Cinnamon Rolls

I took this recipe from the blog of a friend of mine.  Her blog is http://girlplusfood.blogspot.com  Be warned, nothing on her blog is low-fat but it is all amazingly good!

Cinnamon Rolls
9 3/4 oz warm milk
1 egg
6 T butter, melted
4 1/2 cups flour
4 1/2 T sugar
3/4 tsp salt
2 1/4 tsp rapid rise yeast (or 3 tsp active dry yeast)

extra milk to brush on rolls after they come out of the oven

In bread machine:  Add all wet ingredients, then dry, make a well in dry ingredients and add yeast.  Turn on dough cycle.

In mixer:  add milk, butter, egg, sugar, salt and yeast to bowl (if using active dry yeast, wait 5 minutes until it's foamy) add 1 1/2 cups flour and mix with paddle on low 30 seconds then medium for 2 minutes.  Change to dough hook and gradually add remaining flour.  Cover and let rise until double (about 1 hour)

When dough has risen, or bread maker is done, dump dough onto lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 15-30 minutes.  While dough is resting, mix filling.

Filling:
1 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 T cinnamon
2 T flour
I would also put some chocolate chips in the filling too since that's the way my mom always did it!
Cream all ingredients together until fluffy and smooth (about 2 minutes)

1) Roll dough into a rectangle about 8 inches wide and 14 inches long.

2) Spread filling over surface of dough.

3) Roll up, cut off end and then cut into about 1 inch pieces or 12 equal pieces.

4) Place in greased 9 x 13 inch pan. 

5) Let raise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.

6) Preheat oven to 350 and bake for 15-20 minutes.

7) Remove rolls from oven and use a pastry brush to brush the tops of rolls with milk.

Make icing

Regular icing

3 T butter, softened

4 T milk

3 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla.

Cream all together in mixer.  Icing should be pouring consistency but not too runny.  Add more milk or powdered sugar to get the consistency you like.

Cream Cheese Icing

4 T butter, softened

4 oz cream cheese, softened

3 1/2 T milk

2 1/4 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Cream all together in mixer, should be pouring consistency but not too runny.  Add more milk or powdered sugar to get the consistency you like.

While rolls are still warm, pour desired icing over the top.  Icing should cover the outside of the roll and run down into the cinnamon areas.  If it's not running down, the icing is too thick or rolls are not warm enough still.

Enjoy!