Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Quick (but still tasty and totally from scratch) Cinnamon Rolls

I jotted this recipe down on a tiny bit of paper at a friend's house, so it has little in the way of detailed instructions, but it works out very well! The thing that is awesome about this recipe is that they only rise for ten min. not sure how it works, but it's yummy.

Preheat oven to 425.

Mix and let sit ten min:

1 1/2 cup warm H2O
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup sugar
2 tblsp yeast
1/2 tblsp salt

Then, add 1 large egg (beaten). Add approx 5 cups flour (enough to make a good dough).

Roll out and spread cinnamon mixture evenly over dough.

Cinnamon Mixture:

1/2 cup melted margarine and/or butter
3/4 cup sugar
6 heaping teaspoons cinnamon

Roll it up pretty tightly, make sure the edge seam is sealed tight. Cut into rolls. Place in a greased pan. Let rise about 10 minutes in pan. Then, bake ten min. at 425.

Frost when still warm, but not hot, with:

Mix together:
3 tablsp margarine and/or butter, melted
2 1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/8 cup milk
3/4 tsp vanilla
orange zest (optional)

gloat over your yummy cinnamon rolls that only had to rise for ten minutes (optional)

4 comments:

Spencer said...

We are going to make this recipe tonight for guests, I am very excited.

Spencer said...

So we tried them and they are very good. Hope y'all try them too.

Nikki CB said...

Great! I'm glad they worked out. I think they are wicked good. Peter y yo generally have to make sure we have guests around or we eat them all. Did you make them with the zest in the icing? I like it both ways. What did you think?

Nikki CB said...

PLEASE NOTE!! I just cooked these w/ my AWESOME YW group of girls and they were NOT ready after ten minutes of cooking. They took 20 minutes to cook. Maybe it's because I stick em all tightly packed together to keep em moist and yummy. But, you could make them like some bakeries do, and leave them a few inches apart, and they may cook faster!