the best cinnamon roll recipe *ever*.

 
We eat these fantastic cinnamon rolls with our wonderfully wonderful friends every time we come for a visit. They are so delicious, that we decided to share the recipe here. (All hurrays go to the adorable chef of their family for perfecting the recipe, so all we had to do was make and bake them!)

To Die for Cinnamon Rolls

-1 2/3 cups warm milk

-2 Tbsp. yeast

-1/2 cup sugar

-1 stick butter, melted

-2 eggs

-1 1/2 tsp. salt

-6-7 cups unbleached flour

-cinnamon (about 3 Tbsp.), brown sugar (about 8-10 Tbsp.), and melted butter (almost 1 stick)

Combine warm milk, yeast and sugar. Let sit for five minutes. Then add melted butter, eggs, salt and four cups of flour. Mix thoroughly, add remaining flour. Dump out onto a thickly floured surface and knead well, (about 5 minutes,) until a soft dough is formed. Oil bowl lightly. Let rise for one hour. (Here comes the fun part!) After dough has risen for it's hour, roll out into a rectangle that is approximately 1/4 thick. Slather melted butter rather generously all over rectangle. Sprinkle cinnamon and brown sugar on according to taste. Simply roll the rectangle from one long edge to the other tightly. Slice (about a 1/2" thick), place in greased pan and let rise for another hour. (Make sure not to place your cinnamon rolls too closely in your pans, or the insides will pop up!) Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes (or until toothpick comes out clean). 

If you'd like to...  while your cinnamon rolls are still nice and warm, top with icing. To make icing, simply combine powder sugar, milk and vanilla until you have a nice smooth consistency. Pour over rolls.

You'll want to double it -- they're that good! Trust us.

love,

the Long ladies

Comments

[Jenny Fish]

Have you started a bakery yet??? Look how perfect they are! I am so glad you posted this recipe!

[Alexandra!]

Wow!
Everbody is always talking about this blog, so glad I finall visited!

The cinnamon rolls look *amazing!*
God Bless!

~Alex!

[Lindsay]

YUM!!! :D

[Elizabeth]

Mmm...those look so delicious, ladies! I hope to try this recipe soon!

Joyfully in Jesus,
Elizabeth

[Michelle]

Mmmm... those look really yummy!

♥Michelle

[brooke]

can i make and slice these ahead of time and freeze them until we're ready to bake? recipe looks great! thanks!

[the Long ladies]

Hello Brooke!

These cinnamon rolls are delicious! We do hope you’ll give them a go. Actually, we’ve never sliced and freezed them before baking, but we definitely think you should try it! We will make a bigger batch, cook them up, and then freeze whatever we don’t eat. Whenever we are ready to eat the frozen rolls we simply take them out a day ahead of time and put them in the fridge to thaw.

Thanks for commenting!
Have a great day,
xo the Long ladies