I mentioned last Secret Recipe Club post that I have a bit of a tough time every month. Each month when I get my assignment I got straight to the blog and start browsing. Usually I end up with quite a few pages open and I narrow it down then a few days later I pick my recipe.
This month I could not for the life of me choose between harvest pumpkin bread and cinnamon scrolls. So of course you know what happened next. I made both!
Oh boy am I glad I made these. The recipes were two of the best things I’ve baked in the last few months. Even just kneading the sweet dough I knew these were going to be good. The smell while they were baking had me counting down the seconds until they were out of the oven. You know the smell… cinnamon and brown sugar baking is one of the best.
This was taken about two minutes after I got them out of the oven. I just could not resist. I may have even had two. Don’t judge me until you make them and then try to stop yourself. I took half of them over to my grandma and she said ‘oh you should keep some for yourself.’ She laughed when I told her I did and I’d already eaten two. I think she gobbled up her portion in a couple of days too.
They are the softest, sweetest, most delicious bread you’ll bake. Ok so you may be able to do better but these are seriously good. I opted to leave off the icing because I like my buns au-natural but pop over to The Heritage Cook and check out the original recipe if you’d like to glaze them. Mine kept for a few days in an airtight container and the rest went into the freezer (which I just remembered – yay!). Enjoy!
What about you? If you had to choose between cinnamon buns and pumpkin bread which would you choose?
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Mummy likes cinnamon buns for breakfast too…..hint hint! x
Oh really mother… might need a mixer so I can make them for you at the coast… hint hint :-) x
Claire, your pictures look like they should be on the cover of a baking magazine! I can see why you couldn’t resist them, I’m sure the aroma alone was enough to drive you crazy!
Oh how you flatter me Chris!
These look soooo good! I love the idea of that smell permeating through the house!
Such an amazing smell!
I love Jane’s recipes. These do look irresistible.
Don’t they!
As I was reading I could imagine the smell. Cinnamon buns always remind me of being in Sweden and waiting for the buns for breakfast. GG
I’d love to go to Sweden. Will just have to settle for more buns!
Cinnamon buns every time :)
Agreed!
These do look very good Claire and when I was growing up my mother would make something similar and the smell coming from the oven while they were baking was so fabulous I used to sit in front of the oven door, wishing them to hurry up. We always ate them immediately getting several burns in the process so I can just imagine how hard it would have been for you to resist eating them all – your grandmother was lucky to get a few! xx
She was lucky!