Delicious Cinnamon Rolls
Summary
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Source | high street victorian |
| Prep time | 30 minutes |
| Recipe Types | pastry |
Description
Ingredients
| 3 1⁄2 | c | all-purpose flour |
| 1⁄2 | c | sugar |
| 1 | tsp | salt |
| 2 | pk | active dry yeast |
| 1 | c | milk |
| 1⁄2 | c | butter |
| 2 | eggs | |
| 1⁄2 | c | butter, melted |
| 1 | cinnamon (to taste) | |
| 1 | sour cream vanilla frosting |
Instructions
- Grease 3 pans with sides.
- In large bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast; blend well.
- In small saucepan, heat 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup butter until very warm (120 to 130 degrees F.)
- Add warm liquid and eggs to flour mixture. blend at low speed until moistened; beat 3 minutes at medium speed.
- Stir in an additional 1 3/4 to 2 cups flour until dough pulls cleanly away from sides of bowl.
- On a floured surface, knead n 1/4 to 1/2 cup flour until dough is smooth and elastic, (about 3 -5 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl; cover loosely with plastic wrap and cloth towel. let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size, (about 45 -60 minutes).
- punch down dough several times to remove all air bubbles. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface
- Roll dough into large triangle and about 1/2 inch thick. spread with melted butter. Sprinkle with brown sugar/white sugar cinnamonm mixture.
- Roll up length wise. Using a sharp knife or a piece of thread, cut roll into 1 inch peices and place on greased pans, let rise till double in size.
- Bake 10 - 20 minutes or until golden brown. remove from oven and brush with melted butter. Cool but while still warm drizzle sour cream vanilla frosting over top. allow to cool.
Notes
brown sugar, white sugar mixed to your taste (some like gooier rolls so use more br. sugar)
** Time Saver
If you are in a hurry you can substitute home made dough with store bought bread dough and allow to thaw, roll out and spread with butter/cinnamon mixture and follow rest of recipe, works ok, just doesn't have that 'fresh yeast' taste that homemade does.