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Caramel Rolls – A Welcome Gift

I am always so impressed with the effort that goes into food gifts this time of year. Ellaborate trays of cookies, breads of all kinds, gingerbread houses… bakers are busy in the kitchen cooking up things to give to others. A gift of homemade goodies, in my opinion, is a true gift of love.

I think I am going to do an assortment of pumpkin bread, cookies and something a bit different this year. My closest friends are going to get a pan of Caramel Rolls. I read about this idea last year, but with using your favorite cinnamon roll recipe. Purchase several alumnimum round cake pans and whip up a few batches of your favorite cinnamon roll dough. Roll and slice the dough and place 6 rolls each in the round cake pans. Tightly cover and freeze. When you are ready to gift your cinnamon rolls, take them out of the freezer, wrap in clear plastic wrap, decorate the packaging as you wish and attach instructions for thawing and baking on a card. Your friends will love the idea of having home baked goodness given to them to bake fresh in their own oven. Imagine how nice it would be to wake up to hot cinnamon rolls on Christmas Day without the effort of actually making them.

What food gifts are you giving your friends and neighbors this year? I would love to hear your ideas!

Mom’s Caramel Rolls (from Sidd on Recipezaar)

First, a couple of notes. These are the best caramel rolls I have ever tried! Buttery and delicious and full of sweet ooey gooey caramel flavor. I halved the recipe since it was just for my family and did all of the work in the bread machine. I took out the dough and then followed the rolling and baking instructions from there. I got 10 large rolls.

2½ hours | 2 hours prep

SERVES 18

Topping

  1. Mix water and yeast and wait 5 minutes.
  2. Stir in sugar, salt and 2 cups of flour.
  3. Add egg and butter and mix.
  4. Stir in rest of flour by hand, if dough is still sticky add just enough to make it not sticky anymore.
  5. Let raise until dough is double in size.
  6. Sprinkle flour on surface and roll dough out until is approx 18 X 12 inches.
  7. Spread a very thin layer of soft butter on dough and sprinkle cinnamon/sugar mixture on it.
  8. Roll dough from the long side, it should look like a log.
  9. Cut into 1 inch pieces.
  10. Should be 18 pieces.
  11. Place brown sugar and butter into microwave dish and heat until butter is just melted; stir well.
  12. Stir in 3 T water.
  13. Divide mixture into 3 pans (8-inch cake pans).
  14. Place 6 pieces in each pan.
  15. Let raise for about 45 minutes.
  16. Bake for 20 minutes in a 325°F oven.
  17. When you take out of oven, turn each pan of rolls over on a plate, otherwise you will have a hard time getting them out when they cool.
  18. If you can, let them cool slightly and enjoy them when they are still warm.
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  2. LyB says

    Kristen, those look positively fabulous! I would love to get a pan of those rolls, all ready to bake. I don’t think I’ll mind making them myself though, they look worth the work. 🙂

  6. shelley says

    I’m going to borrow my mom’s tradition of giving mini sized loaves of lemon bread with the recipe attached.
    Those caramel rolls look divine! 🙂

  8. Patsyk says

    Duh… I knew I had read this post earlier… didn’t realize I had already commented! Yep, it’s getting late for this tired blogger!

  11. Hannah says

    I gave away cinnamon buns as holiday gifts last year, which were very enthusiastically received, so I can only imagine what a great gift these caramel rolls would make. They sound amazing!

  16. Cat says

    I always do several different types of cookies and fill a basket (this year I’m going to do an empty paint can that i can get at Sherwin Williams).

    ~Cat

  19. megan says

    YUM, these look absolutely divine. the picture reminds me of the cinnamon rolls i whipped up for thanksgiving breakfast this past week 🙂

  23. Deborah says

    That is such a great idea!! I was going to go all out, but being 8 months pregnant and going “all out” don’t really go together!!

    Deborahs last blog post..Wonton Wonders

  25. Tina says

    Help? You say in your comments to include directions for thawing and baking – what are the directions for thawing? Just leave them in the fridge until they aren’t frozen or is there a better way? Also, in your comments: “Roll and slice the dough and place 6 rolls each in the round cake pans. Tightly cover and freeze.” So am I freezing them after I have added the topping?
    Thanks!

  33. Heidi says

    These are a great idea! With the cooking directions would you just need to have them thaw them before baking? Thanks!

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