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ddaniel1
04-17-2013, 12:26 AM
This recipe is the best I have found for cinnamon rolls, something about the pudding in the dough, been making them for years:

Cinnab’n Rolls

Yield: 16-20 Lg rolls
1/2 c Warm water (105-110 degrees)
2 pk Active dry yeast
2 tb Granulated sugar
3 1/2 oz Pkg instant vanilla pudding & 2 Cups ice cold milk
1/2 c Butter, melted for in the dough
2 Eggs, beaten
1 ts Salt
8 c All-purpose flour
1 c Butter, melted for smearing
----------------------CINNAB’N TOPPING---------------------------
2 c Brown sugar, firmly packed
4 ts Cinnamon
-----------------OR* CREAM CHEESE FROSTING----------------------
8 oz Cream cheese, softened
1/2 c Butter, softened
1 ts Vanilla
3 c Powdered sugar
1 tb Milk, just enough to fluff
-----------------OR* STICKY BUNS & TOPPING----------------------
1 c Butter
1 c Brown sugar
9 tb Light corn syrup
1 c Pecans or walnuts,
- coarsely chopped
BUNS: In small bowl, combine water, yeast and sugar. Stir until
dissolved. Set aside. (Yeast should bloom with a large foamy head like a beer while you make the pudding)
In large bowl, make pudding mix according to
package directions. Add butter, eggs and salt; mix well.
Add the yeast mixture; blend. Gradually add flour and knead until smooth,
adding "sprinkles" of flour as needed to control stickiness. Once the
dough is no longer sticky and is soft and silky feeling (like as
baby's behind), the dough is ready.
Place in very large greased bowl.
Cover and let rise until double in bulk (about 1 hour). Punch down
and let rise again (about 45 minutes). On a lightly floured surface,
roll out to a 34" x 21" rectangle. Spread 1 cup of melted butter over
surface.
CINNAB'N TOPPING: In small bowl, mix brown sugar and cinnamon
together. Sprinkle all over top of surface and spread even. Roll up very tightly.
With a knife, put a notch every 2 inches. With string or thread,
place under roll by notch and criss-cross over to cut roll (makes a
nice clean cut). Place on greased baking pan, 2-inches apart. Lightly
press rolls down with your hands (just a LITTLE, it helps to hold
them together better). Cover and let rise until double again. Bake at
350-degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Take them out when they JUST start
to turn golden. DON'T OVER-BAKE! Frost warm rolls with Cream Cheese
Frosting if you didn't make the sticky.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Combine all ingredients and mix until smooth.
Spread on very warm rolls. Rolls are best when served warm.

CARAMEL STICKY BUNS & TOPPING: In a sauce pan or in your microwave
oven combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup. Heat and stir until
blended. Pour topping into the bottom of the pan (pans) you are using
for the rolls, place unbaked cinnamon rolls on top on the caramel
sauce. Allow to rise in a warm place until double in size (about 1
hour). Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or
until lightly brown. After removing pans from oven, cover with foil;
invert onto cooling racks, cool 1 minute, and remove pan, be ready
for the hot syrup. Cool slightly before serving.
Darrell's Notes: these are BIG!!! They rise like crazy!! 4 rolls will fill a
9x9 pan, 6 to a 9x13.

UPDATE: The cream cheese frosting is delicious but I would put a very
thin layer if not just a few ribbons on the roll, the recipe was enough to totally
frost the rolls and the thick coating spawned complaints of the rolls being
too sweet.
The sticky ones were way better.
Update 2: reduced the sugar in the cream cheese frosting to 2 cups powdered sugar
and it was much more tolerable. Sticky ones are still the favorite

This is a large recipe, it is to much dough for a 5 qt kitchen aide, a 6 qt handles it fine.
Enjoy these, Darrell

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dbosman
04-17-2013, 12:39 PM
Those look good enough to eat, before they're cooked.

ddaniel1
04-17-2013, 02:30 PM
The dough smells like you could eat it raw, I think it is the pudding!

SciFiJim
04-18-2013, 01:10 AM
This one gets saved to the recipe folder. I have a couple of different cinnamon roll recipes that I make. My grown kids will request my cinnamon rolls when coming to visit. I think I will use this recipe next time.

Reverend Al
04-18-2013, 03:21 AM
+1 on that! It's now copied and saved to my recipe files too plus I printed off a hard copy. I've been making home-made yeast raised Cinnamon Rolls for years, but never with pudding mix! Gotta try this one ...
Many thanks for sharing!
:-)

ddaniel1
04-18-2013, 11:52 AM
Your welcome Reverend and Jim, its definetly a keeper, let me know how they turn out for you.

gwpercle
04-18-2013, 12:40 PM
I knew I might regret clicking on this thread...I'm trying to loose some weight, to heck with diet, lifes too darn short not to enjoy fresh baked cinnamon rolls. I wish you guys would stop posting photo's ...that makes it irresistable. I'm lucky , my daughter loves to bake and when I show her this and have all the ingredients on hand I will be having them hot fresh baked goodies in no time. My I do love that girl....she takes care of her daddy!

ddaniel1
04-18-2013, 01:58 PM
GW, its easy, cut each roll in 4 pieces, then you wont feel guilty as you proceed to eat all 4 peices. :)

Reverend Al
04-19-2013, 07:29 PM
OK ... took these for a "test drive" today! Just waiting for them to cool a bit and for the icing to set then I'm heading over to the step-daughter's place for a coffee break and we'll test them out. (I just made a simple drizzled icing of powdered sugar, 1/2 & 1/2 and a bit of Maple flavouring for these ones)
They sure do look GOOD ...
http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/Reverend_Al/library/Yeast%20Raised%20Pudding%20Cinnamon%20Rolls
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Reverend Al
04-19-2013, 07:34 PM
(Mine came out looking a little bit "sloppy" compared to your version, but I'm sure that won't affect the way they taste!)
:oops:

ddaniel1
04-19-2013, 08:32 PM
Let us know how they taste Reverend!

Reverend Al
04-19-2013, 10:00 PM
WELL as a matter of fact ... I just got back from the step-daughter's place and we "test drove" a couple of these little beauties over a cup of coffee. DANG are they EVER good! That pudding mix in the dough makes all the difference for sure. This will definitely become my "go to" recipe for Cinnamon Rolls from now on! (We'll have to try the "sticky bun" version next time ...)
:drinks:

TXGunNut
04-19-2013, 10:11 PM
Can't wait to try these.

Reverend Al
04-23-2013, 08:19 PM
I took the leftover Cinnamon Rolls up to our local gun club for our pistol practice the next day and several of the folks up there tried these and there were BIG smiles and "thumbs up" from everyone!
:D

ddaniel1
04-26-2013, 11:45 PM
Reverend, glad they liked them, I added some more pictures above from my last batch. Try the stickies!

cat223
04-29-2013, 11:36 PM
ddaniel1 -- THANK YOU!!!!!! I gave the recipe to my wife and this is what she did with it! The whole family loved them. Best cinnamon bun I've ever eaten.

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Sticky Version

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Cream Cheese Frosting Version

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Cinnamon Bun Breakfast while waiting for lead to melt

ddaniel1
04-30-2013, 12:54 AM
Cat, Super! glad they worked out well, its been a favorite of mine for years, glad I could share it with cast boolits community after all I have learned here.