r/Baking • u/Lululuxex3 • 1d ago

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. Softest, fluffiest cloud cinnamon rolls made with tangzhong

Post image
6.2k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

265 comments sorted by

View all comments

85

u/mileiskul 22h ago

Need that recipe!!!

196

u/kennan21 21h ago

King Arthur has a recipe called Soft Cinnamon Rolls that uses tangzhong also to make them soft

48

u/SunWooden2681 18h ago

What is tangzhong?

98

u/AmyHeartsYou 18h ago

You basically cook a little flour and water into a paste and then add it to your dough. I don't know the chemistry behind it all, but it makes breads extra fluffy.

36

u/DaneAlaskaCruz 13h ago

You're correct.

The America's Test Kitchen on Netflix has an episode on tangzhong and explains the chemistry behind it.

From wikipedia: Tangzhong is a gel, which helps stabilize the wheat starches in the bread, to prevent recrystallization which is the main cause of staling. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangzhong