John made cinnamon rolls with his dad growing up. We found this recipe and it is a definite keeper! To see our day making rolls see here!2 cups warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
4 eggs, room temperature
2/3 cup margarine, melted
9 cups bread flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
2 cups brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup and 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Breadmaker recipe:Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
Hand recipe: Use an 8 gram pack of dry active yeast instead of the bread machine yeast and knead the dough with your hands and a rolling pin. Then heat the oven to 200 degrees and then TURN IT OFF. COVER the dough with a moist paper towel over the bowl, and put in the oven for around 1 hour (the dough will almost double in size) then roll out and fill.
After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.
If you want to make these for breakfast, you can make them up to the point of just rolling them out and making the cinnamon roll part. Place them in your pan, cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge. The next morning take out and bring to room temperature then bake.
