Topic: cinnamon roll recipe

I love Michael Pollan’s Food Rules and closely adhere to his healthy (and environmentally responsible) mandate, but there’s one idea I don’t agree with: Cooking like your grandmother. It’s not that I don’t love my Grandma’s cooking, but Pollan is assuming that she’s stuck in an era when processed, refined foods weren’t available. I don’t know about you, but there’s plenty of white flour, sugar, and butter in my grandmother’s baking, and while I’d happily eat myself into oblivion after a round of her baking, I’m going to break with Michael Pollan’s line of thinking when it comes to my Healthy Baking column this week: These cinnamon rolls are an admittedly indulgent breakfast, but they’re not your Grandma’s cinnamon rolls, and when it comes to your diet, that’s a good thing. They swap out white wheat for whole, and they use quick rising yeast so that they’re not (quite as) time consuming as the breakfast rolls of our forebears. Enjoy: More »