Cinnamon Rolls {Cooking with Mama Pearl}

Cinnamon Rolls

Author: Mama Pearl

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Ingredients

Cinnamon Rolls
• 1 Package active dry yeast
• 1/3 cup warm water (110 to 115 degrees)
• ½ cup warm milk (110 to 115 degrees)
• ½ cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 4 ½ to 5 cups of all-purpose flour
Filling
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon, more or less to your taste
• ¼ cup butter or margarine, very softened
• Optional, (You can add 2 tablespoons of baking cocoa filling)
Glaze
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• ¼ teaspoon maple flavor (can use vanilla extract if you do not like maple)
• 1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Cinnamon Rolls
1. In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
2. Add the milk, butter, sugar, salt, egg and 1 ½ cups flour.
3. Beat on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes or until smooth.
4. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
5. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes.
6. Place in greased bowl, turning once to the grease top.
7. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled about 1 hour.
8. Then knead onto a floured surface and roll into a rectangle.
9. Then put butter to about ½ inch of edge.
10. Roll up with filling and cut ½ inch onto a greased baking sheet.
11. Let rise for 1 ½ hours.
12. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes until well browned
Filling
13. Sprinkle the rolled out and buttered dough with the each of the filling ingredients, before rolling up (Step 10)
Glaze
14. In a bowl combine confectioners’ sugar: maple and enough milk to achieve desired consistency.
15. Makes about ½ cup, double recipe if you want more glaze on rolls.
16. *You can substitute milk with orange juice, plain water, or lemon extract. Use what you like.