Sunday, February 24, 2008

Clone of a Cinnabon

I made these on the Sunday that our church was cancelled because of a fire in the building. They will be forever known as the Cancelled Church Cinnamon Rolls.

It's recipe is divided into three sections - what goes in the bread machine, the cinnamon/sugar/butter topping that gets rolled up in the dough, and the frosting.

Ingredients:
1 cup warm milk
2 eggs, room temperature
1/3 cup margarine, melted
4 1/2 cups bread flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup white sugar
2 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast
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1 cup brown sugar
2 1/2 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, softened
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1 package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
dash salt

1. Place section one ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle and press start.

2. After cycle is complete, turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Cover, and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar and the cinnamon.

3. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread the softened butter and sprinkle evenly with the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

4. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt.

5. After the rolls are out of the oven, turn a cookie sheet over the top of the pan and flip the 9x13 over on top of the cookie sheet - this redistributes the gooey stuff. Spread the frosting on the warm rolls before serving.

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