Full disclosure I received a free copy of Meg Favreau's new book published by Quirk Books, "Little Old Lady Recipes" in order to do this review. You can purchase it here.
Once again, thanks to Eric at Quirk Books for letting me review so many awesome books.
I really wanted to review this book because in my experience the best tasting dishes have been made by people who are "little old ladies" and I always find myself asking them for their recipes. This pocket-sized book is packed with everything from everyday recipes (like pancakes) to dishes you'll want to take to your next potluck (like tuna surprise casserole). You won't find the latest and greatest in gourmet food here but you'll find the oldies but goodies that you'd find from your grandma's kitchen. Well...not MY grandma since she's a 1st generation Korean woman but you know what I mean.
The recipe I decided to tackle was the one for frosted cinnamon rolls. I've never made cinnamon buns before and to be honest I was a little nervous about making it. Any time I work with yeast I feel a little nervous. I always feel like I'm going to 'hurt' them or kill them somehow and nothing will rise.
So the way the recipes are written are very much in the voice of a little old lady. As in, there are specific measurements but there are also generalities written in to the recipe. For example, the recipe calls for the first resting period of the dough to last "until doubled." So basically what I did was what an episode of Castle on On Demand and guess when it looked like it had doubled. I kind of wished it had given me some kind of timeline like an hour or whatever but in the end the buns came out fine and it wasn't a big deal.
So the cinnamon buns came together pretty easily and I have to say that they weren't the loveliest of all cinnamon buns that I have seen but they were yummy just the same. Mark had one after work and he said they were "delicious" so I guess my first time with these babies went a-okay. One bonus of making these is that they made the apartment smell divine. :P
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