

Source: Top Secret Recipes Unlocked by Todd Wilbur.

You might also like my recipe for Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls here. When you need a quick breakfast pastry or late-night snack, simply remove a melt from the pan, microwave for 35 seconds, or until hot (this is how McDonald's heats it, too), and you're instantly teleported to cinnamon roll paradise. Since my McDonald's Cinnamon Melts recipe makes a dozen servings, dig this: After the cinnamon melts have cooled, cover and freeze them. You can also use disposable aluminum pot pie pans that many markets carry. As it turns out, a Texas-size muffin tin, which has cups that are about twice the size of a standard muffin tin, is the perfect pan for this. And you bake this in small, single-serving portions. The difference with this clone of the McDonald's version is that the filling is mixed with margarine and spooned onto the dough chunks in layers. It's sort of like monkey bread, whereby chunks of dough are tossed in cinnamon sugar and then baked in a deep cake pan. With that in mind, McDonald's designed a cinnamon pastry where every bite is coated with the same deliciously gooey cinnamon and brown sugar filling that you discover only after working your way through the dry, doughy part of traditional cinnamon rolls. Read moreĮveryone knows the center of a cinnamon roll is the best part. Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2 by Todd Wilbur. Try my Benihana Japanese Onion Soup recipe below, and complete the Benihana experience with more of my recipes here. I've included a simple technique here for making the breaded fried onions from scratch (for the most accurate clone), but you can skip that step by substituting French's canned French Fried Onions that are sold in most markets. This soup works great as a prelude to your favorite Asian dishes or other Benihana clones since it's so light and won't fill up anyone before the main course. The restaurant menu claims this soup takes a half a day to make, but we can make homemade Benihana Japanese Onion Soup it in a fraction of that time using canned chicken broth (I use Swanson brand). Menu Description: "It takes half a day to make this perfect combination of onion, celery, carrot and garlic."īefore a skilled chef appears tableside to perform his culinary prestidigitation on the hot hibachi grill at Benihana, you're treated to a tasty bowl of chicken broth-based soup with fried onions, sliced mushrooms and green onions floating cheerfully on top. Try my improved version in Top Secret Recipes Step-by-Step. Source: Even More Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur. Decisions, decisions.įind more of my copycat recipes for famous muffins, bagels, and rolls here. Now you just have to decide if you want to make the more traditional salted pretzels, or the sweet cinnamon sugar-coated kind. And powdered sugar works great to perfectly sweeten the dough.

For the best quality dough, you just need all-purpose flour. But by studying the Auntie Anne's home pretzel-making kit in my secret underground laboratory, I've created a better Auntie Anne's copycat recipe with a superior way to re-create the delicious mall treats at home. Many of the copycat Auntie Anne's soft pretzel recipes passed around the Web require bread flour, and some use honey as a sweetener. Over 500 stores later, Auntie Anne's is one of the most requested secret clone recipes around, especially on the internet. Dip the chilled bars into melted chocolate and place on parchment paper to set for several hours.The first Auntie Anne's pretzel store opened in 1988 in the heart of pretzel country-a Pennsylvanian Amish farmers' market. After the caramel layer has chilled firm, cut down the length of the pan, splitting the bars into two long, narrow bars. These bars can also be cut and dipped in milk chocolate to resemble Twix ® bars. It's best to store these bars in the refrigerator. Return to the fridge until the chocolate is well set. Pour evenly over the chilled caramel layer and spread to cover all of the caramel. If it seems very thick, add a tablespoon of shortening to thin it. To make the chocolate layer: Melt the milk or dark chocolate slowly in a double boiler or over very low heat. Pour the caramel over the cooled crust and set in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to chill and firm up. To make the caramel layer: Melt the caramel and cream over low heat in a small saucepan. Remove from the oven and immediately run a knife around the edges to loosen the crust. Bake the crust until it's lightly golden brown on top and the edges are deeper golden brown, about 35 to 45 minutes.
