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[bubosquared]

Er. Help? Anyone with kitchen experience? I want to make cinnamon rolls, but all the recipes I find require yeast. Can I just substitute that with self-rising flour?

Any pointers/help welcome.

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[wea.livejournal.com]

Yeast is kinda necessary... at least the way I make them. Cinnamon rolls are basically bread dough with filling, rather than a cake-type thing. 'Cause of all the rolling out and rolling up, a wetter, baking-powder leavened batter wouldn't work...

Leavened? That so doesn't look right...

You could probably get a similar taste (though not texture) with a basic plain batter with a layer of cinammon/brown sugar in the center - ie. pour in half the batter, put in the cinammon-sugar, pour the other half on top.

If and when yeast becomes an option - I am the expert on making those kind! (Well... I worked in a bakery that wholesaled ONLY cinammon rolls for awhile. Ugh. Couldn't eat them for almost a year after. :)

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Damn, thought so. Guess I'll go out and find yeast tomorrow. That'll be fun, on a Sunday. :/

[sileas.livejournal.com]

Some baker's still sell the stuff or you can ask them and they'll supply you with a little bit of it from their own supply for making bread. And they're usually open on Sundays.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I woke up really late, so I think I'll just bake cookies and wait till tomorrow to get yeast and make the cinnamon rolls.

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[sileas.livejournal.com]

so I think I'll just bake cookies and wait till tomorrow to get yeast and make the cinnamon rolls.

Mmmmmmmmmm. Can I live with you?

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Hey, sure thing! (Watch me send you cookies. I just love to cook, man.)

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[sileas.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Hey, sure thing!

*eee* *starts packing Star Wars books*

I just love to cook, man

*nods* I've noticed that. Got any good old-fashioned easy-to-make recipes for cookies?

And an all-important question regarding cookies : real butter or margarine? My brother uses real butter ; I use margarine. (his taste like old bread, dipped in butter and then left on the table for four days) Mine taste like cookies.

[wea.livejournal.com]

Real butter! Margarine is nasty stuff...

Basic cookies: mix together butter and sugar, add some eggs, vanilla, whatever flavourings you want (peanut butter, chocolate chips, etc.), a leeetle bit of baking powder, flour to consistency and you're off to the races!

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Dude, that is one scary icon.

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[wea.livejournal.com]

It is, isn't it? The 'Thank You For Not Breeding' tattoo design is short-listed - hopefully within the year!

[rsadelle]

You can do just a pie crust, roll it out, and put butter, cinnamon, and some brown sugar on it. They won't puff up as much, but they'll still be cinnamony.