Deana's Cinnamon Rolls

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 5 1/2 cups flour
• butter
• sugar
• 1/2 cup cinnamon
• raisins (optional)
• nuts (optional)
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 teaspoons water

Recipe

• 1 scald milk, add next 3 ingredients.
• 2 in a different bowl, add yeast, water, and eggs. combine mixtures and add flour. set in warm place for 3 hours. take fork and poke hole in dough; cover. put in fridge over night.
• 3 roll dough on floured table. rub with butter and and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. roll into a log. use fine thread or plain floss and cut into 1 inch pieces. put in greased pan with sides. if there are no sides, the rolls will fall over the sides and make a mess in your oven, and it's not fun to clean up. let stand or rise for 2 hours. bake at 300 degrees until light brown.
• 4 remove from oven and drizzle topping over rolls, while still warm. yummy, yummy!