Christmas morning came and went so quickly this year, I guess it's because I spend most of my day in the kitchen. Our kitchen really is the heart of our home. Everyone who comes in, gathers around the counter and the kitchen table to snack on a variety of food items I put out before the big meal. We do have comfy couches and chairs in both the living room and family room, but everyone always chooses to gather in the kitchen, go figure. It's a busy day for everyone, and some do not eat breakfast because of all the running around they have to do that day. I always try to have a breakfast item on the snack table to have with coffee or juice when they come in, it wakes them up!
So, every Christmas Eve I make a pan of my old fashion sticky buns, cover them and let them rise overnight. I then bake them off in the morning, they're a special treat. They only take about a half hour for piping hot, cinnamony, sticky, gooey, nut and raisin encrusted buns, you get the picture.
This year I changed it up a bit to try something new, cinnamon buns on a smaller scale - Mini Cinnamon Buns made with puff pastry, they are so good we couldn't stop eating them!
Recipe below.
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I used a 24 cup mini muffin pan for two bite buns.
Sometimes you have to buy the the best brand to make something good, and sometimes you don't. I used this packaged puff pastry that I found in the dairy section at GIANT. It worked perfectly for the rolls, I got exactly 24 mini rolls from one package for about $2.39, pretty inexpensive for something so good!
You don't even have to roll the pastry dough out, just unfold it, brush with some melted butter, sprinkle with brown sugar and raisins, if you like them, we do! These are so easy to make, you will make them all the time.
Pop those babies in the oven and watch them turn into something totally delicious.
In about 30 minutes........
AWESOMENESS, right there folks.
Perfect little cinny rolls coming right out of the oven, no frosting or glaze required, they are that good!
And yea, the family kept eating them before everyone got here. I think I said they were good already didn't I?
These are my old fashioned sticky buns, that I usually make on Christmas morning, check out that recipe on this blog (8/6/2013), they're great too.
PUFF PASTRY MINI CINNAMON ROLLS
Ingredients For The Topping
2 sticks butter, room temperature
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 cup chopped pecans, or other nut you like
Directions For Topping
Preheat 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, with a fork or back of wooden spoon, mash the butter and the brown sugar together until all is combined. Drop about a tablespoonful of filling into each cup of the muffin pan, then top each of the cups with chopped nuts, set aside.
Ingredients For The Filling
1 - 13.2 oz pkg WEWALKA Puff Pastry, GIANT dairy section
6 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
3/4 cup raisins
Directions For The Rolls
Unfold pastry dough onto a floured board or other flat surface. Brush the dough with the melted butter, sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins. Starting with the longest end of the dough, roll up tightly, tucking all the filling in as you roll. Make sure you finish rolling with the seam side down at the end. Lightly pull on the dough at each end, to stretch just a little without tearing it. Tuck the uneven ends under on each side. For better measurement of the size of the rolls, cut the roll in half and then each half into twelve 1 inch pieces. You should have twenty-four 1 inch pieces when you are done cutting.
Place one of the rolls, cut side up, in each cup of the prepared muffin pan. Brush each top with any remaining melted butter. Bake for 30 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown and bubbly on top. Remove from oven, let stand for about 5 minutes. Flip the rolls out of the pan onto a parchment lined baking sheet larger than your muffin pan. Scoop out any remaining nuts from the pan and place on top of the muffins. Serve warm or cold, they are great both ways. Makes 24 buns.
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