Cinnamon Bun Recipe?

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My mother has recently had a hankering to start making cinnamon buns again, a desire that I can fully get behind. She lost the recipe that she used when we were kids, and is looking for a good one. She has tried Pioneer Woman's recipe, but is looking for something that is less of a fat bomb (that recipe uses a pound of butter or something??). Does anyone have a tried and true recipes?

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I haven't made these (yet) but I trust Bravetart. https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2017/12/bravetart-homemade-cinnamon-rolls-recipe.html

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ATK's sticky buns are quite good, but keep in mind they take over 4 hours from start to finish: https://www.kcet.org/food/weekend-recipe-sticky-buns

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This is my go-to. I don't know that they're necessarily less of a fat bomb than PW's recipe, but they are extremely delicious.

https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Cream-Cheese-Cinnamon-Rolls

ETA: Just saw that Autumn posted the same recipe. Yes, they are a bit labor-intensive in that you have to start them a day in advance, but very much worth it IMO.

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Here is the recipe I have used for seventy years for cinnamon buns and all forms of coffee cake. I have probably made it 200 times so it is definitely tried and true. 1) Prove 1 cake of yeast with 1/2 cup lukewarm milk and water (use about half milk and half warm water from the tap), 1/2 cup flour, and 2 tsp sugar. While this is working, cream 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter with 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp salt, the grated rind and juice of a lemon, 2 eggs, and 1/2 cup lukewarm milk and water. Add the now-bubbly yeast mixture and 4 cups flour. Adding as little extra flour as possible, knead the dough until when you cut through it with a sharp knife, it has the texture of a sponge---5 to 10 minutes kneading---you can feel the dough come alive under your hands. Put dough in an oiled bowl with a towel over the top and let rise at room temperature but out of any draft or wind until double in bulk (about an hour to an hour and a half). Punch down as much as you can and form as you wish into cinnamon rolls or any form of coffee cake. (Cinnamon rolls---roll dough into a rectangle, dot with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and raisins, roll up, slice into 1-inch slices, lay on greased pan just touching, let rise again for 30 minutes, bake about 20 minutes at 350*). I would recommend doubling the recipe as you can freeze any extra cake or rolls.

I see comments that people are finding this kind of baking too time-consuming. An alternative is to buy the flat Crescent Roll dough, lay it out, dot with cinnamon, sugar, and raisins, roll it up, slice, and bake.

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I live and die by Cook's Country's Quicker Cinnamon Rolls:

https://www.kcet.org/food/weekend-recipe-quicker-cinnamon-buns

Hands-down the best ones I've ever made or eaten.

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