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I make these Overnight Cinnamon Rolls every year for part of our Christmas morning breakfast. I love them because they are ready and waiting for you.
Difficulty: Easy
Servings: about 2 dozen
Prep Time: 2 hours plus overnight Cook Time: 20-25 minutesIngredients
Directions
Mix the water, sugar and yeast together. Stir; let sit 5 minutes. Add the egg, oil and salt. Mix. Add the flour a cup at a time. Add flour until the dough is a cohesive ball and no longer sticky. It may take a bit more or a bit less than the recipe calls for. In no time you will have a feel for it and won’t think twice anymore about how much to add!
Knead for 5 minutes, place into a greased bowl, let raise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
Punch down the dough, roll it into a 9×11 inch rectangle.
For the Filling–
1/3 cup butter or margarine (tub margarine works the very best!)
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Spread the dough with the butter, sprinkle with the cinnamon and spread the brown sugar evenly over the top of it all. Roll up like a jelly roll (think a Swiss roll snack cake). Take a piece of string or dental floss and slide it under one end of the rolled up dough. Bring it up and cross it over at the top slicing through the dough. Cut into about 1 1/2 inch pieces and place into a greased 9×13 baking dish.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
In the morning, take the rolls out and pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake rolls for 20-25 minutes.
For the Cream Cheese Icing–
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla or maple flavoring
While the rolls are baking, beat the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar and flavoring together. Mix until well combined; set aside. When the rolls are done, spread immediately with cream cheese frosting. Let cool 10 minutes before serving.
Categories: Breads, Holiday, Rolls
Submitted by: charleycooke on December 19, 2010
Miss Judy says:
This was a hit at our Christmas brunch this morning! The icing was wonderful. Everyone said this was a keeper. Thanks for the recipe.
On December 25, 2010 at 4:13 pm
justdeborah2002 says:
Made these rolls last night for this morning…first time, but definitely not the last time I’m making cinnamon rolls.
I made one as in the recipe, with cream cheese frosting, and the other I just glazed….both were amazing, but the glazed ones looked sooo much prettier.
Thanks for a great make ahead recipe for special mornings!
On December 25, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Angelina says:
I made these, but veganized the recipe. Soo good. Instead of the egg, I used 1/4 of a banana mashed, for the butter, I used Best Life butter made with olive oil, I used 1/4 cup of vanilla sugar, and for the frosting, I used a dash of vanilla soy milk mixed with powdered sugar. I tried to stick with the recipe as best I could, just made some substitutions. Great vegan cinnamon rolls! Yeah!
On August 21, 2011 at 1:43 pm