Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
By
alice coffield
@amcoffield
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This takes several hours to make - mostly waiting for the dough to rise. But it is wonderful. Try it on a rainy day. My friends and family have really enjoyed these rolls.
Ingredients
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2 pkgdried yeast
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2/3 cwarm water
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1 tspsugar
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2 cmilk, heated to steaming
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1/4 cmaragine
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1/2 csugar
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2eggs, well beaten
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4 - 6 cflour
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1 tspsalt
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1/2 cmargarine
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1 1/2 cwhite sugar or
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1/2 cbrown sugar plus
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1 cwhite sugar
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1 Tbspcinnamon
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1 1/4 cchopped apples or rasins
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2/3 cwalnut pieces
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GLAZE
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3 cpowdered sugar & possibly a little more
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1/2 cmilk
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1 tspvanilla
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1 Tbspvery soft margarine
How to Make Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
- Combine yeast in the warm water, stir until completely dissolved. Add the bit of sugar. Let stand 20 min.
- Warm milk to steaming and remove from the heat. Allow to cool until warm. Add yeast mixture. Add sugar and margarine - let the margarine melt and cool a bit more. Add the beaten eggs, wisking in gently until all is well combined.
- When just barely warm, add 2 cups of flour, 1 at a time, stirring to produce a sticky dough. Put out on well floured, covered board or table covered with wax paper - floured with 1 cup to 1 1/2 c. flour.
- Work in 2 C flour slowly. Sprinkle flour by 1/2 c. increments over the flour and knead about 15 to 20 min) into a soft dough.
- Grease 1 large mixing bowl very well. Make dough into a large ball and put into the bowl, turning to completely grease the dough. Place tuck side down.
- Place bowl in a warm place Covered with a towel. If the room is cold, put oven on warm and open oven door a little bit. Place bowl on the oven top. Allow to raise about 1 - 2 hours or until doubled, and check by pushing a finger into the dough. If it is ready, the dough will fill in slowly.
- Punch dough down, collapsing it. Take out onto bread board or clean waxed paper with 1/2 c flour sprinkled on it. Fold and knead about 6 times.
Cut into 2 pieces. - Roll dough out longwise, about 2 feet, leaving 6 in width. Using half the margarine, sugar/cinnamon mix, Butter the dough liberally, Add sugar/cinnamon mix liberally . Sprinkle on nuts or raisins or apples if you like.
- Roll up longwise and pinch sides. Cut into 1/2 in pieces. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Place in 2 square cake pans or 2 round cake oans oe 2 pie plates - about 1 in. apart.
- When the rolls are touching closely or about 25 to 30 min, heat oven to 375 degrees. Put in oven - 2 on the center shelf. Bake about 20 - 25 min., checking doness - rolls will have raised up to the top and will be lightly browned.
- Make glaze by combining 1 tsp. vanilla, the butter with powd3ered sugar until it is thick. Thin out with milk, adding sugar and milk a little at a time until you reach a medium runnyness: pours off a spoon easily. If you want more frosting - add milk in TB. and add sugar by spoonfulls, to make the right thickness
- Take rolls out and allow to cool until just barely warm. Make med - thin vanilla glaze and drizzle on top of cinnamon rolls - About 1 1/2 TB for each roll
Allow to cool. You can eat them warm or cool. Warm is much better. This is good at brunch or breakfast. But it is a good snack anytime.
