Here's a recipe I've been working on for a while. I found the original here, but it's been adapted so much since then that you'd hardly recognize that they even started in the same place. All I have to say about them really is that they are amazing.
Really freaking amazing.
Like Holy-Crap-these-are-good amazing..
I'll stop now.
But really, you HAVE to try them.. Ok. They take a bit of work, and a fair amount of waiting, but they are oh-so worth it. You'll see. This is the recipe I'm the proudest of. Can you tell? :P
So without further ado, I give you...
The best damn cinnamon rolls you've ever tasted (probably).
Ingredients:
4 cups milk
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
2 pkgs. or 2 Tbsp. Dry Active Yeast
9 cups flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups brown sugar
A whole lot of cinnamon
Directions:
~Combine milk, oil, white sugar, vanilla extract, tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg,
and 1/4 tsp. ground cloves in a large saucepan. Heat it all up on medium heat to scalding (just before it begins to boil), stirring fairly often.
~Take it off the heat and continue stirring for a few minutes after to stop a white foamy layer from developing on top.
~Let sit for 20 minute to 1 hour (however long it takes the mixture to cool to warm/luke warm).
~Sprinkle yeast over the top and let sit for a few minutes.
~Mix in 8 of the 9 cups of flour.
~Cover saucepan and let sit for at least an hour.
~Mix in the last cup of flour along with baking soda, baking powder, and salt (I usually combine them in a separate bowl while I'm waiting for the dough to rise).
~Transfer dough to a clean, floured surface, and roll out (I usually do it one half at a time) into a nice big rectangle. The dough should be about a quarter to a half inch thick.
~Spread 1/2 cup room temp. butter evenly onto one half of the dough.
~Spread 1 cup brown sugar evenly over the buttered dough.
~Shake cinnamon (as much or little as you'd like.. I tend to go all out with the cinnamon, even adding other spices when I feel like it) evenly over the dough.
~Starting with the long edge of the rectangle begin rolling the dough towards you as tightly as possible. When you get near the end, pull the end up and stretch it a little, pushing it onto the roll to make it stay. I also roll it over so the edge is on the bottom of the dough roll.
~Cut the roll into 1-ish inch slices and place into buttered, floured pans.
~Let them sit for 15-30 minutes to rise a bit more.
~Bake in the oven at 400ºF for 15-18 minutes until they are golden brown on top
~Let cool for 10-15 minutes, then pour on your favorite frosting.
~Enjoy!!
