Cinnamon rolls

These are a copycat version of Cinnabon that I found on Recipezaar. I made them today for my sickly hubby- he loved them.

They are super easy and pretty quick to make. I think i will make the dough and filling and make them the night before and stick in the fridge for Sunday morning to bake.

Amazing with coffee or hot chocolate.

Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup margarine or butter softened
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour, sifted
  

FILLING

• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1/3 cup margarine, softened
• raisins are optional

ICING

• 8 tablespoons margarine
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cream cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

I chose to omit the cream cheese because the hubs hates it and it came really good.

Dissolve the yeast in a large bowl using the warm milk.

Add eggs, butter (i used butter not margarine), salt and sugar. Then add flour. Mix well.

Knead on lightly floured surface a few times. Place in a bowl and covered tightly with plastic wrap. Let sit in a warm place for an hour or until it doubles in size.

I left mine out overnight because i started this late.

Once it has doubled in size roll out on floured surface until its 21 inches long by 16 inches wide. Thats what it says in the recipe. I just rolled it out to a decent length and made sure it was about 1/4 inch thick to make really fat cinnamon rolls.

For the filling mix brown sugar and cinnamon. Spread softened butter around the rolled out dough. Then even distribute the mixture over it. It’s a lot of filling so these will very rich in sugar and cinnamon. Just warning you.

From one size roll the dough tightly till you reach the opposite side. Slice to desired thickness. Recipe called for 1.75 inch thickness which made them very big cinnamon rolls.

Bake in a 400 degree oven preheated of course for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Our oven which is new took about 18 minutes to make these perfect so please check yours often!

Icing- mix butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla. Cream until fluffy. Spread over cinnamon rolls.

Ours made 8 giant cinnamon rolls and yeah, they were good.

I seriously can not find my camera since the holidays so i am attaching a stock photo that resembles ours.