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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Kristen — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:47:03 +0000

Originally published on December 23rd, 2011 (when my babies were so little). I’m re-publishing it today because this recipe is so good and the memories in this post are some of my favorites!

These big, fluffy, homemade cinnamon rolls have been a part of our Christmas morning for years and years.

The dough is made in your bread machine, which makes it super easy!

There are just a couple more days until Christmas! This morning, as I sit by the light of the Christmas tree, with presents wrapped (ahead of time, which NEVER happens) I can’t help but feel so grateful for all of the blessings in my life. Our family is healthy, our friends are plenty, and life is just really, really good right now.

I love Christmas, for a multitude of reasons, but mostly because it is a season full of traditions. I love all of the traditions we have developed around Christmas within my own family, like these homemade cinnamon rolls. The traditions have become so important to my kids as well. Like Nick and I, they look forward to the traditions we’ve created as much as we do. It really warms my heart so much….

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Caramel Rolls – A Welcome Gift

Kristen — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:16:58 +0000

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

2 cups warm water (not hot)
2 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast (2 T bulk)
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
4 tablespoons butter (let sit out until soft)
1 egg
6 1/2 cups flour
cinnamon-sugar mixture

Topping

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons water

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

Do you love sweet rolls in the morning? These food bloggers have some other great recipes to try!

Orange Pecan Rolls from Culinary Concotions by Peabody
Crescent Rolls Breakfast Dessert from Cooking with Val
Copycat Cinnamon Rolls from Dine & Dish
Sticky Buns from Nook & Pantry

Thank you to everyone who shared their Acts of Kindness stories! The winners of the cookbooks, chosen by the Random Number Generator, are:

Bridget from Bake at 350
Claire from Cooking is Medicine

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Gooey Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Kristen — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:53:31 +0000

There are some times that I am a little embarrassed to admit that one of my hobbies is food photography. I am not as in to the hobby as some people. I only take a small handful of photos of each of the things that I make and I have yet to really get into props all that much. I do find myself, with each passing meal, visualizing what I would do with certain meals if I had the props. I pour over food magazines and blogs admiring the talent of all of the photographers out there. So, why don’t I spend more time shooting my photos? Because I like to eat hot food even more!

These cinnamon rolls are our traditional treat for Santa as well as our breakfast every Christmas morning. The thing about these cinnamon rolls is that they can’t be beat fresh out of the oven, ooeey and gooey with the filling and frosting. Taking the time to stylize the photo and continuing to take pictures would mean I would miss out on the best part of these cinnamon rolls…the hot, fresh, yumminess.

I hope each and every one of you had a very Merry Christmas! This was a fun year for us…our kids are at a very fun age!

May you and yours enjoy the blessings of the holiday season!

Copycat Cinnamon Rolls for the ABM (from Recipezaar)

Perfect cinnamon rolls for weekend breakfast.

Course Breakfast

Keyword breakfast, cinnamon rolls

Prep Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings 12 rolls

Ingredients

Rolls

1/4 cup butter melted
1/4 cup water
2 1/2 tablespoons vanilla instant pudding mix about 1/2 package of pudding
1 cup milk
1 egg beaten
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups bread flour
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast

Filling

1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Frosting

4 ounces cream cheese softened
1/4 cup butter softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons milk

Instructions

Roll: Place ingredients in the machine following manufacturer's instructions and set for dough cycle.
After completion of cycle, remove from machine and roll out to 17x10-inch rectangle.
Filling: Mix together brown sugar and cinnamon.
Spread softened butter over dough and sprinkle brown sugar/cinnnamon mixture over the top.
Roll tightly from long end, pinching edges closed when finished.
Slice into sizes of your choice (I usually get 12 rolls from this).
Place on greased cookie sheet and let rise until doubled.
Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes, until golden-DO NOT OVERBAKE!
Frosting: Mix together and spread over hot rolls.
Enjoy!

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