I have gone back and forth on whether or not to publish this round of posts because I'm adding very little information to something that is already out there in the blog-o-sphere. Obviously, I decided to go ahead and publish. I realized that I appreciate reading other people's reviews of things they have
Pinned then tried so here's my review. Take it or leave it.
This were amazing! I mean it - so good and other than cutting ours into larger pieces I didn't need to change a thing. I made the honey mustard sauce too then turned it all into an absolutely divine fried chicken salad. I think next time I might grill them, just for the health factor but the pickle juice in the marinade - GENIUS! And I stumbled across this recipe while I was looking up the recipe for these...
Honestly? Not as good as I thought they would be. I think I have some pretty high standards for cinnamon rolls though. I normally make them from scratch and they come out all doughy and buttery and wonderful. These were okay but not divine. But I will tell you why they are really worth making. My toddler can help in every step of the process and she
loved making them with me just as much as she loved eating them. Sure, these are quick and fun because they're tiny but the greatness is really in the fact that she took ownership in them and enjoyed sharing them with her family. I tweaked the icing for these a bit because I didn't have maple syrup. We made maple-vanilla icing that tasted a lot like maple bar donuts.
Maple-Vanilla Icing:
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon skim milk (more or less depending on your desired consistency)
Whisk skim milk into powdered sugar until slightly thicker than your desired consistency. Then add the flavorings. If it is still too thick then add some more milk, too thin add some sugar. But I recommend a goal of too thick because the icing is smoother if you add milk than if you add sugar back in. When you add sugar a lot of times it gets clumpier or grainier.
ETA: After I posted this I found this little
Pinterest Challenge on Better Life Bags. Personally I made myself a board called
THIS WEEK. It is entirely for pinning the things I intend to make from Pinterest in the current week. I pick them out on Sunday - everything from crafts with my kids to cooking and baking - then work through them all week long. So far, I'm loving it!
I like that the cinnamon rolls are all tiny - does it help you eat less? ;)
ReplyDeleteMaybe. Probably not. I think I normally have two regular cinnamon rolls (okay...maybe three) and I had maybe four of the minis? For me it was the maple icing that made me eat less, it was pretty rich.
DeleteUhm YUM! These both look amazing. I always want to make cinnamon rolls but I don't because I know I would eat too many. However, I like the look of these tiny ones! Mini-bites are always a favorite.
ReplyDeleteLOVE your "THIS WEEK" pin board idea! Going to have to copy that :) And thanks for linking up to the challenge!
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