Sweet Cinnamon Biscuits

This recipe is a Christmas tradition in my family. we have always made cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning. when i was younger, my dad would just buy Pillsbury dough brand. but as i got older i took over this job and have been making this recipe. this Christmas was the 2nd year my brother was in Denver, and as we had our cinnamon rolls in Chicago Erik and Tiffany had theirs in Denver! These rolls are more like biscuits. what i mean is that they don't have icing on them and they have the possibility to be more drier then normal buns. with that being said they are SO good and a nice change.

Serves 6
Prep: 20 min.
Bake: 15-20min.

Sweet Cinnamon Biscuits


Combine 2 cups sifted AP flour, 1 T. baking powder, 1t. salt, 1/4 t. baking soda in a medium bowl and mix well. Stir in 1/4 cup vegetable oil. Add 3/4 cup buttermilk and stir until well blended. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Roll dough into a 15x8 inch rectangle. Preheat the oven to 400 F. Grease a 9 inch round baking pan lightly. spread melted butter over the dough. Combine 3/4 cup of sugar with 1 t. cinnamon in a small bowl and mix well. Sprinkle over butter. Roll up Rectangle, jelly roll fashion, starting from one long side. Pinch seam to seal.

**12/25/07
After kneading and before rolling out the dough I cut it in half. This will give you small pieces to roll out, thus giving you small biscuits like poppers. I just packed them into a round silicone cake pan. This helps when taking them out (a lot easier).
**12/25/08
I didn’t have any buttermilk, so I just used regular milk. The biscuits came out a bit dry. Needed more cinnamon in the cinnamon/sugar mix.