Part 3: the bake and the finish. · Crust & Crumb Academy

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Part 3: the bake and the finish.

Two things separate a good pan of these from a sad one. How you arrange them, and how you bake them.

Arranging the pan. No matter how careful you cut, your rolls won't all be the same size. That's just cinnamon rolls, hard as we try. So use it to your advantage. Put your bigger rolls around the outside edges and in the corners, and your smaller ones in the middle. Here's why. The middle of the pan is the last place the heat reaches, so it cooks the slowest. Put your smaller, faster-cooking rolls there, where the heat has less work to do. Flip it around, small ones on the outside, and they'll cook fast and dry out or burn while the middle is still raw.

The bake. These are juicy. That's the word for it. All that fruit means they take longer to bake through than a plain roll. Don't go by the timer alone. Bake until the internal temperature in the middle of the pan reads around 195F. Check the center rolls and the edge rolls both. And keep aluminum foil handy.

Toward the end, when the tops are golden but the insides still need time, tent the pan loosely with foil so the tops stop browning while the centers finish. That foil is what buys you the time to bake them all the way through.

The finish. Save a little fresh peach for garnish, and don't bake it. When the rolls come out, slice small pieces of peach and set them on top so the little red part near the pit points up. That's your pop of color against the golden crumble. Then drizzle your cream cheese frosting over the top instead of smearing it flat. Drizzling lets the crumble and those peach pieces show through, and it looks like something worth waking up for.

Perfection is not required. Progress is.

Yeasted: https://pantry.bakinggreatbread.com/recipes/brown-butter-peach-cobbler-cinnamon-rolls

Sourdough: https://pantry.bakinggreatbread.com/recipes/sourdough-brown-butter-peach-cobbler-cinnamon-rolls

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Part 3: the bake and the finish.