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Cinnamon Rolls

hovis — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:32:57 GMT

Does anyone have a recipe for cinnamon rolls that's really EASY. My mother used to make them from scratch and they were to die for. I want to surprise my husband Easter morning with cinnamon rolls. Thanks.

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

WenGirl42 — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:39:55 GMT

How "easy" do you want it to be? Making them from scratch isn't complicated, but it does take time and is messy! No way around that. I love the Pioneer Woman's recipe, and I make them every year for Christmas.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/cinammon_rolls_/

I will warn you I can usually make about 7 pie tins out of this recipe. I have successfully cut the recipe in half, but then I don't have as many to give away or stash away in the freezer for later!

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

wildcat fan — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:41:56 GMT

There have been some yummy recipes posted here in the Recipe Swap forum. You could do a search for cinnamon rolls and some recipes will come up.

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grandma_2_2 — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:55:04 GMT

Do you have a bread machine? I make my dough in my bread machine then roll out, fill and let rise. Easy as can be. For some weird reason, yeast and I don't get along. My Mom made the best cinnamon rolls but after many lessons, I just can't get it right. That sounds good. Might have to make some this weekend.

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

JustJazzmom — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:45:46 GMT

My idea of making cinnamon rolls is the Pillsbury low fat cinnamon rolls that you open, pull apart and bake on a cookie sheet.

I do have a great recipe using their Grands! Buttermilk biscuits for an easy Monkey Bread.

Halved recipe posted fits nicely into a 6 Cup Bundt pan. If you double the ingredients, it can go into the standard 12 Cup Bundt pan.

Monkey Bread

Ingredients:

1/4 Cup sugar-- 1 Tsp. cinnamon-- 1 Can Pillsbury Grands! Homestyle or Flaky Layers Buttermilk biscuits-- 1/4 Cup walnuts, chopped-- 1/4 Cup raisins-- 1/4 Cup packed brown sugar-- 1/4 & 1/8 Cup butter, melted

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 6 Cup Bundt pan with butter or cooking spray. In a large plastic food storage bag (1 Gal. size), combine sugar with cinnamon and set aside.

2) Separate dough into 8 biscuits, cut into quarters. Toss into bag to coat completely. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.

3) In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar & melted butter & pour over biscuit pieces.

4) Bake for 22 minutes or until golden brown & no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Flip onto a plate & serve warm.

Yield: 6 servings

Note: For 12 Cup Bundt pan use 2 cans of Grands! & double all measurements. Cook for 28-32 minutes at 350 degrees with a yield of 12 servings.

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

Free2be — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:59:34 GMT

Jazzy, thank you for reminding me about that recipe. I had been looking through cookbooks the other day and noticed that one. Later I noticed that Pillsbury Grands were on sale this week but when I was in the store, I couldn't remember which recipe it was that I thought I should buy them for!

Darn those senior moments!

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

JustJazzmom — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:32:25 GMT

On 4/2/2015 Free2be said:
Jazzy, thank you for reminding me about that recipe. I had been looking through cookbooks the other day and noticed that one. Later I noticed that Pillsbury Grands were on sale this week but when I was in the store, I couldn't remember which recipe it was that I thought I should buy them for!

Darn those senior moments!

You're welcome-- this was a big hit with the kids (young adults) here and it was the first time I made this. A friend wanted an easy recipe for monkey bread without too much fuss and this was the first recipe on google that came up!

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

sfnative — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:18:01 GMT

This is a pretty basic recipe. Even has a bit of Bisquick thrown in. Enjoy!

CINNAMON ROLLS

DOUGH
2 large eggs
1 packet (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
1 cup milk, heated until warm
5 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup Bisquick baking mix
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt

FILLING
5 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

ICING
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 cup powdered sugar

In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs until frothy. Whisk in yeast, milk, and melted butter and let sit for 10 minutes. Add the remaining Dough ingredients and mix into a sticky dough. Transfer to a well-floured surface and knead, adding additional flour, just until no longer sticky. Return ball of dough to the mixing bowl, cover, and place in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.

On a well-floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out dough, until it is a large 1/4 inch-thick rectangle. Spread the softened butter on the surface of the dough to start the filling. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle evenly over the buttered dough.

Spray a 4 quart temp-tations baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Grab the short side of the dough and roll entire dough into a pinwheel, pressing firmly as you go. Slice rolled pinwheel into 1 1/4 inch thick rounds and place into baking dish. It’s okay if they are touching. You should have enough rounds to fill the dish. Cover and let rise in a warm place for another 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and bake cinnamon rolls 18-22 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown. Combine melted butter and powdered sugar to create the icing. If icing is hard, microwave 10-15 seconds to soften. Spoon icing over cinnamon rolls while still hot, serve and enjoy!

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

Azcowgirl — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:08:42 GMT

Pioneer woman's recipe is excellent . Too dangerous for me to have these around. Every now and then I have to stop at Cinnabon and pick one up with extra icing though (:

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Kachina624 — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 03:23:11 GMT

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sunshine45 — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:29:33 GMT

monkey bread is a great alternative......and now i cannot stop thinking about cinnabon! i was addicted to those during one of my pregnancies. i would go to the mall just to walk and have the chance to eat one!

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

Luv2Decorate — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:38:57 GMT

Yes! I have a SUPER easy recipe.

In the frozen section at the grocery store, they have loaves of frozen bread dough. Buy it.

I put foil on top of a cookie sheet, spray it with Pam and place one of the bread dough on the cookie sheet, rub the frozen dough with a little butter so it doesn't dry out, loosely cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rise. You can speed up the process by heating the oven to 175 degrees and placing a cake pan of water in the oven as it heats (and leave it in the oven on the lowest rack), turn the oven off and put the cookie sheet with bread dough in the oven, this will only take 2 hours to rise, make sure the plastic wrap is loose enough because the bread will grow.

Once the dough has risen, take out of the cooled oven, roll the dough out to the width of a thick pancake. Spread 1/4 cup of melted butter on top of the dough, add brown sugar, raisins, cinnamon, pecans, or whatever you'd like all over the flattened dough. Roll it up and cut into 1 1/2-2 inch pieces depending how big you want the cinnamon rolls, and place in a buttered 11 x 17 casserole pan.

Let the bread rise again for another hour or so, you can speed it up by putting the pan into a slightly warm oven again.

Bake at 350 for 17-20 minutes.

The glaze is just butter, powdered sugar, small amount of vanilla and milk.

This is super easy and takes minimal effort, and they are good!

Re: Cinnamon Rolls

dobiesrule — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:26:31 GMT

I second Luv2Decorate. Frozen bread dough is the way to go. This is how I make mine and they always turn out great. You can even turn them into a type of ""sticky bun"" by adding pecans to the dough and making a caramel type icing.