Cinnamon Rolls
I’ve been gone a long time, but no one reads this anyway, so hoo-wah! Things have been a little busy since my first post… I got married, went on my brief honeymoon, had my reception, celebrated Christmas and Thanksgiving, and um, worked and stuff.
Right.
And in the meantime, I got to try a recipe from one of my favorite food blogs ever: The Pioneer Woman Cooks. It’s actually the recipe that I found her blog through, and now I’m obsessed with her life and check her personal blog and her cooking blog about 3 times a day for updates. (Her life is much cooler than mine.)
These are neither simple nor quick, but delicious and well worth the effort. Her pictures are better, but this is a half recipe.
Ingredients:
2 C whole milk
1/2 C vegetable oil
1/2 C sugar
1 package yeast
4 C flour
1/2 C flour
1/2 heaping tsp baking powder
1/2 scant tsp baking soda
1/2 tbsp salt
Filling:
1 C melted butter
1/2 C sugar
Cinnamon (enough to make it look right)
Frosting:
1/2 bag powdered sugar
1/4 C milk
2 Tbs brewed coffee
1 tsp maple flavoring (add more to your liking - I needed about twice this)
2 tbsp melted butter
pinch of salt
Mix whole milk, vegetable oil and sugar in a pan. Scald to just before boiling. Let cool until lukewarm (30-45 minutes, 105-110 degrees. Don’t kill your yeasties!) Sprinkle in yeast and let sit. Then add 4 C flour, stir mixture together. Cover and let sit for one hour. Add 1/2 C flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir mixture together.
Sprinkle surface generously with flour and form into a rectangle, roll the dough thin, maintaining a rectangular shape. Drizzle melted butter over dough. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Roll the dough toward you. Pinch the seam to seal it. Grease foil cake or pie pans. Cut rolls 3/4 to 1 inch thick and lay in greased pans. Cover the rolls and let sit for 30 minutes. Bake at 400 for 15 to 18 minutes.
Combine all frosting ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Generously drizzle frosting over warm rolls after they come out of the oven.
Eat all of them by yourself, then start again and serve those to your family.
Before baking.