Godly Delicious Cinna-Bons

"He has risen, just as He said"

~ Matthew 28:26 ~

Have you given much thought to yeast? Just a little bit of yeast can have a great impact on a large batch when making breads. But it doesn’t end there… We serve a RISEN Savior!

When we bake with yeast, we find a unique transformation occurs in the mixture. We start with a bowl ¼ full of ingredients then we add the yeast. While the yeast appears to be the smallest and least significant part of our mixture it starts to have the greatest impact. After we add yeast, things start to transform. As we wait, the dough starts to rise. We can punch down the dough, but the dough will continue to rise. Soon what started out as a ¼ of a bowl of ingredients, rises to a full bowl of dough. When we make dough it reminds us of our Risen Savior --the Savior who overcame sin through death on the cross, that three days later had rised from the dead!

Each time you use yeast, take time to remember the Risen Savior! The Savior who overcame sin! The Savior who hid in the earth for just a little while - THEN ROSE – changing your life and mine for eternity! -- Now enjoy the quick Cinnabon recipe:

Buns
2 packs of Instant Quick Rise Yeast
½ cup warm water
6 eggs
1 ½ cups sugar
2 c milk
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter
Flour (approx 8 cups)

Topping
1/3 cup butter
½ cup sugar (white or brown)
2 T cinnamon

Scald milk and set aside to cool. Melt butter. In a large bowl, add melted butter, sugar, salt and beaten eggs. Stir scalded milk, water and yeast into egg mixture. Gradually add flour and stir until kneaded into a soft ball that no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl. Place clean tea town over bowl and let rise in a warm humid place until it doubles in size (approx. ¾ hour). Roll dough out.

Melt butter and brush onto the dough. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon as desired. Roll into tube shape and cut off 1 inch slices of tube to form buns.

Place buns on baking pan 1½ inches apart. Cover with tea towel and let rise again. Approx. ½ hour.

Bake for 20 – 25 minutes in 350 F oven

Drizzle with icing sugar (optional)


Bonnie's Kitchen
by Bonnie Hooley