cinnamon roll

Admittedly not my only cinnamon roll of the day

 

not my best effort.......the dough is quite tough and i might have overworked it, as well as the one cup of brown sugar tasting too sweet!

 

recipe

1 cup warm milk

1/3 cup melted butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

4 cups flour

1 t salt

2 1/4 t yeast

 

I melt the butter in the milk while it warms then add it to 1/2 the flour and sugar in a bowl, then mix in the eggs and salt, then the yeast and remaining flour, usually comes together and seems too wet, but i only add enough flour to get it out of the bowl and knead it about 5 minutes on a floured towel, i wipe the bowl with the butter wrapper and then form the dough into a ball and coat it in the bowl and let it rest in a warm space about 2 hours

 

then punch it down and roll it out into about 12" x 20" rectangle

 

coat it with

1/3 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

2 t cinnamon

1/3 cup flour (helps keep filling in place)

 

then roll the rectangle into a normal roll or for hearts each side to the center, and slice into 8-15 rolls, depends on how thick you like them I tend to like em thin

 

i wipe butter wrappers on a baking pan to coat and then sprinkle the with whatever cinnamon/sugar flour fell out during cutting, i place the rolls with room to swell while they bake and before putting into a 375 degree oven I pour

1/4 cup whipping cream in the spaces of the rolls and i brush the tops with egg

 

i bake for about 20 minutes rotating pan halfway through, sometimes I ice , sometimes not

 

icing recipe

1/4 cup cream cheese

2 cups powdered sugar

1 t vanilla extract

1 t salt

1/2 cup butter

 

whip the icing up and ice rolls when they are warm and let it drip into the crevices

Done