Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon rolls remind me of christmas morning with my mom and sisters. We never go a christmas without them. Of course they were the Pilsbury kind because that's how my mom cooked. It made me and my sisters want to be great bakers and cooks we are today today. Enough with the nostalgia... This is the best thing to make on a rainy day or a day off and you just want to be a home body. This is because it requires a lot of the waiting game in between steps. But if you're up for it, you will be rewarded with cinnamon-sugary heavenly goodness!!! This recipe will make 2 batches. One batch for now since you just worked so hard, and freeze the other to make for when you have company over. My sister has been making these for awhile now and bragging about how good they are. She got it from The Pioneer Woman.  Alright, ready?!

Cinnamon roll Ingredients:

2 cups of milk

1/2 vegetable oil

1/2 cup of sugar

1 packet of dry yeast

4 1/2 cups of flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 stick of butter

Lots of cinnamon & sugar 

Icing ingredients:

4 oz cream cheese

1/2 stick of butter (1/4 cup)

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup powder sugar

In a stock pot mix milk, oil and sugar. Bring to a simmer

Let cool for 45 minutes

Add yeast and let soak for 5 minutes

Add 4 cups of flour and mix

Let sit for an hour till batch rises from the yeast

Add remaining 1/2 cup flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix

Sprinkle counter top with flour and roll out dough in a rectangular shape. 

Melt butter and spread over dough

Cover with cinnamon and sugar

Roll up! 

Cut into 1" slices

Butter baking dish and place pieces in dish.

Bake at 400 for 15 minutes to 18 minutes. Should be golden brown.

Place extra pieces in Tupperware and freeze. 

Beat room temp cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powder sugar in a mixer. Then pour over warm cinnamon rolls. That's it folks! Enjoy a special treat!!