post pics of what better be the perfect dress…and more treats, of course.
-Sarah
Shauna
I did not make it to my 10yr reunion (I luckily had an alibi in the form of “sorry, in the Navy, stationed in Hawaii, waaaaay too expensive to fly me, the husband and kids to Arizona – send me pictures!”), so don’t feel bad about not going to yours. Honestly, who will remember who was and wasn’t there? From what I understand, it’s just an opportunity for people to get drunk and relive the awkward years that were meant to be forgotten. So spare yourself the pain and stay home and bake – you’ll be oh-so-much happier for it!! :)
Rebecca
I just found your site and I LOVE it! I can’t wait to try these. Just made the RB Float cake and yum! yum! Thanks for your fun blog and your great photos! It’s a treat for my eyes to look and my brain to read. That doesn’t sound as poetic as I wanted it to, but you get my drift….;)
Sassy Molassy
Um, this just looks awesome. As always Joy, another fabulous recipe.
Laura (Alwaysroom4dessert)
Haha your posts always make me laugh! Your cinnamon buns look glorious! I’m such a sucker for them and I love the addition of cream cheese folded into the dough and buttermilk in the icing. This recipe is definitely saved for a day when it isnt so stifling hot in my place to bake!
Maja
How about you come to visit here and then, you know, out of a sheer goodness of your heart you bake these? ;)
Lauren
Beautiful! I look at a longer process like that of this recipe and think – woah, fun! right up my ally. You should eat these and watch Romey and Michelle’s High School Reunion at the same time – double the therapy.
Amanda
I totally skipped my 10 year a couple of years ago. The people I still want to talk to from high school, I do.
Kate
I went to my 10 year high school reunion a couple of years ago and was surprised by how pleasant it was. We all went out for drinks afterwards and were surprisingly civil to each other. And NOBODY had kids.
Hilary
This is why I’m glad I am Canadian. We don’t do high school reunions! Otherwise it would be mine this month, too. The thought alone calls for a stiff drink. Or two.
megan
The cinnamon rolls look amazing and something I would love to try. I don’t do reunions though. ;)
Judith
I may try this recipe sometime! I’ve wondered why I don’t like cinnamon rolls, since I love *cinnamon*. I decided that it was that blah sticky frosting. This cream cheese one sounds great.
Kerstin
What fantastic cinnamon rolls – I love the cream cheese in them, yum!
The Duo Dishes
Why are you so funny. It just doesn’t make any sense! Ugh, hs reunions are the pits. 10 years is sneaking up on us too. Yuck. This is a much more labor intensive coping mechanism than we could bear….perhaps a fast galette instead?
Sagan
Sounds fantastic! Love what you’d say to the people at your reunion. I think that my spiel would be almost identical ;)
brandi
Is it sad I can’t wait for my 10 year reunion? I may change my mind for future ones after that, though :)
those rolls look SO good! I made some really good whole wheat ones a few months ago that had the traditional potato in them. Yum! Beautiful pictures.
pastrylover
Oh no! These look absolutely wonderful and I just made cinnamon rolls yesterday! I wish I’d have had this recipe. :'(
rose
HAHAHA! Joy! Seriously cannot wait for your picnic (when is it BTW?)
My 10 yr reunion was last December. I showed up for all of 10 minutes and then ran like hell. I was barraged by hundreds of people I do not remember asking me the same set of questions. Scary!
Cinnamon rolls are a much better option =)
Baking is pretty much my escape from most akward social situations and my sole answer to anything I don’t want to do. Example: go out to another stupid New Years Eve party? Nah, I made doughnuts and drank champagne solo ;)
You’re awesome. I enjoy your posts. Keeeep baking!
Jayme
I do believe I graduated exactly 10 years ago today. I never got anything about our reunion, I guess we’re not even having one! Fine by me, since I wouldn’t have gone anyway. I prefer to block out those years of high school thankyouverymuch.
April
Dear Joy, these rolls look fantastic but you really are modest with the frosting. C’mon, slather those suckers and shove ’em in for more 10 yr. reunion comfort pleasure. Mmm.
Lucy
Daunting, yeah probably for me at least, but darn good looking? YEAH! Mmmm :) I love bakes like these which manage to hElp problems float away just for the duration of eating. So then you have to eat another one, duh :D
I hope you decide what to do about the reunion! I cannot really advise like other commenters what with still being in high school but I know that there are definitely people in my class I wouldnt mind not seeing for another ten years, minimum :) In that respect I definitely see why reunions are awkward events. Perhaps if you took some cinnamon rolls to break the ice?!?!
Hleure
I can’t wait to try to make these! Maybe a project for this weekend?
I haven’t thought a lot about my ten-year reunion. Mine will be in 2011. I went to a pretty non-traditional high school with some smart, cool kids, but um, I’m still not sure about all that. I don’t like the idea of having to smile constantly for an entire weekend and repeatedly explain why, after ten years, yes, I’m STILL in school. And then I would explain that I am working on a doctorate in literature, and they would ask what in the world I am going to do with such a degree. How cool would it be to say that you are a baker?!
And I would be thrilled to talk about French cheeses with you.
lisa (dandysugar)
Wow, every word up there describing your class reunion experience is ever so true!!! You had me giggling because I relate to it soo much!!!
I’d much rather bite into one of those luscious cream-cheese filled cinnamon rolls than see people I have not thought about for 10 years!
{lauryl}
this year would have been my 10-year high school reunion, too… but i was home schooled and graduated in a ceremony that was largely farce alongside 13 other home schoolers. the one girl who got in touch with me (via facebook) asked if i wanted to have a reunion. i was like, “i couldn’t care less what those people are doing.” she responded, “me too.” so we didn’t even attempt a reunion, and for that i am eternally grateful. i think i shall make your cinnamon rolls in celebration. ;)
Memoria
O-M-G!!! As soon as I saw the title of this post, I knew that I needed to make this. The turns of the dough remind me of the process of making puff and danish pastry. I can’t wait! Thanks for posting this! It looks so yummy!
Theresa
OMG these look heavenly! The cream cheese is genius. I’ve never, ever made anything with yeast before, but THIS recipe might have finally inspired me to go for it!
Patricia Scarpin
I love how generously filled they are, Joy – can I have one, please? ;)
cori
You put the cheese in the roll, you nut (sung to the ‘you put the lime in the coconut’ song tune)! I love the smell of yeasty, cinnamon-ny treats baking in the morning!
Laci
Oh no you didn’t!!! This has been my #1 craving throughout pregnancy. I still have 2 months and now this recipes has presented itself. I guess there’s only one thing to do…Thanks!
jolynn@thedish
@Adriene – I’ve had the exact same problem with cinnamon rolls (and homemade yeast breads in general).
Joy – do you think that the cinnamon rolls can be made using the no-knead technique to give it a better texture? Or would the dairy products in the dough sour due to the long rising time?
Melanie
Those look amazing! My mouth is watering looking at your photos! I think these cinnamon rolls will be a weekend activity.
I feel the same way about high school reunions… my 10 year reunion is just around the corner… can’t we just have a class facebook group and call it a day?
Culinary Wannabe
Reunions are the pits. Don’t we see everyone we actually WANT to see on our own, without being forced into it. And yet we go. Ugh. I feel for ya chickadee – at least you have cinnamon rolls!
Lauren
You have to wonder why they even have class reunions, since *everyone* seems to hate them! Seriously, do people attend these things?
On the other hand, I don’t think anyone could hate those cinnamon rolls, especially yours, Joy. I am happy just to look at them!
Adriene
Oh Joy, these look awesome! I have a question about cinnamon rolls though. I have attempted a couple of times, and they taste great and are soft and delicious right out of the oven, but get hard even after a day or two. Is there something I’m doing wrong? Baking too long, too high of temperature, rising too long, etc? Any help is appreciated! I would love to try these!
joythebaker
The truth is Adriene, I think cinnamon rolls are best the day they are made. Perhaps you could try baking them for less time, making slightly underdone rolls. Then makes sure they’re well wrapped and covered for the night. I don’t think the problem is in the dough. That’s my two cents.
JeanBean
i loved my highschool, my graduating class was 100 kids, and we all knew eachother since we were in preschool! (very very small NY town) so everyone was like family really, I cant wait for my reunion…lol, but.. I will still be completely NERVOUS!!!! and will DEF> need some of these cinn. buns!! thanks joy!
Cecilia
I’m going to assume that you got that fabulous list of 10 reasons why you shouldn’t miss your 10 year reunion from our Reunion Committee….
I echo your sentiments completely :)
But, I would love to see you next time I’m in LA!
and I have some cream cheese that needs a-usin’…so I’ll be making these soon….
joythebaker
Ha! Hi Cecilia! I must have missed that list or surely I wouldn’t have this attitude! Are you coming all the way from Boston. Can we just get together for tea next time you’re in town!? Sheeeesh.
GS
High school reunions are very over-rated. Your cinnamon rolls, however, are not! Why not stay home, make the rolls and invite some real friends over for coffee that you haven’t seen in a couple of weeks?! Now THAT’S a reunion! Thanks for another lovely recipe and story.
Alexandra
Is it OK if I say i want to be you when I get older??? Cause I do! I think you are totally awesome and I would love to bake for you someday.!!!!!
joythebaker
Alexandra- I have frizzy hair sometimes…. still want to be me?
Juuuust kidding. I’d love to have a place that you can come to bake with me!
Janelle- The pan I baked my cinnamon rolls in is an old 9 x 13-inch pan that my parents have been using since sometime in the 1979. It’s old and worn and all sorts of scratched. Try some of your local thrift stores. You’ll probably have some luck.
radish
yeah, that is pretty much the sum of these small-talk infused gatherings. i really don’t do well with small-talk. plus, in my high school class i managed to have few friends, they were all 1 and 2 yrs below me. so i’ve avoided my reunions like the plague. but about those roll. OMG you’ve officially made me obsessed now. i’m holding you responsible if my pants go up a size. :-)
Anna
Wow, those look absolutely divine and sinful…..must make them… :)
Amanda
ha going to your high school reunion is like asking to get kicked in the head. why would you torture yourself?! it would be awkward awkward awkward!! I plan on NOT attending mine, and hoping that when I become rich & successful, those annoying high school people will remember what jerks some of them were to me.
Jess
Go to your Reunion! My 10th high school reunion was just this past weekend and I was sorta dreading it, but my best friend talked me into it and I had the best time! All the people that I didn’t like in high school or who were mean to me because I was a bookwormish nerd were all so cool (well, all but one who’s still a beyatch) and I am now feeling that type of day-after-Christmas-letdown that it’s all over and I won’t see most of those people again for another 5 to 10 years. So go and have fun!
joythebaker
Sarah- I’m glad your reunion was a blast! I’m not sure it’s enough to convince me to go to mine… I’ll think on it though!
Jessica
Joy, that is exactly how I feel about my 10 year reunion which is supposedly being planned for this year. Why go about making such an effort when everyone is online and you already know what they had for lunch let alone where they are in their lives… right on, and nice rolls. :)
catty
Oh wow these look DEVINE! When I travelled to Finland I discovered that all they ate there was cinnamon rolls and GIANT ones at that, you’d love it! Great blog, great pics…
Kara
Okay – first of all, I think you should go to the high school reunion – I mustered up the courage to go to mine 2 years ago and was pleasantly surprised.
Now that that’s out of the way, THOSE cinnamon rolls. Wow. I’ve had mild success with two different recipes before but man are these tempting. Is there any step in there that can be done the night before so you can actually eat the rolls sometime in the AM hours? If not, well, I’m sure they will be worth the wait. YUM
joythebaker
Kara- Yep! I made these cinnamon rolls, sliced them and put them in the pan and then baked them off in the morning. Those directions are included in the recipe. Check it out! It definitely makes the livin’ easy.
Bobbie
I advise on going to the class reunion. Its not as painful as you think it will be. Something funny has happened in those ten years you’ve been out of high school- everyone else has been out ten years also and really changed and grew up a little. and the ones who had it all together in high school has already had their brief shining moment and its all over for them which is fun to see.
Sarah
Heh, my 10 year reunion will be this summer as well. It will be a bit awkward, but I know a bunch of people that are going so I think it will be okay. I’m sure there will be many awkward “Who are you again?” moments… but I think it could be fun to see how others turned out and see my old friends again.
As for those cinnamon rolls, they look awesome. I am going be be entering the cinnamon roll competition in our local state fair and I need to start doing some “research”. These look like the perfect place to start!
Digigirl
These look delish! I love the idea of that cream cheese in the dough…
With regards to 10 year reunions. I went to mine (under coercion) *mmph* years ago and it was a complete waste of time. 10 years isn’t enough for much to change – the pretty people were still pretty, the geeky people were still geeky and all the little cliques still hung out together. Like others, I stayed in touch with the only people I really cared about after high school, so going to the reunion was a waste of time for me.
If you’re gonna do one – make it a later one! 15 or 20 years. That way, you can see who’s gone bald, which geek has become fabulously successful – like that!
Michelle
WOW. Cream cheese IN the cinnamon roll? Genius! Will you be my new best friend? I can’t wait to make these. Perhaps even today? I was just thinking that I needed something to make today.
About the reunion, skip it! My 10 year would have been last year but apparently my class is full of slackers who never organized one. I consider Facebook all the reunion I need!
joythebaker
Michelle- best friends? ok.. let’s do it.
Amy
YU-UM! Do you think you could freeze them rather than putting them in the frig (assuming they were wrapped really well)? I would love to make them a week or so ahead of time for our family trip – I’m figuring I’d move them to the frig a day before and then follow the rest of your steps.
What do you think???
janelle
These look yummy and I will be making them this weekend. Funny question-where did you get the pan that you baked the cinnamon rolls in? I kinda dig it and would like to go purchase it pronto. Your blog is a daily read for me, and thank you for making me laugh.
Ramona
Is the pan empty. It would have been at our house. Cinnamon Rolls are one of hubby’s favorite snacks.
They look great, good pictures too.
Johanna
I understand. Why bother? Do something you like instead – or wait, eat something you like!
Alison
I agree with Julia. I stayed in touch with the person I wanted to, beyond that I can’t be bothered. My 20th is coming up in September and I couldn’t care less. I don’t care to make the effort to “walk down memory lane” with people I wasn’t close to to begin with. I would rather spend time with the people in my present than spend one minute making small talk with people that don’t care what I am doing…and I don’t care what they are doing. LOL OK…enough ranting.
The bun look DIVINE. I think I must try these. :)
cat
Perfect timing!!! I was planning on making these this weekend to (hopefully) impress the new boy in my life! :)
Question – You say the rolls can be refrigerated. Do you let them rise for 2 hours before the refrigeration or will they rise in the frig if they are placed in there immediately after cutting and placing in the pan?
Nothing better than waking up in the morning and seeing such a wonderful recipe!!! :)
joythebaker
Cat- Making these for a boy!? Be careful. He might never leave…. for reals.
Good question. Slice the cinnamon rolls, place them in the buttered pan, cover them with plastic wrap and stick them directly in the fridge. No need for the 2 hour rise. They’ll slowly rise in the fridge a bit. When you’re ready to bake them, preheat the oven, and take the rolls out of the fridge and let sit on the counter for 15 minutes. You’re good to go!
Verbenabeth
Why is it that everytime I think I might have the inner strength to decrease the size of my posterior through smart food choices, you come up with a pure evilly scrumptious and calorie loaded recipe???? Well, I can diet tomorrow, right? :)
jonquil
i graduated in ’79 & have yet to see a reason why i would go to the time & trouble to save $$ & clear my calender to attend a reunion. not anxious, not angry, just can’t be bothered.
the projectivist
I’m with Julia, leave the reunions for imagined daydreaming in which you arrive via private jet, a slimmer more elegant version of yourself and that boy that you had a crush on suddenly realises that he made a massive mistake by not asking you out…
or something.
absolutely love the pictures, Joy!
on second thoughts, i’d rather stay home with a cinnamon roll, warm socks and my copy of Amelie.
tigress
these look amazing. and daunting. i will file it away for when i have time to delve into it. wow!
Julia @ Mélanger
Funny. Someone at work today was talking about high school reunions. I avoid them myself. I stayed in touch with the people I wanted to stay in touch with. I LOVE your cinnamon buns. Great step-by-step photos, too!
Jody Leon
To the wonderful Joy,
Who needs a silly old thing like a class reunion when there are divine cinnamon rolls like this lurking on your kitchen counter.
P.S. I didn’t go to my reunion, but I did see some pictures. Do people still use the word “hoochie-mama” in America? Because there was definitely some ladies who looked like they were trying way too hard.
Just be your fabulous self and if you are feeling self conscious, bring the cinnamon rolls.
Vanessa
I avoid all class reunions and honestly wouldn’t know what to say after basic small talk but I love your message to your old classmates and those cinnamon rolls look irresistable.
Michelle
Wow. I’d rather just smell those cinnamon rolls than go to a class reunion.
Kaitlin
How funny – I’m waiting for some dough to rise for cinnamon rolls right now! I wish I would have seen this earlier.
I totally do not blame you for not wanting to go to the reunion. I wouldn’t either :)
Lauren
Sounds awkward, and I offer you lots of luck – but at least the consequent eating is of the delcious and spicy variety! It could be worse!
Annabelle
Oooh a great anecdote; school reunions… the thing I loved about the end of school was never having to see the certain people I didn’t like, ever again…
P.S. These cinnamon rolls are much more impressive in photos than a snotty toddler :-)
green ink
Oh my god, these look devilishly good Joy – as everything you make does ;) I agree, cinnamon is better than Prozac any day! Can’t wait to make them. xx