I've made this several times and it's turned out beautifully (almost) each time. The one time it didn't work very well was Christmas morning in my sister's new and unfurnished home. I packaged the dry ingredients in plastic bags to bring in my suitcase, bought eggs and baking sheet and parchment paper on location, started the dough rising in a hotel room, then took it to her new kitchen. That's where things fell apart. Nothing rose. It didn't occur to me until 90 minutes into the process that the marble counter top, while exquisite, is naturally cold. Then I discovered that her oven has a 'proof' setting and that worked to get the dough to rise. Soon the house was filled with the wonderful odors of bread and cinnamon baking. Better late than never! I don't think her teen-aged sons waited very long for this to cool before devouring it.

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