Cinnamon Sugar Dough Rolls
After my super emo post at the end of last week, I decided it was time
to take a little blogging break. I cook and write about it because it’s fun for
me. And last week I pushed myself to the point where it wasn’t fun anymore.
A couple days of
cooking for myself and for my family, of giving and receiving and feeling the love
of new family and old family, I am feeling back on track.
The only downside to
my break? Blogger back up. I have a crazy amount of dishes, baked goods and
general yumminess to tell you about.
So I thought I’d start
with what was meant to be the eleventh day of treats. Something my grandmother
taught me to make. Which is totally fitting considering today is her birthday!
When I was young, my
grandmother would always come down to our house for Christmas and together we
would make apple pie. We always ended up with some excess dough, so we put
that doughy goodness to work.
This always made it
onto the plate of cookies left for Santa on Christmas Eve. There were usually a
couple of left over sugar cookies and shortbread on that plate Christmas morning,
but not one of these would be in sight.
You will need…
2 cups of flour
½ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup cold water
(really cold)
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
¼ cup cinnamon
Start by preheating
your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl,
combine the flour, oil, water and salt. Mix the ingredients until they form a
ball of dough.
Cut the dough into
four equal mini dough balls.
Place one of the mini
balls between two pieces of wax paper and roll them out until they are about
1/8th of an inch thick.
Combine the sugar and
cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of the mixture onto the
dough.
Roll the dough up into
a long thin roll. Sprinkle the top of the roll with a little extra sugar and
cinnamon.
Cut the roll into
little bites and put them on a clean cookie sheet.
Repeat with the other
3 dough balls.
Bake the rolls for 20
minutes.
Remove from the oven
and let cool slightly.
Enjoy warm, with a big
glass of milk.
Happy Birthday
Grandma!
Love and Beer Floats
Angela