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Cinnabon-Esque Cinnamon Rolls

Photo from The Cooking Photographer via Photograzing I'm a sucker for Cinnabons—those indecently sweet, doughy cinnamon rolls found at food courts and airports across the country—so I'm tempted to try this recipe for "Cinnabon Clones" from Laura Flowers at The Cooking Photographer. The day I can capture that smell in my own oven, I will be a happy person indeed....

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7 Comments | Posted by Carey Jones, July 31, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Tagged: Cinnabon, cinnamon rolls, Good Morning!, sticky buns

Boston’s Flour Bakery Buns Are So Sticky, They Named Them Twice

While I have nothing against a warm doughnut or pain au chocolat, my heart has always belonged to the sticky bun. In my mind, it’s everything a breakfast pastry should be—gooey, cinnamony, and with so many layers to unearth, endlessly entertaining. (I started baking at age six with the sole intention of making my own super-gooey cinnamon rolls. Old habits die hard.) When I saw Joanne Chang out-bake Bobby Flay on the Food Network’s Throwdown, I knew I had to hit up her Flour Bakery in Boston the first chance I got. Flay’s needlessly experimental orange-almond rolls couldn’t hold a candle to Joanna’s “Sticky Sticky Buns,” doused in a brown sugar-honey “Goo.”...

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14 Comments | Posted by Carey Jones, September 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, breakfast, cinnamon rolls, Flour Bakery, Massachusetts, pastries, sticky buns