Friday, January 29, 2010

Bon's Dinner Rolls & Cinnamon Rolls

1 cup warm water
½ cup sugar
2 Tbsp Yeast
2 Tbsp Sugar
1 cup warmed milk
2 eggs
2 tsp salt
½ cup butter or margarine
6 ½ cups flour
(optional, ½ cup mashed potatoes)

Combine milk, ½ cup sugar, salt, and butter in mixing bowl.
Dissolve yeast in warm water with 2 Tbsp sugar, let start to rise. Then add yeast mixture eggs, and 2 cups flour to milk mixture. Beat until smooth. Add remaining flour and knead to soft dough, about 5-8 minutes.

Let rise until doubled.

Shape into dinner rolls or for cinnamon rolls, roll dough out into rectangle and brush with softened butter, coat with brown sugar and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Roll up and cut. Dental floss works best.
Place on greased pan. Let rise till double, about 30 minutes.
Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

GLAZE:
¼ butter, softened
Approximately 2 Tbsp imitation vanilla
Approximately ¼ tsp almond extract
2-3 Tbsp milk
Powdered sugar
Mix together milk, vanilla, almond extract and butter. Add powdered sugar to thicken to desired consistency.

1 comment:

Kimberly @ Bookmark To Blog said...

I can't believe I never knew that you wrote a blog on cooking!! Now I know who to come to. Thanks for your tips on cookie baking. I'm going to have to try that!