Cinnamon Rolls
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Recipe type: Breakfast
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Serves: 30+
 
I love to warm the iced cinnamon rolls in the oven right before serving them so that the icing melts into the rolls, making a gooey cinnamon treat!
Ingredients
Rolls
  • 2 packages of yeast
  • 1 cup lukewarm water
  • 2 cups of milk
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup melted butter
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 8-9 cups flour
Icing
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 1 Tbsp milk or water, to consistency
  • 1-2 Tbsp of butter
Instructions
Rolls
  1. Dissolve 2 packages of yeast in 1 cup lukewarm water.
  2. Let stand for 5 minutes or until the yeast begins to bubble.
  3. Scald 2 cups of milk.
  4. Add ½ cup sugar and let cool.
  5. Add melted butter, salt, egg, yeast mixture, and flour.
  6. Knead the dough and let it rise for one hour.
  7. Punch down the dough and let it rise for one hour.
  8. Roll out half of the dough.
  9. Spread soft butter generously over the dough.
  10. Sprinkle generous amounts of brown sugar followed by cinnamon over the butter.
  11. Roll up into a log and slice into medallions.
  12. Repeat with the other half of the dough.
  13. Place the cinnamon rolls in greased cooking pans, cover with a towel, and let them rise for one hour.
  14. Roughly 12 rolls fit in a 9x13 pan + 6-7 rolls each in 3 round cake pans.
  15. Bake them at 350 degrees for 10-20 minutes until the rolls are slightly golden and the butter-cinnamon mixture is starting to bubble.
  16. Ice the cinnamon rolls with buttercream frosting or drizzle them with a powdered sugar glaze. I usually use a hybrid of the two - a powdered sugar glaze with 1-2 Tbsp of butter.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/cinnamon-rolls/