Cinnamon Rolls From Heaven

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages dry yeast
• 1 cup warm water
• 2/3 cup sugar, plus
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup warmed milk
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 7 -8 cups flour
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)
• 2/3 cup melted butter
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 -8 tablespoons hot water
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 dough:.
• 2 combine yeast, water, and tsp of sugar. set aside.
• 3 combine milk, eggs, sugar, and butter. add yeast mixture.
• 4 add 1/2 of four until smooth and then add remaning flour one cup at a time. dough will be sticky.knead for 10 minutes.
• 5 place in buttered glass bowl and cover. set in warm place and let rise until doubled.(about an hour- hour and a half).
• 6 when doubled punch down an let rest for five minutes.
• 7 pans:.
• 8 melt 1/2 cup butter and divide evently into two pans.
• 9 sprinkle 1/2 cup sugar over butter in the pans.
• 10 filling:.
• 11 combine sugar and cinnamon.
• 12 shaping rolls:.
• 13 roll dough into 15x20 in rectangle.
• 14 spread 1/2 cup of melted butter over dough and then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixure evenly over the butter. optional: add nuts over cinnamon mixture.
• 15 roll the dough beginning with the long end of the rectangle. pinch edges to seal.
• 16 use dental floss to cut the dough into one inch slices. you must use dental floss starting below the dough and criss cross above -- this is the key to pretty cinnamon rolls.
• 17 place rolls in prepared pans and let rise until doubled (45 min).
• 18 when double, bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
• 19 glaze:.
• 20 mix melted butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla in a sauce pan over low heat.
• 21 when smooth, add one tbs of water at a time until you reach your desired consistancy.
• 22 pour glaze over rolls while hot.