“I Can’t Eat Just One!” Cinnamon Twists/Rolls Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 ¼ Cups Warm Water
2 Tablespoons Yeast
½ cup Sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2/3 cup powdered milk
6 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs –beaten
½ cup melted butter
½ teaspoon pure lemon extract
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Directions:-In a Large mixer (using your dough hook if you have one) combine:
2 ¼ Cups Warm Water (exactly! Measure VERY carefully –it will count in the
end)
2 Tablespoons Yeast
½ cup Sugar
-Let ferment (activate-foam- dissolve-whatever) for 5-10 minutes
-In a separate bowl mix together:
2 teaspoons salt
2/3 cup powdered milk
3 cups all purpose flour
-Add flour mixture slowly to yeast water until well combined. Then add:
2 eggs –beaten (yes you have to beat them)
½ cup melted butter (make sure its REAL butter and that it is not too hot)
½ teaspoon pure lemon extract (this is a really important ingredient!)
-mix well (until you can’t see yellow eggs/butter stuff). It should look like a smooth
stringy paste. Then slowly add (while mixer is running):
3 cups flour (DO NOT ADD ANY MORE FLOUR THAN THESE 3 MEASLY
CUPS! You will be tempted to…. It just doesn’t look right.. its too sticky! But
RESIST! This is truly one of the great secrets of this dough!)
-Knead in your mixer for 10 minutes (don’t add any more flour! I saw that look in
your eye) It should look sticky… stringy… and not at all what you think it should!
- Cover and let rise until it is out of control! Almost to the point of overflowing
the bowl! This should take about ½ hour or so depending on your yeast and
the temperature of your house …. As well as the positioning of the moon and
the stars.
- Now you need to wipe off your counter space really well (and dry it) and then
smear butter all over your counter (real butter….. have fun with this… its like
making mud pies when you’re a kid) Blop the dough out of the bowl onto your
buttery counter and get ready to have some real fun!
- Butter up your hands really good and start smoothing out the dough on your
counter until it resembles the shape of a large rectangle.
- FOR TWISTS
- Now cut your fabulous rectangle in half (a pizza cutter works the best for this)
right down the middle so that you have 2 very long rectangles.
- Smear butter all over the top of these rectangles…. Sprinkle lots of
cinnamon… mound on gobs of brown sugar! (yumm)
- Cut rectangles into short strips (they should be about 4 inches long)
- Fold each strip in half and then TWIST and place on a cookie sheet to rise
again (isn’t this fun!)
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- FOR ROLLS
- Smear top of this large rectangle with loads of REAL butter, sprinkle liberally
with cinnamon and mound on heaps of brown sugar… and raisins if you so
desire ( I always desire)
- Roll from bottom to top into a great snake looking thing and carefully cut into
rolls ( you can use dental floss for this.. it keeps it from squishing)
- Place on a cookie sheet and let it rise.
After they have risen for about 1/2hour or so bake in a preheated 325 degree
oven for 12-17 minutes (just until they BARELY start to turn brown ) Do not
overcook!
Now while they are still hot, spread with cream cheese frosting! And Eat as many
of them as you can while they are still hot…. Then tomorrow eat some more with
cocoa to dip them in… have them for second breakfast… elevensies…. High
tea… What? You ran out? Well…. Go back to the top of this page and start
again! ENJOY!
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1 Package cream cheese (soft)
½ cup real butter (soft)
Mix these together until they are well combined.
Add 3-4 cups powdered sugar and 2 Tablespoons or so of Milk until
You get the right consistency (spreadable – not runny)
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I have.. |
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Notes: This is exactly how my mom's friend Candie wrote out this recipe. It's funny and reminds me of baking in the kitchen with them both.
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