I Love Myself GDF Cinnamon Rolls: You Deserve A Decadent Treat

Everyone gets to cheat on Valentine's Day with chocolate or candies, but not so for us GDF-ers...until now.  These cinnamon rolls are a great way to cheat on your diet without actually cheating!  They are off-the-charts  good (shamefully, I ate half the pan by myself)! They were a complete accident find - I choose to tell myself it was an act of God :).  One day while deciding to use the Bob's Red Mill Pizza Crust, I saw the recipe for the rolls, on the back of the bag.  I'd never made cinnamon rolls before, so I figured I'd try.  I switched my lunch menu to something else and made the rolls that night, instead.  Admittedly, it was an arduous process but boy, am I glad I did it! I am not promising that these are fat free, actually on the contrary, these are a very guilty pleasure, but well worth the guilt trip.  They should be called SIN-amon rolls.  Ok, enough with the corny jokes, suffice to say they are Y-U-M-M-Y!!!

Here's the recipe along with some pics I snapped of my finished product.  Enjoy every decadent bite!!


Here's the link for ya'll: http://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes.php?recipe=6932GLUTEN FREE 

CINNAMON ROLLS

Contributed by: Chelsea Lincoln from the Bob's Red Mill Kitchen

This recipe is easy to prepare since it uses the Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix.

Dough

1/4 cup Butter

1/2 cup Sugar

2 Eggs*

1 Yeast Packet (from package)

1 cup warm Water

16 oz package GF Pizza Crust Mix 

(3-1/4 cups)as needed White Rice Flour for dusting (I just used my plain ole' all purpose GF flour)

Filling

1/4 cup Butter, melted (or dairy free spread)

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

2 tsp Cinnamon

Directions

Dough

Step 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Step 2. Add 1 Tbsp of the sugar to the warm water. Sprinkle the yeast packet on top of water and let sit 5 minutes. Cream together the butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, making sure to blend in completely.

Step 3. Add the yeast mixture to the butter/egg mixture and blend. Add in the pizza crust mix; blend two minutes. Heavily dust a 2-foot long sheet of wax paper with rice flour. Spread batter over the length of the wax paper, about 19 inches. Using warm water, wet your hands and press the batter outward to fill the sheet. Keep your hands wet. Once the batter evenly covers the wax paper, brush melted butter over the batter from edge to edge.

Filling

Step 1. Combine the cinnamon and sugar and then sprinkle mixture over the batter from edge to edge. Pick up the short end of the wax paper and begin carefully rolling the batter over itself like you would a jelly roll. Cut the roll into 1 1/2 inch pieces and gently place the disks into the 8 x 8 inch greased pan. It is okay to crowd them.

Step 2. Let the rolls rise in a warm place for 30 minutes. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes. Remove from oven, cool until the butter stops bubbling then flip out onto a plate. Make 8 cinnamon rolls.Notes

*To replace the eggs, combine 2 Tbsp Flaxseed Meal with 6 Tbsp of water; mix and let stand 5 minutes.

I squeezed as many of these rolls as I could in my pan!