CINNAMON ROLLS

Cinnamon Rolls

CINNAMON ROLLS

Sweet flavor bomb cinnamon rolls…

Yield: 9-12 cinnamon rolls based on how you cut them.

PREP IT!

Sponge:

  • ½ cup Water (120F-130F for instant yeast or 110F-115F for active dry yeast)

  • 2 tablespoons Honey

  • 1 package Yeast, instant or active dry yeast

Dough:

  • 1 each Egg, Whole

  • 2 each Egg Yolks

  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

  • 1½ teaspoon Molasses

  • ¾ teaspoons Salt

  • 1/3 cup Sugar, granulated

  • 2 tablespoons Butter, melted

  • 2½ cups Flour, all purpose, unbleached

  • ¼ - ½ cup Flour, all purpose, unbleached (for remainder of kneading)

Sugared Cinnamon:

  • 1½ cup Sugar, granulated

  • ½ cup Cinnamon, ground

  • ¼ teaspoon Ginger, ground

  • 1/8 teaspoon Cardamom, ground

  • ¼ teaspoon Salt

  • ½ cup Butter, melted

Butterscotch Sauce:

  • 2 tablespoons Butter

  • ½ cup Brown Sugar, dark

  • ½ can Sweetened Condensed Milk

  • 1½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

  • ½ teaspoon Salt

  • ½ teaspoon Baking Soda

  • 1½ teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar

White Icing (Optional):

  • 4 ounces Cream Cheese, melted

  • 2 tablespoons Sweetened Condensed Milk

  • ½ cup Sugar, granulated

  • ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

MAKE IT!

Sponge:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.

  2. In a medium bowl, stir together the water, honey and yeast.

  3. Let stand, covered with plastic wrap, in a warm place, for 5 minutes. Mixture will become frothy.

Dough:

  1. In a separate large bowl, stir together the eggs, yolks, vanilla, molasses, salt, sugar, and butter until very well mixed.

  2. Add sponge to liquid ingredients and then add 2½ cups flour. Stir together until dough forms. You should have a sticky dough.

  3. Empty dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead, adding flour as you need it, for 5 minutes. (Should only need an additional ¼ - ½ cup of flour for the remainder of the kneading.

  4. Roll dough out into a huge rectangle.

Dough Ingredients

Here is where you pause to make sugared cinnamon, and butterscotch sauce.

Sugared Cinnamon:

  1. Mix all dry ingredients together.

  2. Melt butter.  

Sugared Cinnamon Ingredients

Butterscotch Sauce:

  1. Mix all the ingredients in a sauce pot except the vinegar and baking soda.

  2. Heat ingredients until sugar dissolves. Be sure to stir constantly.

  3. Once heated, add baking soda and vinegar and pour into the bottom of an 8x8, or 9x9, or round pan.

Butterscotch Sauce Ingredients

Assemble:

  1. Spread melted butter all over the rectangle and sprinkle sugared cinnamon all over the rectangle.

  2. Loosely, roll into a log and gently slice into even pieces. (9-12)

  3. Place pieces in butterscotch sauce filled 8x8, or 9x9, or round pan.

  4. Cover pan with plastic wrap. Let dough rise for 30 minutes to an hour in a warm place.

  5. Bake for 40 minutes until golden brown and dough is cooked thoroughly. Be sure to check the middle cinnamon roll for doneness.

White Icing (Optional):

  1. Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Spread over sticky buns and enjoy!

White Icing Ingredients

 

Tips: Let dough rise over the warm spot on top of a stove of a preheating oven or in a warm room.

Reheat leftovers: in microwave for 15 seconds.

Cinnamon Rolls

 

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