GF CINNABUMMERS!!

ummmm,
so, i made gluten-free cinnamon rolls.
were they nearly as good as my epic gluten-full cinnamon rolls?
nope.
not even mostly as heroic.
they were good, for sure.
maybe if i'd never had an expert vegan sorcerous cinnamom bun, 
i'd likely have been delighted.
actually, if it'd been a while, instead of less than a week since my last cinnaroll,
i might've had more objectivity and receptivity to what i made-
regrettably for my mouth, i had the vision of my superlative success still fresh in my mind,
and as such, these largely went underappreciated.
however,
now i know i can make 'em, and while they're sort of a pain in the bum,
i will be revisiting this to make them even better, and better,
until the level of expertism goes to eleven,
with or without the presence of gluten.
that's a tall order, but i'm no shortchangin' chump, y'know?
dudes,
take a look at what i had going on over here:

yeah, they look good, right?
i thought so too.
breezy asked for these, too,
so,
i got into some new creation magic, and made it happen.
the recipe is wild as hell, and i dunno if i was doing it right,
but the flavor was on point, and the texture was pretty frickin' good.
the filling was gooey, and traditional...
1/2 cup of brown sugar;
1 tsp vanilla;
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon;
1/2 stick (4 T) vegan butter;
1/4 tsp ginger.
mashed up into a pasty paste, ready to spread out.
mmmm.
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the rolls themselves were a little tricky.
they take a bit of work, but they do the trick.
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GF CINNABUNZIES!!
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preheat the oven to 375℉
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in a sauce pot, on low heat, melt 4 T vegan butter into 1 cup non-dairy milk,
with 1 tsp vanilla, and 3 T chia/flax meal.
you really want it to be about 100℉, so it won't kill the yeast in these rolls, bros.
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in a medium mixing bowl, combine
2 cups arrowhead mills organic heritage blend gf ap flour;
1 cup mama's gf almond flour blend;
1/2 tsp salt;
1 tsp baking soda;
1 tsp baking powder;
1/4 cup brown sugar;
1 tsp cinnamon;
1/2 tsp xantham gum;
1 T tapioca starch;
1 pkg fast-acting yeast.
stir it alllllll up, adding in the s'milky buttery wet stuff,
and get it all kneaded into a sticky dough.
you should be able to roll it out on parchment or some other non-stick surface,
without having to cover the top too.
it's pliable, but not so sticky that it doesn't wanna roll out.
make a rectangle, slightly thicker than the wheat version- like more than 1/4" for sure-
spread the filling, leaving one edge 1" unsugared, and roll 'em up.
cut your log of cinnamon majesty in half, and then those halves in half,
then all four of those pieces into thirds, and place them in a greased brownie pan,
covered, to rise for between forty and sixty minutes-
they won't double in size, but they will fatten up.
bake them for twenty-five - thirty minutes, or until they look golden and firm and crisp.
yeah!
look:

WORD!!
they look legit, right?
i know!!
they're sorta soft.
they're very sticky.
and of course, they need glaze like crazy.
powdered sugar, non-dairy milk, and a lil bit of vanilla, thiccc af, is the way to go.
mmmmmmm.
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i'll make them again, maybe.
although, i'm gluten-activated like a wild wheaten warlord these days.
i don't even be carin', kids.
if there's wheat to eat, it's going in my mouth.
it's just a personal preference for the late-year snowy cold weather times.
a good glutenous gorging of shark-bitin' barbarianism never hurt me none.
however, it's nice to know that if i've gotta make the considerate kind of cinnamon sweets?
i totally can.
shoutouts to only knowing how to express myself through food.
ugh.
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snow day!
that's right.
snow snow snow snow snow.
winter times are here for a while,
and i've got to go out and get that bread.
....figuratively.
i made a fat crusty lusty loaf of oatmeal sourdough already this morning.
so i got the actual bread ready for toasting an' that.
but, those movie checks?
i gotta give somethin' to get to hold somethin'.
and after the epic endeavor i invested in for X & XI-mas?
i'mma have to hustle harder than ever.
hey!
you've got a good tattoo idea?
please come through.
you've got a terrible tattoo idea?
even better.
bad ideas cost exxxtra.
that's a thing.
hmm?
well, yes, that IS subjective, but, i mean, c'mon man-
just because i do the thing doesn't mean everything is the same amount of awesome.
i'm still gonna hook it up,
but i'm also gonna need to get those movie checks in stacks on stacks on stacks.
it's cold outside, and i gotta get that heat bill covered, kiddo.
hahahaha.
i'll be out in the storm, waiting for the poopie-pick-up-truckers
to come through for name tattoos and america crosses and sh!t.
nothing makes me more excited than chippewas and carhartts and camouflage hats.
i'm ready if you're ready, north country neanderthals;
never quiet, never soft.....