Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls
- FOR THE ROLLS:
- 1 cup Warm Milk (110 Degrees F)
- 1 package Active Dry Yeast, 0.25 Ounce Packet
- 4 Tablespoons Melted Butter, Divided Use
- 1 Tablespoon Sugar
- 1 whole Egg, Beaten
- 1/4 cups Sugar
- 2-3/4 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 dash Salt
- 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
- 1-1/2 Tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
- FOR THE ICING:
- 4 Tablespoons Butter, Melted
- 2 Tablespoons Light Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- For the rolls:
- Mix milk, yeast, butter (2 tablespoons) and 1 tablespoon sugar in a large mixing bowl and let it sit for about 5 minutes, or until mixture is frothy. Stir in egg, remaining sugar and 1 cup flour and mix. Let it sit another 10 minutes.
- Add in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time and the salt until mixture resembles a sticky dough (you may not use all the flour).
- Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 4-6 minutes, or until dough is elastic. If still sticky, knead in the remaining flour. Place dough in a large bowl that you've coated with cooking spray and cover it. Let rise in a warm place (at least 85 F) until doubled in size. This may take up to 1 hour.
- Once dough has risen, punch it down, re-cover it and let it rise an additional 35-45 minutes, or until doubled in size again. Punch down again and let rest 5 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to a 9 x 18 rectangle. Gently brush remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter all over the dough.
- In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Sprinkle the melted butter covered dough with the brown sugar/pumpkin pie spice mixture. Then carefully roll up the dough from one end to the other, pressing the sides down with your fingers.
- Using a sharp, un-serrated knife, cut the dough vertically into 14 slices. Place the slices cut side down into 2 greased baking dishes (I used a 9 x 18 and an 8 x 8 circle), cover and let rise another 35-40 minutes, or until doubled in size. (I let it rise about an hour).
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake rolls for 18-22 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove rolls from pans and let them cool on a wire cooling rack.
- While rolls cool, prepare frosting by whisking butter and cream together. Add in vanilla. Then gradually add powdered sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, until mixture is a little thick but still runny.
- Drizzle rolls with frosting (about 1 1/2 tablespoons each) while still warm and serve.
- Recipe adapted from My Recipes.
rolls, milk, yeast, butter, sugar, egg, ubc, whole wheat flour, salt, brown sugar, pie spice, butter, light cream, vanilla, powdered sugar
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/whole-wheat-cinnamon-rolls/ (may not work)