I messed up the topping because it was more jell like, but that was my own fault. I found this recipe way too sweet even for me who loves sweets. Although they rose well, I thought the dough was rather "pudgy" and not too my families liking. Jean Pare has an awesome Cinnamon Buns recipe in her Potato Cook Book. Nice texture as mashed potatoes are add to the dough. Definitely Cinnamon flavour as opposed to Caramel of this recipe. Also, time wise, Pare's recipe makes 36 buns as opposed to 12 in this recipe and takes the same amount of time with a much nicer Cinnamon flavour, great texture and beautiful rise using regular flour and they freeze great. Raisins are a really nice addition to Pare's recipe. Also do not like the 1/2 cup of butter in this recipe. Had to double check to make sure I was reading it right. That's one hang of a lot of butter. Sorry but I won't make this recipe again. As always, to each their own.

Reviewed On: Jan. 4, 2009

I have to make a comment about something breadguy said when using a KitchenAid for mixing this dough. He said to use the dough hook, mix on low speed then increase speed to medium for 5 minutes. On the KitchenAid there is 10 speeds. Everything written about using the dough hook says "do not use a speed higher than #2 when using the dough hook. Perhaps BreadGuy made a mistake here. This is a heavy dough and when I set the speed to #5 just to see, it threw this dough all over the place. I set the speed to #2 as per KA instructions and kneaded the dough for 4 minutes and it was fine. Also took 45 minutes to rise 1" above pan. Rose beautifully when cooking. I used Bread Flour as suggested. Much nicer, high rise. I used 1/3 cup of sugar as some had suggested. Only ate the crust so far but usually the crust isn't too great but this was. I often go by the weight of the finished product. If it feels heavy when I pick up the uncut loaf, it is usually a heavy bread. This feels nice and light to me. Thanks greatly to the poster. My 9th recipe try and so far my favourite.

Reviewed On: Dec. 22, 2008

My hubby said "heavenly". Guess he liked it. So did I. I tripled the topping but thought that was a little much. Double would have been better. Definitely sweet, but if you're in the mood for sweet, this is great. Easy to make. Had to cook it about 55 minutes maybe because of all the extra I stuck in the middle. :O) Thanks to the poster.

Reviewed On: Dec. 20, 2008