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I ended up using both hands to pull back the sides around the center, after the second rise, for the filling. That worked well, and they are still light and had good oven spring. My husband and I each had one of the Glazed Cheesecake Rolls for dessert. I'm looking forward to having them for breakfast early tomorrow morning.
One other note: I used the Zeroll 40 (Tablespoon) scoop to apportion the cheesecake filling. I used the Zeroll 100 (teaspoon) scoop to apportion the frosting. That helped a lot with dividing it evenly among the sixteen rolls.
I haven't baked since Monday, so it was time to get back into the kitchen on Friday.
I shelled pecans in the morning and made a batch of my Cherry Granola (recipe on this site). I eat it occasionally for breakfast, but my husband has developed a habit of snacking on it, so I am making it much more often than I once did.
I'm also in the process of baking Glazed Cheesecake Rolls, a recipe from Pillsbury cook-booklet #37, "Breads, Breads, & More Breads," which I've had for at least thirty years. I re-worked the recipe a few years ago. This time, I substituted in 1 1/4 Cup white whole wheat flour, used 1/2 cup buttermilk in place of some of the water, added 2 Tbs. flax meal, added 1/4 Cup Bakers Special Dried Milk, and replaced 1 Tbs. of the sugar with 1 Tbs. of honey. Instead of 2 1/4 tsp. yeast, I used 1 tsp. regular yeast and 1 tsp. special Gold yeast.
It is on its first rise. After that, shape it into 16 balls and allow to rise again. The recipe then calls for using a thumb to make a 1 1/2 inch indentation in the center. A Tbs. of cheesecake filling is then put in before baking.
That will, of course, deflate the rolls a bit, so I'm thinking that I will not allow a full second rise. Also, it is difficult to get a symmetrical hole with a thumb. I'm thinking of using the bottom of a small juice glass. Any thoughts about that? I think the idea is similar to kolaches, so I looked at a couple of those recipes. Some make the indentation and add the filling before the second rise, while some do it afterwards, as does this recipe.
Any suggestions?
These Glazed Cheesecake Rolls are to for a celebratory breakfast very early tomorrow as I watch the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. When I watched Prince William and Katherine's wedding seven years ago, I tried making crumpets that did not come out so well. I decided this year that since Meghan is an American--and she and Harry have ditched what a friend who lives in England calls those truly awful wedding cakes of fruit cake and fondant in favor of a civilized American wedding cake--that I would do likewise with breakfast!
On a very windy Friday, I'm baking a double recipe of Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers from the dough that I made on Monday.
Baking my own crackers has spoiled me. We were at friends' house for dinner, and she served Wheat Thins with guacamole before dinner. I was amazed at how sweet the Wheat Thins tasted to me--and not in a good way. I used to like eating Wheat Thins, but now I would not buy them.
I would like some additional cracker recipes. I have a rye one that I like. The Swedish Christmas Crispbread is good, but it is higher in fat than I would like. I've not been able to bake an oat cracker that isn't rubbery.
Joan--the only issue is that the topping tends to get overly browned during the long baking time. I'm wondering about waiting 20-30 minutes and then putting it on top. Or maybe I should put half the topping on, then half-way through add the other half.
