During the blizzard Chelsee & I kept saying we were going to make cinnamon rolls, well today we finally got around to it, and they are so delicious. The recipe and mixing was easy because we let the bread machine do the mixing and first raising of the dough. The kitchen smelled wonderful while they were baking.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
4 oz Cream Cheese 1/4 cup softened butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 1/2 tsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
Mix together well, and spread over warm rolls.
Cinnamon Rolls for 2 pound loaf bread machine
1 1/3 cup warmed milk
2 1/2 tablespoons butter or margarine (softened)
2 eggs
2 2/3 tablespoons sugar
2/3 teaspoon salt
4 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
Place ingredients in your machine in the order recommended by your instruction manual. (I put dry ingredients in first). Use the DOUGH cycle. After the dough cycle is complete, take dough from machine to roll out on very lightly floured surface.
Filling:
1/4 - 1/2 cup brown sugar
4 teaspoons cinnamon
2 1/2 Tablespoons melted butter
Optional: raisins
Combine the sugar and cinnamon. Roll the dough into a rectangle shape. Brush butter evenly over the dough and then sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon on top. OPTION: I add raisins before I roll the dough up. Roll dough jelly roll style and cut into slices about 1 1/4 inch wide. Place in a greased 9 X 13 inch pan. Allow to rise about 30 to 40 minutes. (I have a warming burner on my stove top. I place a metal cookie rack over the warming burner, and place my pan of rolls on top of that to rise.) Bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes.
