Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread

Original Recipe: Joy the Baker

Baker: vitrailmiroir

Assessment: Absolutely delicious. Going to make it again and again.

Fixes:

1. Didn't really need all 4 tbs of butter for the filling, so I'll probably only use 2 tbs next time
2. In my super-thick dish, i had to bake it at 300F for 1 hour to get the right texture distribution.
3. My dough didn't rise very quickly, so I'll probably pre-warm the oven until it's a little warmer than my house, which is apparently cold.

Future Deliciousness: Cream cheese frosting? Mmmmm. I think so.

Baker: Brittles

Assessment: Oh man sooo good.  Best when reheated slightly in the microwave if for some reason it's not finished in the hour or so after it comes out of the oven.

Fixes:

1. To help your dough rise, my suggestion that I saw recommended elsewhere is to take a custard cup type bowl half filled w/ water, heat it in the microwave, and then leave the hot bowl of water in the microwave w/ the dough that you want to rise. Worked like a charm!
2. Also, I might suggest a pan that isn't so thick? I don't know if that was your problem, but a thinner pan might allow the heat to get to the center more quickly.
3. When I piled all of the pieces of dough in the pan, I sort of alternated them so they were slightly zigzagged, which made for a nice way to pull it apart/parts of each part were thinner/thicker than others.

Extra Credit:

Before. (vitrailmiroir)

After. (vitrailmiroir)