What?!?!
Sounds cool, right? So, of course, I wanted until September 1st to try it. But even though the month was over, it really sounded fun. So I still wanted to give it a shot.
And it WAS fun! The kiddo loved it. Especially the cinnamon-sugar part. It was a lot like a cinnamon roll or a pretzel. Easy, fun, yummy... I admit, I almost forgot to take a picture because we were enjoying eating them. So I only got half of the last one, while little miss eats...
Recipe:
Chimney Cake:
adapted from Pearls of Baking
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups Flour
2 tsp. Instant Dry Yeast
2 Tbsp. Sugar
2 Egg Yolks
42 g. Melted Butter
125 ml Warm Milk
Oil for greasing molds
3 Paper Towel cartons (from center)
Topping:
Pecans/Walnuts
1/2 cup Sugar
2 tsp. Cinnamon
Directions:
1. Make the chimney cake molds by cutting paper towel cartons (from the center of the roll) in half. Cover each with foil and then grease with oil/cooking spray.
2. Dissolve yeast in milk and set aside for 20 minutes. Then combine all ingredients for dough and knead about 10 minutes. Place in bowl and let rise about an hour, or until double in size.
3. Divide dough into 6 pieces and roll into ribbons/snakes, about 2 feet long. Wrap the ribbon/snake around the mold, from the bottom and working upwards, creating a spiral. Repeat with all the pieces.
4. Combine topping ingredients in a shallow dish and roll cakes to cover. Place vertically on a baking tray, let stand 10 minutes, and then bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 for 15 minutes, or until done.
5. Remove from oven and slide off molds. Enjoy!
