I woke up at 0530 this morning. I couldn't get back to sleep. I got up, played Sims on Facebook, watched a DVR'd episode of Extreme Home Makeover and then decided I had time to make a really great Sunday Brunch. I got out my bread machine and made coffee while the appliance kneaded my dough. I made quite a few modifications to an existing recipe that I need to record them so I can make these again. They are really, really good.
I started with
this recipe.
I then made the following modifications:
- I subbed out 1 1/2 cups of white flour and used whole wheat instead.
- I mixed the sugar, butter, and brown sugar together to make a paste. I added about 1 teaspoon of xanthan gum to the mixture.*
- I sprinkled a few cinnamon flakes* and finely chopped pecans over the bun dough before rolling up.
- I was out of cream cheese so I blended a mixture of soft margarine (three tablespoons? I didn't measure), the juice and zest of half an orange, a splash of vanilla extract and enough icing sugar to make it spreadable (2? 3? cups) to glaze the warm rolls.
*I found xanthan gum and cinnamon flakes at my local health food store. I am sure the cinnamon flakes are not crucial to the success of the buns, but I felt like there was not quite enough filling so I added them since they were in my cupboard already. The xanthan gum is a food thickener that worked really well to keep the filling from melting out of the buns during the baking process.
