# Cinnamon Roll Recipe-- with puff pastry?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750 "2018-01-29T18:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/1 "2018-01-29T18:49:39Z")
I had a cinnamon roll at a bakery in Chicago that was truly remarkable. It was made with some kind puff pastry instead of a yeasted dough, but the texture was what really made it unique-- flaky, sure, but also crunchy and quite sweet. It was a nice deep amber color, with a shiny and inviting crust that was perhaps a super thin caramel. I’m guessing that it was almost like a [kouign amann](https://www.google.com/search?q=kouign+amann), with sugar laminated into the dough itself? And then … glazed… with something? I tried recreating the recipe using straight up puff pastry and came up with something tasty but more like a croissant than what I had at the bakery. Bakers out there, any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/2 "2018-01-29T19:54:20Z")
Probably brushed with egg before baking. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/3 "2018-01-30T01:24:21Z")
Like an [elephant ears](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/cinnamon-elephant-ears-recipe-1923543), perhaps? That’s made with puff pastry. (Ina Garten’s recipe.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/4 "2018-01-30T02:09:48Z")
That’s what an elephant ear is in the northeast. There are lots of recipes online. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/5 "2018-01-30T18:41:22Z")
Ina Garten also has a [puff pastry cinnamon roll](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/easy-sticky-buns-recipe-1945442) recipe. I’ve tried it. It’s… meh. The rolls have a tendency to unspiral while baking, which isn’t good, so make sure you roll tightly and seal. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/6 "2018-01-31T17:19:24Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Ina Garten also has a [puff pastry cinnamon roll](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/easy-sticky-buns-recipe-1945442) recipe. I’ve tried it. It’s… meh. The rolls have a tendency to unspiral while baking, which isn’t good, so make sure you roll tightly and seal. This is pretty close to what I made with puff pastry, and while it was tasty enough it’s not the same. The one from the bakery was practically shellacked in a thin caramel. I think some sort of cinnamon roll / elephant ear hybrid, like the posters above mentioned, might be on the right track. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/7 "2018-02-02T19:05:29Z")
because i can’t seem to just let anything go… research indicates that what i ate was more like a [morning bun](https://www.google.com/search?q=morning+bun) and less of a cinnamon roll (even though the bakery called them cinnamon rolls.) playing with one of these recipes and then perhaps brushing on a little sugar syrup during the last 5-10 minutes of baking may come up with something close! ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/8 "2018-02-03T17:45:04Z")
This sounds like a pastry I’ve had at a German-style bakery. It’s called schnecke, which they told me is German for “snail.” It’s similar to a croissant, but rolled into a spiral. The bakery I go to has several different varieties–cinnamon is excellent, and almond is also delicious. Brioche dough makes the best cinnamon rolls. I used to get caramel rolls with brioche dough, and they were out of this world. Sadly they do not exist any more. ☹ On the other end of the spectrum, I have a recipe for cinnamon rolls made with canned crescent roll dough. I haven’t tried the recipe yet, but I’m sure it’s as good as Velveeta fudge. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750/9 "2018-02-03T20:32:50Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > This sounds like a pastry I’ve had at a German-style bakery. It’s called schnecke, which they told me is German for “snail.” And in Austrailain pattiseries, it’s labled “escargot” – but they’ll sell it to you if you ask for a “snail”. From the description, I was thinking something more like baclava.