Cinnamon Rolls

Jonathan helping to spread the filling-brown sugar and cinnamon.

The rolls before the last rise.

The boys love to make a mess!

Price was covered in flour.

Sethie cleaning up the flour mess.

Lance loves Cinnabon cinnamon rolls, so I was on a quest to find a recipe for them that I could make at home. Well of course the actual recipe is safely guarded somewhere, so I had to go with a clone recipe that I found online. There is a family in Texas that has done tons of research and testing and came up with this recipe that is very delicious. I am sure if you did all of the steps that they require and use all of the special ingredients that they call for, the rolls would taste very similar to Cinnabon, but I have altered the recipe a bit to fit my bread maker and took out some ingredients that I don't have in my pantry. They still come out absolutely to die for and we love them. We have made it a tradition to make them every General Conference weekend. It gives the boys something to look forward to! For the actual recipe click here.

Here is the version that fits in my 1 1/2 lb. bread maker and makes about 10 rolls:

Put in bread machine:

3/16 C water

3/4 C whole milk

3/8 C butter, melted, then cooled

1 beaten egg

3/4 t vanilla

3/8 t salt

3/8 C sugar

3 1/3 C bread flour

2 t rapid rise yeast

Run machine on dough cycle. Mine goes for about 1 hour 20 minutes. When dough is finished, roll out into a rectangle about 18x20 inches. It's a little tricky because the dough wants to go back to its original size, but just keep working at it, it will come.

Then spread on the following:

6 T margarine-room temp so it is spreadable

Mix together and sprinkle over margarine:

3/4 C brown sugar

4 T cinnamon

Roll up the 20" side very tightly to make a long roll. Cut off ends and then cut into 10 even sized rolls. Place rolls into 8" square baking pans 1" apart-one roll in each corner and one in the center.

Cover and let rise until doubled-about an hour. Bake at 335 degrees for 20 minutes, one pan at a time.

Frosting

Mix together:

6 T margarine

3 oz. cream cheese

1 1/8 C powdered sugar

3/4 t vanilla

Spread on top of warm or cooled cinnamon rolls and devour!