By: Michelle
This year, we decided to give back to our community on Christmas, and what better way than to support our local fire department?! So on Christmas, we put together these wonderful, amazing, incredible, scrumptious, delicious pieces of joy for our firefighters. We decided that since they give their day on Christmas to keep our community safe, we should, at the very least, feed them some good, homemade food, and who better to provide the recipe than the amazing
Laura Vitale?! It is my holiday tradition to make cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning, so I just made a large batch to accommodate our new friends! Here is how you can bring joy to anyone who bites into one of these heavenly buns:
As always, you can watch Laura herself make these here!
Ingredients:
For the Dough:
1 Package of Dry Yeast
¾ cup of Whole Milk
¼ cup of Granulated Sugar
¼ cup of Water, warmed up to 115 degrees
¼ tsp of Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
1 tsp of Salt
¼ cup of Unsalted Butter, melted
4 cups of All Purpose Flour
¼ cup of Melted Butter, to brush over the top before baking
For the Filling:
1/3 cup of Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
¾ cup of Brown Sugar
¼ cup of Granulated Sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp of Ground Cinnamon
For the Glaze:
¼ cup of Cream Cheese, at room temperature
1 Tbsp of Butter, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups of Powdered Sugar
½ tsp of Vanilla Extract
3 to 4 Tbsp of Warm Milk
Process:
1) In a small bowl, combine the warm water and 1
tsp of the granulated sugar, sprinkle the yeast over the top and let it
sit for about 5 minutes.
2) In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a dough hook, or in a large bowl with a wooden spoon, mix the
egg, milk, salt, sugar and melted butter. Add 2 cups of the flour and
the water, vanilla and yeast mixture, mix until its all incorporated and
slowly add about 2 more cups of flour. Turn the speed up to medium and
let it mix for about 5 to 7 minutes or until you have a smooth dough, or kneed for about 10 minutes.
3) Oil a large bowl with some vegetable oil and set aside. Take the
dough out of the mixer and pull it together with your hands to form a
ball. Place it in the oiled bowl and oil the top of the dough with a
little vegetable oil. Cover with plastic wrap and place it in a warm
spot to rise for about 2 hours.
4) In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, granulated sugar and cinnamon for the filling, set aside.
5) When doubled in size, punch the dough down and roll it out onto a
floured surface into a 15x9” rectangle. Spread the soft butter over the
top and sprinkle evenly over the sugar and cinnamon mixture.Staring from
one of the long ends, tightly roll the dough into a jelly roll form.
Cut into 14 to 16 slices (make sure they are even) and place them cut
side down in a well buttered 9x13 baking pan. Cover with plastic wrap
and let put them back into a warm spot to rise for another 1 ½ hours.
6) Meanwhile preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
7) Once risen, brush them with some melted butter and bake them for about 30 or until golden brown.
8) While the cinnamon rolls cool for a few minutes make the glaze. Mix
all the ingredients of the glaze in a bowl except for the milk, once the
cream cheese is all mixed, slowly add the milk until you get a runny
glaze consistency. Immediately pour the glaze over the cinnamon rolls
and enjoy!
This recipe is very time consuming, but the payoff is amazing! Try these ASAP, and make sure you share! Happy cooking!
