Cinnamon Rolls, Texas Style
photo by Hadice
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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36 rolls
- Serves:
- 36
ingredients
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Dough Ingredients
- 4 cups water, warm
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 13 cups flour, all purpose
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 2⁄3 cup shortening, melted
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast
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Filling Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons cinnamon
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup butter, cold
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Frosting Ingredients
- 16 ounces cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup coffee, strong brewed
- 1 -2 lb powdered sugar
directions
- Dissolve Yeast in 1 cup of warm water, set aside.
- Combine 3 cups warm water, sugar, salt. Stir to dissolve.
- Add yeast, eggs, shortening, extract and 6 cups of flour. Mix well.
- With dough hook, mix in remaining flour.
- Knead well and form a ball. Place dough in a well greased bowl. Cover, let rise 1 hour or until doubled.
- Punch down the dough and roll it out on a lightly floured surface.
- Form in to a rectangle about 1/2" thick. (about 1 foot wide by 3 feet long).
- Mix filling by hand and spread on the dough. (Cold butter works better, as a melted, thinner filling is harder to keep in while slicing).
- Leave one of the long edges clear of filling.
- Roll the dough jellyroll style toward the edge without the filling.
- With a very sharp knife or a string, cut into 1" thick rolls.
- Place rolls on well greased cookie sheets leaving some space between the rolls.
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Let the rolls rise for a half hour of so, not more than double in size.
- Place in oven, one sheet at a time, for 15-20 min or until golden brown.
- Make the frosting by combining ingredients and mixing well. Add powdered sugar to taste, I prefer more of a cream cheese flavor so I use 3/4-1lb. The coffee adds a very subtle flavor that really sets these rolls apart. If you are opposed to coffee, a strong hot chocolate would be a great substitute.
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Reviews
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Made these specifically to share at a potluck, & even then I ended up cutting them in half so there'd be more to go around! For some silly reason or other I did expect to have a few to take back home, but such was not the case ~ They were all gone! A good thing, I suppose, but I will be making these again, although, if it's to be for just the 2 of us, I'll at least be cutting the recipe in half! Oh, yes, I did use the hot chocolate rather than the coffee, & obviously that worked our very well! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed in the current Veggie Swap]
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