At long last - we had really good gluten free cinnamon rolls. Here is how you make them. Make the dough for dinner rolls described at the Book of Yum website , omitting all flavorings except the salt (don't use rosemary, sun-dried tomatoes, or any of those sorts of things) to make a plain dinner roll dough:
http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/adeenas-gluten-free-rosemary-teff-dinner-roll-recipe-1478.html
Then proceed as follows:
Make a mixture of 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and set aside (you may need more of this mixture depending on how much you put in each roll.) Get out some yellow raisins and set aside.
Put a paper muffin liner in to each part of a 12-cup muffin pan and 6 more cups from another pan (total of 18).
Put about 1/2 cup rice flour on a large piece of wax or parchment paper. Take about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of the mixed plain roll dough and plop it onto the rice flour. The rice flour should be nice and thick on the paper to keep the dough from sticking.
Pat the dough into a rectangle about 7 inches wide by 4 inches tall, and a little less than a 1/2 inch thick. These are rough measurements. Dot the surface with butter (6 small bits of butter, totaling about 1 Tablespoon.) Sprinkle the surface (the whole surface of the rectangle) with a few tablespoons of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture, and sprinkle with 8-10 raisins, distributing evenly. Very gently, roll the rectangle up like a jelly roll (from the 7 inch side), so that in the end you have a 7 inch long roll. Slice the roll in to 3 equal length sections. Put each section in to a paper-lined muffin cup so that the cut side is facing up. The top of the roll should show some sugar filling. Proceed the same way until you have used up all the dough. As you work, rearrange the remaining rice flour on the paper to provide a nice cushion for the dough.
Set the rolls aside to rise until doubled - this takes about 1/2 hour to 1 hour on a warm radiator. Bake to rolls at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.
Allow to cool briefly, then slather each one with some of the following mixture.
2 Tablespoons softened butter
2 cups confectioner's sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
enough fresh orange juice to make a nice frosting
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