Cinnamon Rolls

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk, scalded
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 2 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 7 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 -2 tablespoon evaporated milk

Recipe

• 1 let scalded milk cool until it is between 106 and 114 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 combine 1 cup cooled milk, 1 teaspoons of the sugar, and 2 1/2 teaspoons yeast.
• 3 let stand 3 minutes.
• 4 stir and let stand 10 minutes more.
• 5 add remainder of sugar, margarine, and 1 1/2 cups of the flour.
• 6 beat to mix well.
• 7 beat in another 1/2 cup of flour.
• 8 add as much of the remaining cup of flour that you need, a little at a time.
• 9 this must be kneaded in, as the dough is too heavy to stir.
• 10 you might not require all of it.
• 11 add the flour and continue kneading until dough is smooth and elastic and doesn't stick to your hands.
• 12 put the ball of dough in a bowl that you have greased with a little margarine.
• 13 roll the dough ball around the bowl to grease it.
• 14 cover loosely with a tea towel and let rise in a warm, draft-free place.
• 15 this takes about 2 hours.
• 16 when room temperature is below 80 fahrenheit, i put mine in the oven.
• 17 i turn my oven on just a little and turn it off again a few seconds later when the air in the oven feels comfortably warm.
• 18 when it has risen, put on a lightly floured board.
• 19 do not beat it down.
• 20 with a floured rolling pin, roll into a rectangle approximately 1/4" thick and about 12 1/2 inches long.
• 21 it can be a little longer but don't go below 12 inches-you don't want piddly little buns.
• 22 i'm not sure of the width, but don't worry-if you have the correct thickness and length, it has to be right.
• 23 with a pastry brush, brush entire surface of dough with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• 24 combine sugar and cinnamon for the filling.
• 25 sprinkle over the melted butter.
• 26 roll up at long end.
• 27 cut roll into 12 slices.
• 28 put in a greased 9" x 13" pan with a space between each one-they will expand.
• 29 brush with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• 30 cover with a tea towel and let rise for approximately one hour.
• 31 i like to tuck the tea towel under the pan so it doesn't lay in the butter.
• 32 remove tea towel.
• 33 bake in a preheated 375f oven for 15 minutes.
• 34 remove from oven.
• 35 combine topping ingredients, using only 1 tablespoons evaporated milk.
• 36 add remaining tablespoons of milk to make a glaze that can be drizzled.
• 37 drizzle the topping over the cinnamon rolls with a spoon.
• 38 remove from pan.