Austin Bakery Cranky Granny’s Makes Inventive Cinnamon Rolls | Eater Austin

"The scent of cinnamon fills the bakery and trays of tightly coiled sweet rolls tumble out of the oven: soft, large (bigger than a fist), cushiony throughout, with thick, creamy icing slathered on top. At Cranky Granny’s Sweet Rolls, Sianni Dean—who opened the 1,500-square-foot Pflugerville location on March 25 and runs the shop with seven employees including her girlfriend Aaliyah Rivera and sister Tynisha—treats cinnamon rolls as a canvas: peach cobbler has been turned into a roll, banana pudding comes with actual banana slices, banana-flavored glaze and vanilla-wafer crumbles, and a churro roll is topped with cinnamon sugar, caramel and chocolate; there are even savory experiments like a Buffalo chicken roll topped with blue cheese and ranch. The shop trades on nostalgia—“We’re not just a cinnamon roll company. We’re a nostalgia company.”—and the logo features Dean’s grandmother, Toya Hendricks, whose warmth and humor inspired the name; customers say the rolls remind them of grandmother-made treats or mall food-court favorites. Dean prepares rolls fresh in the back and says Cranky Granny’s is a destination where people will wait in line for that experience." - Eric Webb