Thursday, February 3, 2011

Cinnamon Rolls


Cinnamon Rolls
2 cups warm water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
2 t. salt
Heat above ingredients in a sauce pan until sugar is dissolved. Cool. Then in a glass measuring cup put 2 packages of yeast, 1/4 cup warm water, 1t. sugar. Set the measuring cup to the side. Add 4 c. of flour and 2 eggs to the water mixture. Beat for 5 mins. Stir in yeast mix and 3 cups flour. Stir until the dough is soft. Cover in bowl with towel and let rise 1 hour over warmed oven (or until it is doubled in size). Punch down the dough and roll out into a rectangle. Cover with 1 stick of soft of butter after the dough is rolled out thin. Mix sugar and cinnamon in a bowl (to the consistency of cinnamon sugar) and spread thick over the butter and dough. Cut into long strips and roll up each strip (about an inch thick). Put rolls in a pan (not touching). Cover with towel and let rise 1 hour over the stove or until they have doubled in size. Bake 20 minutes at 375.
Icing
3 cups powdered sugar
2 1/2- 3 Tablespoons sugar
1.2 teaspoon vanilla
Mix the above ingredients. Add more milk if mixture is too thick until the consistency is what you want then spread over warm rolls.