December is HERE and I’m so excited to share the Recipe of the Month!

IMPORTANT: please scroll down and skim under for all the deets on this month’s recipe, key dates for the month, easy methods to enter the giveaway, and our charity of the month!

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December’s Recipe of the Month

December’s Recipe of the Month is the MOST POPULAR recipe on Formidable Kitchen: The Greatest Cinnamon Rolls You’ll Ever Eat. These are actually the BEST cinnamon rolls on the planet. Whether or not or not you’ve made them earlier than — that is the time!

This cinnamon roll recipe may be very particular, so you should definitely try all the notes. I’ve famous some key ideas for making the recipe under however, in fact, learn by means of the recipe weblog submit itself to get all the information:

• Don’t overheat your milk. It ought to be between 105-115 levels F. Something hotter is more likely to kill the yeast, which implies the cinnamon rolls won’t rise. A easy tip is to dip your finger within the milk — it ought to really feel heat much like heat tub water however not HOT. In the event you warmed it up an excessive amount of, merely wait a couple of minutes till it cools down sufficient to the touch.
• Be certain to make use of room temperature butter for the filling: plenty of recipes name for utilizing melted butter within the filling, however that can trigger the filling to leak out earlier than baking. Room temperature butter is finest!
• Rub the brown sugar into the butter: after you unfold out the softened butter, it’s essential to rub the brown sugar into the butter and dough in order that it’s properly mixed. Please consult with the video!
• Use a room temperature egg within the dough: when you use a chilly egg, there’s an opportunity it may have an effect on the yeast or combine with the melted butter and trigger it to coagulate. To convey your eggs to room temperature merely place them in a bowl of heat water for a couple of minutes.
• Use bread flour: bread flour is accessible at most grocery shops and it makes ALL the distinction in attaining softer, fluffy, excellent cinnamon rolls. JUST TRUST ME.
• Be sure to flour your work floor and the rolling pin: that is to forestall the cinnamon rolls from sticking to the floor or to the rolling pin.

Right here’s how the Recipe of the Month works

1. The recipe: on the primary Wednesday of every month we’ll share a reader-favorite Formidable Kitchen recipe to make that month. You might have the complete month to make the recipe!
2. The giveaway: While you make the recipe (anytime throughout the month!) you’ve two alternative ways to enter to win a $100 Williams Sonoma reward card. We’ll randomly choose a winner on the finish of the month. See under for the 2 methods to share! Have to be 18 years or older, USA & Canada solely.

Two methods to enter the giveaway

While you make the recipe, there are two alternative ways to share your creation with us to enter to win the $100 Williams Sonoma reward card (18 years or older, U.S. and Canada solely):

1. On the weblog: depart a remark and charge the recipe right here with the hashtag #AKRecipeoftheMonth, plus your identify and electronic mail (so we all know you made it!) Scroll all the way in which previous the recipe itself within the weblog to the place it says “Depart a remark & a score.” Increase!

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2. On social media: Share a photograph of your recipe creation on social by way of Instagram (tales or in-feed), TikTok, or in our Fb Group by tagging @ambitiouskitchen and including the hashtag #AKRecipeoftheMonth. *Please word for Instagram your profile should be public in order that we will see your posts.

Key dates

• Wednesday, December sixth: December’s recipe is right here! On this date, you can begin baking & sharing your recipe photographs on social and on the weblog.
• Sunday, December 31st: the final day to submit your recipe photographs on social and on the weblog.
• Tuesday, January 2nd: giveaway winner chosen, notified by way of electronic mail, and shared on social.
• Wednesday, January third: January’s Recipe of the Month introduced!

Let’s give again

Every month we’ll decide a brand new group the place we’ll donate funds as a strategy to unfold the love and do some good. This month we’re donating to Digs with Dignity, a Chicago-based group working to finish the cycle of homelessness by furnishing houses utilizing upcycled supplies.

Be happy to affix us in donating right here!

Be part of the occasion

Prepared to affix the occasion and get baking? In the event you haven’t but, enter your electronic mail under and we’ll ship you the recipe as quickly because it drops initially of every month, reminders in regards to the giveaway, announce the winners, and extra. Let’s do that!

Previous Recipes of the Month

• February: Candy & Spicy Scorching Chili Hen Noodles, donating to Digs with Dignity.
• March: Candy & Spicy Sesame Hen Meatball Bowls, donating to Worldwide Rescue Committee.
• April: Vegan Pasta Primavera with Creamy Garlic Cashew Sauce, donating to FoodCorps.
• Might: Rattling Good Salmon Taco Bowls For Two, donating to Nationwide Abortion Federation Hotline Fund
• June: 30 Minute Brown Butter Goat Cheese Grilled Veggie Orzo, donating to the Nationwide Parks Basis
• July: Loopy Good Avenue Corn Hen Tacos, donating to the Courageous Area
• August: Pesto Hen Stuffed Zucchini Boats, donating to the ACLU
• September: One Pan Thai-Impressed Coconut Yellow Curry Hen & Rice, donating to Undertake a Classroom
• October: Spicy Black Bean Hen Enchiladas with Pumpkin Bitter Cream Sauce, donating to Techos Pa Mi Gente
• November: Dad’s Creamy & Tacky Au Gratin Potatoes, donating to Free Root Operation.
• December: Unimaginable Gingerbread Oatmeal Cream Pies, donating to The Love Fridge.
• January: Therapeutic Curry Butternut Squash Lentil Soup, donating to The Sierra Membership.
• February: Grain Free Tahini Brownies, donating to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute.
• March: One Pan Ginger Hen Meatballs with Peanut Sauce, donating to the Syrian American Medical Society.
• April: Lemon Poppy Seed Blueberry Baked Oatmeal, donating to Each City for Gun Security.
• Might: Italian Chopped Brussels Sprouts Salad, donating to Earth Justice.
• June: Recent Strawberry Shortcake Bread with Strawberry Glaze, donating to Trans Lifeline.
• July: Avenue Corn Pasta Salad with Cilantro Pesto + Goat Cheese, donating to the Clear Air Job Pressure.
• August: Wholesome Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins (gluten free!), donating to the GSA Community.
• September: One Pan Creamy Thai-Impressed Peanut Hen Couscous donating to the Maui Robust Fund.
• October: Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodles donating to Carbon 180.
• November: Cheddar Broccoli Cauliflower Gratin donating to the Higher Chicago Meals Depository.

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