Recipe Review: PW’s Cinnamon Rolls

I’m back with another review of one of The Pioneer Woman’s world famous recipes.  I happened to catch P-Dub on TV last week where she was making her cinnamon rolls.  I decided then and there that they would finally be on our weekend menu.  The question is, could I succeed at making them as well as she does?

It would include another battle with yeast, after all.

Based on these two pictures, you would think that I did okay.

Not too bad considering I totally forgot to add the baking soda, baking powder and salt to the dough.  Oops.

I also clearly rolled my dough out way too thin.  Here you can compare my pre-baked rolls to P-Dub’s:

The Pioneer Woman is clearly a superior photographer and cinnamon roll roller.

Despite my follies, my rolls cooked up nicely.

…and improved ten-fold when I added the to-die-for-easy-to-make maple icing.

Do you know what my favorite thing about this recipe is?  It’s not the gooey frosting, the cinnamon goodness, or even the insane amount of butter…

Nope, it’s the dough…yeast and all…which tastes super delicious.  While eating the rolls (yes, I had more than one), I couldn’t help focus on how the dough was the perfect balance to the gooey goodness.  I think I would have been happy eating the dough on its own.

And, for the record, can I just say that I think that bread yeast might be warming up to me.  We actually might be friends soon.  Okay, maybe just acquaintances, but we’re making progress!

Have you tried The Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon roll recipe?  If so, were you as bad of a roller as me?  If not, you should probably hop over to P-Dub’s blog to print the recipe and head straight to your kitchen!

Psst…want to check out my other Pioneer Woman recipe reviews?  How about my battle with bread yeast?  Enjoy!