I started fretting about this recipe
as soon as I saw it. What would I use
for molds? Yesterday (the 15th
and the day before posting),
inspiration smacked me in the head. With
a bit of research, I managed to create my own molds from a heavy paper covered
with non-stick foil.
This morning I did the baking. It took somewhat longer for the initial proof
since it is an enriched dough, but after an extra hour, it was finally
ready. The experiment began. I pretty much followed the recipe from this
point on. The first batch was a little
too crispy, so I reduced the baking time by about 5 minutes. The second batch was better. (And the molds didn’t even ignite and burn
up! Guess that’s 451 F. for you.)
These are sort of crisp, crunchy, and
soft, all at the same time, and the outer coating of butter and cinnamon sugar
is delicious, but then, I am a sucker for cinnamon.
Hope you all will bake with us this
month. Our Kitchen of the Month is
Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen. She will have the recipe
posted on her website.
Also, check out
the baking efforts of the other Babes.
- Blog from OUR Kitchen – Elizabeth
- A Messy Kitchen – Kelly
- Karen’s Kitchen Stories – Karen
- My Diverse Kitchen – Aparna (Kitchen of the Month)
- Bread Experience - Cathy
- Thyme for Cooking - Katie
- My Kitchen in Half Cups - Tanna
- Feeding My Enthusiasms - Elle
These remind me of Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico, one of my favorite places.
7 comments:
I wish I'd watched the video of how to make those cones before using the soda cans! Yours look great!
Those are great chimneys! Yours look particularly buttery and cinnamon sugary, very yum.
You know what they say ... great minds think alike. I did the same thing that you did. Fretted over what to use as a mold until I watched that video. The paper and foil molds are just perfect. I made mine the day before as well. It was actually really easy once the fretting was done. :)
I'm a sucker for cinnamon, too... and sugar, butter, bread....
Really, what more could one want? Bread, butter, cinnamon ... oh yes, coffee in the morning and wine in the evening..
Sometimes I think we just love to fret.
You are brilliant!! Of course heavy paper rolls would work AND they'd be closer to the right size than beer cans.
That's it. I'm going to keep hold of the paper rolls for our parchment paper, waxed paper and aluminum foil. They'll be perfect for chimney cakes.
I'm really happy your moulds worked for you. The Chimney Cakes look good.
Yes, I'm a sucker for cinnamon too. :)
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