Sunday Food Porn

Yeah, that's right. Get ready to wipe the drool. I made Katie's Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls today. Holy hell these are good. I've succumbed to the peer pressure. I've been seeing these on everyone's blogs and finally got around to making them myself. And damn. What a great thing to make on a lazy Sunday. Well, not so lazy... I took a long walk down to the market, did lots of laundry and cooked like a crazy person. But that's how I love to spend my Sundays, so that rocks.

I resisted the urge to tweak. Not that I won't next time, but some things were a little different than the way I normally make cinnamon rolls. I typically make cinnamon rolls every few months or so and I wanted to try it someone else's way for a change. Nothing like breaking out of your mold and expanding your horizons, right? I think I'm also expanding my waistline, but that's another story.

I invited Roman over to have a roll after they came out of the oven this afternoon. We each had two warm cinnamon rolls with a hot mug of Vitasoy's Peppermint Chocolate soymilk. Yum! I had been looking for that stuff all over town and finally found it this morning. Soooo yummy. Just the right amount of peppermint, not too overpowering. A little sweeter than I normally like my hot chocolate, but I don't normally sweeten mine hardly at all. I know, I'm weird like that. It was a nice snack and a great combination of flavors with the pumpkin cinnamon rolls. I felt like it was a very fall thing to be having even though it was actually a bit warmer than it has been outside today. I actually opened my windows for a few hours!

Okay, back to the awesomeness of pumpkin cinnamon rolls... The dough itself was fantastically smooth and elastic. Just perfect. 10 minutes is hella long to knead the dough and it made me yearn for my KitchenAid mixer that's in storage. Oh, dough hook, how I miss you. I set a timer so I wouldn't slack and try and pretend that the 10 minutes was already up.

The filling slid out of the dough a bit when I was rolling it up. One thing I'll do next time, something I typically do, is melt the Earth Balance and brush it over the dough, then rub the sugar mixture into it. It helps the filling stick to the dough a bit better.

Okay, let's see those pumpkin cinnamon rolls again... Then, run, do not walk to Don't Eat off the Sidewalk and bookmark the page so you can make these, too.