Homemade cinnamon rolls

How we do snow days. Cinnawho??? Each step has instructions along with pictures below. They are fun family activity and so very yummy.

​First, you need to make the dough.

•  1 cup warm water 
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 2-1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 cups bread flour

​​In a medium bowl dissolve the sugar in the warm water.Stir in the yeast and let it sit until foamy. Mix salt and oil into the yeast mixture. Add the flour a half a cup at a time and knead
​it until smooth. Allow it to rise for an hour. 

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​Next, roll your dough into a 16"x21" rectangle.

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​Brush with 1/3 cup melted butter.

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1/2 cup of white sugar, 1 cup of brown sugar and 2 1/2 tablespoons of cinnamon mixed.

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Sprinkled with the sugar mixture and rolling. Grab an arms length of dental floss. 

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I cut off the uneven ends with floss and make hash marks to make 12 equal buns. 1/2 way first and then by half again and then I hash mark each section into 3.

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​One long piece of dental floss is slid under the roll and pulled together sharply at each hash mark. Cutting this way helps the buns maintain their shape.

Place in a lightly greased 9 x 12 and cover with a warm, damp cheese cloth or paper towel and set in a warm place for its second rise. It takes between a half hour and hour.

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​Once risen (picture on left), bake at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes. When done, they will look like the picture on the right. 

Invert onto a tray and let it sit for 5 minutes so the syrup can return to the buns. Drizzle with icing.


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Enjoy!