General Conference weekend was always something I looked forward to growing up. The sweet feelings and yummy food that accompanied the occasion made it special. I want my children to love it as well so today we decided to follow Nate's family tradition and make cinnamon rolls. As usual, Mason was eager to step in and help. He is the best little buddy to bake with because he gets so excited. He is also pretty helpful. Here's the recipe I use. It makes a lot, so we like to share with neighbors, or you can use the dough to make other things like cinnamon bread (same idea but in a pan), pizza, rolls, danish dessert rolls, etc:
10 1/2 c bread flour
1/2 c sugar or 1/3 c of honey
1 T salt
3 T yeast (instant)
mix
3 big quarter size blobs of soy lecithin (today I accidentally forgot to include it and it was just fine)
4 c plus 2-3 T of hot water (add enough water for it to be a cookie dough slightly sticky texture)
you don't want the dough to be circling around the mixer - you want it to stay put, like cookie dough
let rise for 25 minutes
spray pans and surface and rolling pin with oil
cut the dough in half
repeat this process twice or divide and use other dough for something else
roll it out to about 24" x 24"
spread on top 1/4 c of melted better
add about 3/4 c brown sugar on top of that or enough to spread evenly on top
then on top cinnamon - sprinkle all over generously (about 1/4 c probably)
roll it up, and use about 18" of thread to cut the cinnamon rolls. Put the thread beneath the roll, and cross over and let it cut through the dough.
let the cinnaon rolls rise while you heat the oven to 350 degrees
bake for 25 minutes
When it comes out, you can either add frosting immediately, or wait until it cools a little, so the frosting doesn't melt. Just depends on how you prefer it. I might prefer waiting. Here's a frosting recipe you can use if you don't have cream cheese.
4 T butter
2 C powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3-6 T of milk or water
Happy General Conference day!!!
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