How'd she make that shape?

[Marie Nixon]

I'm trying to figure out how Chef #177896 created the rolls pictured in copy cat Cinnabon' for the bread machine They kind of look like a pinwheel shape. I want to try this recipe but I'd like to have my rolls look the ones in the photo. Thank you.

[WaterMelon]

maybe it's one of those two-braided roll, coiled into a round with the end tucked under, then baked in a muffin pan.

[Heather Sullivan]

big square, corners folded in?

Editing to revise my guess Do the cinnamon rolls then do a large square with cuts coming from the corners towards the center - like how you make paper pinwheels! then bring in the corners like a pinwheel?

[CarrolJ]

it sure is pretty! perhaps someone should send an email to the poster.

[Marie Nixon]

CarrolJ wrote:
it sure is pretty! perhaps someone should send an email to the poster.

Hi CarolJ, I tried to email her but it said she was not accepting emails or something like that. I'll keep waiting for someone who knows how to do it!

[CarrolJ]

Marie Nixon wrote:

CarrolJ wrote:
it sure is pretty! perhaps someone should send an email to the poster.

Hi CarolJ, I tried to email her but it said she was not accepting emails or something like that. I'll keep waiting for someone who knows how to do it!

I will post a note to Customer Support and someone there will probably help us.

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

My guess is it is a braid that is then cut into rolls and placed in a pan to bake. Be interested to see if you get a response from the actual chef though.

[MEAN CHEF]

They are made as in this recipe:

Cinnamon Pecan Rolls

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

I realize that's what the recipe instructs you to do (roll in a log, slice etc.) but the picture sure looks different to me than a traditional spiral. More like a pinwheel or a braid but not quite a knot. Or is the traditional slice and then it is twisted when placed in the pan?

I know one thing, I feel like making cinnamon rolls now!

[CarrolJ]

MEAN CHEF wrote:
They are made as in this recipe:

Cinnamon Pecan Rolls

Why do they look different Mean? It looks almost like they have been braided.

[Marie Nixon]

Marg/Cayman Designs wrote:
I realize that's what the recipe instructs you to do (roll in a log, slice etc.) but the picture sure looks different to me than a traditional spiral. More like a pinwheel or a braid but not quite a knot. Or is the traditional slice and then it is twisted when placed in the pan?

I know one thing, I feel like making cinnamon rolls now!

I keep coming back to some type of pinwheel shape. Here's what I thought. 1. Roll the dough into a large rectangle. 2. Spread the filling on top. 3. Cut the rectangle into 12 or so individual squares. 4. Then somehow cut each square into a pinwheel and bring the pointed edges up and over. I tried to do this with a piece of paper but it didn't work too well. What do you all think about the pinwheel idea?

[podapo]

This is what I found in one of my cookbooks

Braided Rolls:
Pinch off 3 pieces of dough; roll with the palm to make each the width of a finger and twice as long. Lay side by side, pinch top ends together and braid loosely. Press bottom ends together. Lay in Muffin tins. Let rise until double in bulk, bake.

Not sure if that's it or not, but maybe.

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

That's how you'd make rolls but with this being cinnamon rolls there has to be a way that you are getting the filling in without it coating the whole outside of each "rope". I've even saved and lightened the photo just to try and see it better...so far I'm still have having any revelations.

The chef who took the photo only has photos on here, no recipes. I wonder if Kathy could forward an email anyway just like if you used the "ask the chef a question" feature on a recipe.

[podapo]

Marg/Cayman Designs wrote:
That's how you'd make rolls but with this being cinnamon rolls there has to be a way that you are getting the filling in without it coating the whole outside of each "rope". I've even saved and lightened the photo just to try and see it better...so far I'm still have having any revelations.

The chef who took the photo only has photos on here, no recipes. I wonder if Kathy could forward an email anyway just like if you used the "ask the chef a question" feature on a recipe.

doh!!!

[CarrolJ]

Marg/Cayman Designs wrote:
That's how you'd make rolls but with this being cinnamon rolls there has to be a way that you are getting the filling in without it coating the whole outside of each "rope". I've even saved and lightened the photo just to try and see it better...so far I'm still have having any revelations.

The chef who took the photo only has photos on here, no recipes. I wonder if Kathy could forward an email anyway just like if you used the "ask the chef a question" feature on a recipe.

She's done it before for me in the past. Why don't you ask? The only problem is that sometimes it takes a lonnnng time to get back an answer from the chef. NOT Kathy's fault she is very timely!