If that doesn’t sound like a blog name from 2010 I don’t know what does.
The other day my 7 year old came home from school telling me that they had to list their favorite things and he said his favorite food was cinnamon buns. Something we rarely buy and I usually only make at Christmas. Which doesn’t sound right because they’re one of my favorite foods too so why don't we have them more often?
In that moment my belief that we shouldn’t save things for special occasions flared brightly and I told him I’d make them soon.
Long story
Years ago, before babies, a friend and I were talking and she said how she wanted to learn how to make cinnamon buns from scratch. I had never done it either so we got together and learned! They were delicious as all sugar and cinnamon infused bread is, and also surprisingly not that hard to make even for people that had never made any bread-yeast type thing before.
A while later my husband got into the homemade sourdough thing (*he would like noted it was before the 2020 craze of everyone doing it. We were mostly done with it by then haha) so eventually I started making sourdough cinnamon buns which were next level.
This is the sourdough cinnamon bun recipe I used to use. You obviously need to have sourdough starter for it and it does take longer to make.
But since we don't have starter anymore I tried out a new recipe and give it 10/10 for ease of making it and the end result. Will be doing this one from now on!
Soft and Gooey Homemade Cinnamon Buns (I did the overnight steps and it worked perfect. Baked for 30 minutes the next morning)
So pour yourself a coffee and get that flour out. Make sure it’s a random day and not just a special occasion. They'll taste even better then 😉
