Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Good morning,

I have attempted many Cinnamon Roll recipes over the years and finally came up with one using the Gold Medal Dinner Roll recipe I posted on Christmas day! 

Once again, dust off your bread machine, and start the dough for Dinner Rolls (*Dough can be made a day ahead).  When bread machine cycle is done, tab back over to this page and proceed below…


Cinnamon Rolls
Yields: 10 Jumbo cinnamon rolls



Directions:
  1. After your dough rests for 10 minutes on a lightly floured surface, roll out to 12 x 18-inch rectangle.
  2. Spread softened margarine over surface of dough.
  3. Sprinkle liberally with Cinnamon Sugar mixture, about 1 1/2 cups, give or take. Store remaining mix in airtight container for future use. (Recipe Below).
  4. Beginning at 18-inch side, carefully roll dough and pinch edge together to seal.
  5. Now grab yourself a long piece of clean sewing thread. .
  6. Run the thread under the rolled dough, to the center.
  7. While holding each end of thread with both hands, Crisscross thread to slice dough down the center.
  8. Now that you’ve got two equal parts, use your thread to slice five rolls from each half of dough. (I hope I haven’t confused you!)
  9. Stagger  cinnamon rolls on large baking sheet, barely touching.
  10. Cover and let rise for 30 – 40 minutes or until nearly double in size.
  11. Bake in preheated oven at 375°F. for 18-20 minutes.
  12. Frost tops with Cream Cheese Frosting (Recipe Below).


Cinnamon Sugar Mix
Measure 2 ½ cups packed brown sugar, 1 cup granulated sugar and 4- 5 Tablespoons cinnamon into a bowl. Mix well.  Store in airtight container for up to 1 year.   (Can be used for Oven Cinnamon Texas Toast, Yum!)

Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
  • 4 ounces unsalted butter, softened
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Beat in the vanilla extract.



Make Ahead instructions:  Dough can be made a day ahead and baked the next morning. Follow all steps from preparing the dough, to cutting the rolls. After rolls are placed on baking sheet, loosely cover with a sheet of waxed paper and place in refrigerator overnight.

When cinnamon rolls are ready to bake, preheat oven to 375°F.   Pull rolls out of the refrigerator and Set on stove top to rise for 30 - 40 minutes or until almost doubled in size. Remove waxed paper and place in oven to bake for 18 - 20 minutes.

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