Overnight Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Well, homemade cinnamon rolls have been on my list of things to make for some time. I have wanted to make them for quite some time, but I am a little weary of yeast-based bread. We do regularly make pizza crust, so I am not quite sure why I have this hesitation. Nonetheless, I still had not attempted homemade cinnamon rolls.

I say that so that this story makes more sense. My husband is currently teaching an interterm class at the college where we received our undergraduate degrees as one of his rotations for school. Interterm is nice because the students get to take classes that are fun and more relaxed – He’s teaching “Dr. House’s Medical Mysteries.” He had warned me that he was going to promise the class treats a couple times in the 3 weeks of the class. Okay, I’m thinking that a batch of chcocolate chip cookes will be pretty quick to whip out. Well, he came home last Friday afternoon proudly proclaiming that the class had settled on cinnamon rolls… Having never made them as mentioned above, I thought this might be an adventure.

Ingredients:

• 1 c. warm milk (110 degrees F)
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1/3 c. margarine, melted
• 4-1/2 c. bread flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 c. white sugar
• 2-1/2 tsp. (1 pkg.) yeast
• 1 c. brown sugar, packed
• 2-1/2 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/3 c. butter, softened

Frosting:

• 6 Tbsp. butter, softened
• 4 Tbsp. heavy cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract (I also used maple extract)
• 2 c. powdered sugar

Instructions:

• Place first 7 ingredients in the pan of a bread machine. Select the dough cycle and press start. The dough can also be made by hand using steps found on allrecipes.com.
• After the dough cycle is finished, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Let rest for 5-10 minutes. Meanwhile, ina small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll dough into a 16×21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 c. softened butter and with cinnamon-sugar mixutre. Roll up dough tightly and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9×13-inch pan. Cover and set in the refrigerator overnight.
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