Merry Christmas to My Kitchen Escapades Readers! Christmas is in full swing over in our house. Preparations are being made to have everyone home for the holidays which, for me includes menu planning and one of our favorite meals is breakfast!
When I was a young wife, there were three things that no matter how hard I tried, I could not make. One was fried chicken. Constant fail. The second was brownies. Don’t ask (I mean how hard could they be?) but they always turned out like hockey pucks. I have since mastered this goodie and now I have serious brownie skills! And the third was cinnamon rolls. Another hockey puck experience. Rock hard. Well, no longer do I make hockey puck cinnamon rolls after getting this recipe for Epic Cinnamon Rolls.
I got this recipe many years ago from Carole’s cousin and I don’t think she knows it. See, my sister’s husband is Carole’s first cousin and I got this recipe from Shelly, who is my brother-in-law’s sister which would also make her Carole’s cousin. Confused yet? Well, it’s okay to be confused about the family relations, but don’t be confused about the goodness of this recipe! Just imagine cinnamon wafting through your kitchen on Christmas morning then diving into the ooey, gooey, doughy yumminess of this cinnamon roll. Mmmm….that’s a great gift right there!
Even if you don’t have time to serve these Epic Cinnamon Rolls on Christmas morning, save the recipe for later. You won’t want to miss this one! The only way that these rolls resemble a hockey puck is that they score!!
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Epic Cinnamon Rolls
- Yield: 12 rolls 1x
Ingredients
Dough
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1/2 cup warm water
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2 TBL yeast
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1 TBL sugar
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4 slightly beaten eggs
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1/2 pound butter (2 sticks)
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2 cups milk
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1/2 cup sugar
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2 tsp salt
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8 cups flour
Filling
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1 1/2 cups melted butter
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4 TBL Cinnamon
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1 1/2 cups sugar
Icing
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup melted butter
- Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 box powdered sugar
- Milk to desired consistency
Instructions
- In the bowl of your mixer, mix together the water, yeast and sugar then let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a glass bowl, put the 1/2 pound butter (two sticks) and 2 cups milk and microwave until butter is just melted.
- Add 4 slightly beaten eggs, 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tsp salt to milk mixture blending well.
- Add this mix to your yeast mixture.
- One cup at a time, pour 4 cups of flour and mix well. Then add the next 4 cups of flour but at 1 tablespoon at a time. Mix for five minutes.
- Put dough in metal oiled bowl and let raise for 30 minutes. Punch the dough and let raise for another 30 minutes.
- Divide dough into two parts.
- Roll out one half onto floured board into an 8 x 12 rectangle. Spread half of your melted butter (3/4 cup) onto dough keeping 1/2 inch seam dry. I use a pastry brush. Mix together your cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar onto the buttered dough.
- Roll up dough lengthwise and then with a long piece of dental floss, cut into 1 to 1 1/2 inch slices.
- Repeat with second half of dough
- Lay in a jelly roll or 9 x 13 pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
- Prepare frosting with frosting ingredients above. “Frost” the cinnamon rolls with the frosting. I like to do this when the rolls are still slightly warm.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 414
- Sugar: 58g
- Sodium: 448mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 85g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 10g
- Cholesterol: 124mg
Susan Lindquist says
Cinnamon rolls and orange juice are the traditional starters for Christmas morning at our house … right after the cashew nuts and peppermint candy canes that come with our stockings … yours look perfect! Good and gooey and sweet! Merry Christmas!
Laurie Ritchey says
OOOO, I love a good cinnamon roll. I’m definitely going to try this recipe. Thank you for sharing it. laurie
Lori says
Cinnamon rolls are one of my favorite goodies to make! And these look AMAZING!
Mmmmmmm!
Anonymous says
Step two of your recipe mentions 1/2 pound of butter when I think you mean 1/2 cup!
Carole says
Thanks for pointing out the error! I’ve corrected it so be sure you print off the correct recipe!
Anonymous says
So what should I do if I added the 1/2 pound of butter instead of the 1/2 cup?
Carole says
You are perfect because it is supposed to be a half pound of butter. It was corrected after published.
Venessa Rinaldi says
Can I prepare this the night before and store in the fridge and then bake it Christmas morning?
Carole says
You could Venessa but reduce the yeast down to just a quarter of the normal amount so the rolls rise slowly.
Maria says
What type of flour did you use for the cinnamon roll recipe? Bread flour, all purpose, etc?
It was all purpose flour
Brett Slagell says
On the frosting, you say 1 1/2 box of powdered sugar. How much is that in cups?
Great question Brett! A one pound box is about 3 3/4 C
Marianne Ball says
These cinnamon rolls are truly EPIC! Made them for this past Christmas and they were gone in no time. Thank you for this great recipe. It is a keeper and will become a Christmas tradition in our home.
I’m so glad Marianne! Take a look around and find some more epic recipes to give a try
Judy Eltschlager says
How many cinnamon rolls are created using this recipe?
12
jk says
Two questions: do you really use 8 cups of flour and does your recipe not call for the dough to rise?
Yes, prepare as written! And there is a rise before rolling them out
Elliot Carl says
Now I am going to do my breakfast, after having my breakfast
coming again to read additional news.
Arnold says
Amazing! Thankyou