When we first moved to the States, we stopped at Chicago
airport on our way to Baltimore. It's a pretty nice airport, with
plenty of food options - not that I endorse buying food at airports. It
was there that Jbird first introduced me to the heavenly delights of Cinnabon. I am such a sucker for bread. I love baking it, but that only stems from my love for eating it. I've especially enjoyed baking it this winter while I had a lot of time and it was too cold out to get in the garden.
In our first apartment (the worst apartment in the world), we had cable t.v. I quickly became addicted to the Food Network. It was there that I learned how to bake cinnabon style sticky buns. Alton Brown, my favourite scientist style culinarian, has a great recipe for overnight sticky buns. You can view the episode online here and then here*. They are prepared the night before and just need to be popped in the oven for fresh buns for breakfast.
For a while, Jbird and I were positively addicted to Pecan Cranberry Sticky Buns, but at about 1300 calories per serving they just weren't practical. I would always want two servings, my entire calorie intake for the day! Now I make a slightly plainer style with a simple butter, brown sugar, and raisin filling. We had them this morning. Needless to say, half the batch was gobbled before lunch time.
NB: I'm not a calorie counter! I guessed all figures, including how many I should have per day. *Check out his "circle of love" at the end of the episode, I'm trying that next.
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