Cinnamon Rolls

Name: Cinnamon Rolls
Prep time: 2 h 40 min
Cook time: 2 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 teaspoons packages active dry yeast; 1 teaspoon heaping teaspoon baking powder; 1 scant teaspoon baking soda; 59 milliliters strongly brewed coffee; 907 grams confectioners sugar; 2 liters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 473 milliliters granulated sugar, plus more as needed; 59 milliliters ground cinnamon, for sprinkling; 1 Tbsp maple flavoring or maple extract; 1 Dash salt; 1 Tbsp salt; 473 milliliters (4 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, plus more as needed; 6 Tbsps (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted; 237 milliliters vegetable oil; 118 milliliters whole milk; 946 milliliters whole milk

Cinnamon Rolls is a vegetarian morn meal. This recipe serves 40. One serving contains 371 calories, 4g of protein, and 13g of fat. Head to the store and pick up ground cinnamon, baking powder, milk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Instructions

For the dough, heat the milk, vegetable oil and sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat; do not boil. Set aside to cool to lukewarm.

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Vegetable Oil

Dough

Sugar

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Sprinkle the yeast on top and let it sit on the milk for 1 minute.

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Yeast

Milk

Add 8 cups of the flour. Stir until just combined, cover with a clean kitchen towel and set aside in a relatively warm place for 1 hour.

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All Purpose Flour

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Kitchen Towels

Remove the towel and add the baking powder, baking soda, salt and the remaining 1 cup flour. Stir thoroughly to combine. Use the dough right away or place in a mixing bowl and refrigerate for up to 3 days, punching down the dough if it rises to the top of the bowl.

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Baking Soda

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Remove half of the dough. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into a large rectangle, about 30 by 10 inches, with a long side facing you.

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Dough

Roll

To make the filling, pour 1 cup of the melted butter over the surface of the dough. Use your fingers to spread the butter evenly. Generously sprinkle half of the ground cinnamon and 1 cup of the sugar over the butter. Don't be afraid to drizzle on more butter or more sugar!

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Ground Cinnamon

Butter

Spread

Dough

Sugar

Beginning at the end farthest from you, roll the rectangle tightly toward you. Use both hands and work slowly, being careful to keep the roll tight. Don't worry if the filling oozes as you work; that just means the rolls will be divine. When you reach the end, pinch the seam together.

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Roll

Transfer to a cutting board and, with a sharp knife, make 1 1/2-inch slices. One log will produce 20 to 25 rolls.

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Roll

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Cutting Board

Knife

Pour a couple of tablespoons of melted butter into several pie pans or baking dishes and swirl to coat.

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Butter

Place the rolls in the pans cut-side up, being careful not to overcrowd.

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Roll

Repeat the rolling-sugar-butter process with the other half of the dough and more pans. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Cover each pan with a kitchen towel and let rise on the countertop for at least 20 minutes before baking.

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Butter

Dough

Sugar

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Kitchen Towels

Oven

Frying Pan

Remove the towels and bake for 13 to 17 minutes, until golden brown. Don't allow the rolls to become overly brown.

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Roll

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Oven

While the rolls are baking, make the icing: In a large bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, milk, butter, coffee and salt. Splash in the maple flavoring.

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Powdered Sugar

Maple Flavoring

Butter

Coffee

Icing

Roll

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk until very smooth. Taste and add more sugar, butter or other ingredients as needed until the icing reaches the desired consistency. The icing should be thick but still pourable.

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Butter

Icing

Sugar

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Whisk

While the rolls are still warm, generously drizzle icing over the top. Be sure to get it all around the edges and over the top. As they sit, the rolls will absorb some of the icing's moisture and flavor. They only get better with time...not that they last for more than a few seconds!

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Icing

Roll

Photograph by Coral Von Zumwalt