Cinnabon Type Cinnamon Rolls

I love October. With it brings my love's birthday, General Conference which brings the homemade cinnamon rolls tradition! All within the first week. It also brings Fall leaves and pumpkin treats with yummy smelling spices and to end the month with Halloween.

I would make cinnamon rolls all the time and I just never felt they were like what I was imagining in my head. The ones like you would get from Cinnabon. I finally did some searching on the internet and I found one that I completely fell in love with as well as Derek and the kids. So now twice a year I make them for General Conference and I share them with my neighbors. I know they look forward to April and October as well.


Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls
Recipe By: Ron and Shallen Gordon
Serving Size: 12 to 15 Rolls

Ingredients

• 1/4 Cup Warm Water
• 1 Cup Milk, at room temperature
• 1 Ea Large Egg, beaten
• 1/4 Cup Butter, melted
• 1 Tbsp Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 4 Cups All Purpose White Flour
• 1/2 Box Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix (3.4 oz. box)
• 1 Tbsp Yeast

Directions

1. Add each of the above ingredients in the order listed.
2. Then kneed until bread is elastic. (I use a mixer similar to a Bosch so I just add everything except the flour and then I add the flour a little at a time until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Then I hit the auto kneed.)
3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out to an 14" by 24" rectangle, or as reasonably large as you can!

Filling Ingredients

• 1 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
• 1 Tbsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 Cup Butter, melted

Directions

1. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar and cinnamon.
2. Spread the melted butter over the dough and evenly sprinkle on the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
3. Starting at the long edge of the dough, roll up tightly. Mark the roll every 2 inches.
4. With a thread (we use cinnamon flavored dental floss for dramatic effect) cut the roll by placing the thread under the roll at your mark, crisscross over and pull to cut.
5. Place rolls into greased 8" or 9" baking pans 2" apart. Cover and let rise in a warm, draft free place until almost double, approximately 1 hour.
6. After rising, rolls should be touching each other and the sides of the pan. This is important for best results. Use closer spacing or a smaller pan to achieve. This gives the resulting rolls the soft, moist outer edge that most people prefer.
7. After rising, bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

Cream Cheese Cinnamon Frosting

 Ingredients

• 4 Oz Cream Cheese, softened
• 1/4 Cup Butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla
• 1/2 Tbsp Milk
• 1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon

Directions

1. In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, butter, vanilla and milk.
2. Add powdered sugar and cinnamon and mix until smooth.
3. Spread on warm rolls and serve immediately.