Finally yesterday I had no option but to use the paneer and make these rolls as I had decided on Mini Bites for today’s post. This recipe calls for cottage cheese and I read up on cottage cheese. The cottage cheese that’s made in US is different from the Indian Cottage cheese that we call as paneer. But I thought if I am going to use it right away it shouldn’t really matter. Guess I was wrong as I never got to use the paneer right away.
Sending this to Champa for Kid’s Delight themed on Mini Bites
Step by Step picture Recipe:
In a bowl, take the flour, crumble the paneer, add curds,
Add melted butter and mix well
Mix into a soft dough and pinch out small balls.
Roll out after dusting it with flour
Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar
Melt the chocolates by microwaving for a min.
using a spoon press the chocolates well. Make sure you keep an eye, else it will get burnt.
It should become a liquid.
Spread out the chocolate on the roll.
add chocolate chips
Roll into a rope
Cut into small rolls
Grease a muffin pan and place them inside. brush on the top with milk/butter
Bake at 170 degree C
Remove and allow to cool
Glaze with chocolate sauce and castor sugar
Mini Cinnamon Rolls / Cinnamon swirls
Ingredients Needed:
For the base:
All purpose flour – 1 cup
Paneer / Indian Cottage Cheese – 1/2 cup
Butter – 2 tsp
Curds – 2 tsp
Baking powder – 1/2 tsp
For the topping
Castor Sugar/ Brown Sugar – 1/2 cup
Melted chocolates – 3 tbsp
Chocolate chips as required
Cinnamon powder – 1 tsp
For the Glaze
Chocolate Sauce
Castor Sugar
Method to prepare:
Pre heat the oven at 170 degree C.
To make the base
In a bowl, take the flour, baking powder, pinch of salt, add crumbled paneer, melted butter, and curds. Mix well. This should be enough to get you a soft dough. Else if required you may add water/milk. But mostly it should not be required
Divide into small balls, dust well with flour and roll out into a long oval shape base.
Melt the chocolate, spread on the top, sprinkle chocolate chips. Dust with castor sugar and cinnamon powder.
Starting from one end, slowly roll over, rolling it tightly to form a rope. Cut into small rolls, these look more like a swirls. Bush the top of the rolls with butter.
Grease a muffin tray, place these rolls in it and bake for 15 – 20 mins at 170 degree C. Depends on your rolls for how long it will take to get cooked.
Once it’s done, rest it for 5 mins, then pour chocolate sauce over the rolls and dust with castor sugar.
These become a great dessert to enjoy!
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18 comments
this looks so yummy..my mouth is actually watering seeing this
It doesn't matter if it went wrong as long as the kids liked it and that is the main thing.
it looks very yummy
Looks yummy. So what if you forgot all about the sugar the kids loved the result and that is the main point isn't it.
Nice recipe with nice presentation.I loved the entire idea.tempting.
Kid's friendly rolls, looks so cute and addictive.
wow, those mini bites look superb !!!
How cute is that! Well, like you said, your kids loved it and they were happy to get that as a treat. In-spite of all the hitches the mini rolls have turned out really well.
The rolls look perfect for kids .. nice mini bites.
Those mini cinnamon rolls look super cute and delicious. As long as the end result is good, who cares how much you tweaked the recipe 🙂
Cinnamon rolls look delicious with the chocolate drizzle..
Very tempting mini bites.
Wow.Looks really cute and yummy.Sure it would have tasted great
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these r so v cute and simple ..loved them Valli…
Mini bites looks yummy!!
As long as the kids liked it, nothing else matters. Lovely pics and the bite sized rolls are definitely tempting.
Slurppp..Looks tempting & mouth watering.
Yummmmmmmy I am going to try this looks so tempting with lots of chocolate….