Ingredients: |
Ingredients: DOUGH:
4 ½ tsp yeast (or two ¼ ounce packets)
2 tablespoons sugar
¼ cup oil, plus more for bowl and brushing
2 tsp course salt
4 cups all purpose flour, plus more for work surface
1 ½ cups warm water
CINNAMON FILLING:
½ cup sugar
4 tsp cinnamon
4 tsp brown sugar (divided)
4 tsp honey (divided)
FROSTING:
4 tbsp butter
4 tbsp cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
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Directions: |
Directions:1. Pour 1 ½ cups warm water into a large bowl; sprinkle with yeast and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
2. Whisk sugar, oil, and salt into yeast mixture. Add flour and stir until a sticky dough forms.
3. Transfer dough to an oiled bowl and brush top with oil. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm, draft-free place until dough has doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Set out butter to soften while waiting.
4. Sprinkle flour onto work surface (about ¼ cup). Sprinkle top of dough with 1-2 tablespoons flour and pull out half of dough (pinch dough in middle to separate as pulling).
5. Toss dough a few times in flour and roll out in 10x13 rectangle shape. Square out corners as you finish rolling it out.
6. Generously butter surface of dough with ½ stick of soft butter.
7. Sprinkle ¼ cup of cinnamon sugar mixture over the buttered dough.
8. Drizzle 2 tsp of honey and sprinkle 2 tsp of brown sugar over cinnamon sugar (optional).
9. Roll dough from long side (hot dog shape) and seal end by pinching. Then square up ends by pushing inward.
10. Grease two 8x8 pans (or one 10x13 pan if you choose to roll out all of the dough at once).
11. Cut dough in 2 inch pieces and arrange them in pan as you do. Press them down gently to shape (and leave room for raising). Half of dough makes 6-8 rolls.
12. Repeat steps 3 through 10 with other half of dough.
13. Let rolls raise up to one hour or until rolls double in size and pan looks full (don’t let over raise and fall back down). Preheat oven to 350 F.
14. Bake at 350 F for 20-30 minutes. Bake 1 batch at a time unless the whole batch is rolled out at once.
15. Make frosting while baking by creaming together 4 tbsp softened butter, 4 tbsp cream cheese, and 1 tsp vanilla. Then mix in 2 cups of powdered sugar until creamy. Add a few dashes of cinnamon sugar if desired.
16. Take rolls out of oven and ice immediately if you want the icing to melt into them. Wait to ice if you prefer the icing sitting on top. |
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