Nancy’s Cinnamon Rolls

By: Nancy Davis

Cinnamon Roll Ingredients:
1 c. warm water
4 T. yeast
2 T. sugar
1 T. salt
1 c. sugar
2 c. butter (1 c. melted)
4 c. milk, scalding
12 c. flour
4 eggs, beaten
cinnamon
sugar
nuts, chopped (optional)*
raisins (optional)

Cinnamon Roll Directions:
In a bowl, mix together the water, yeast and sugar. Let it set until it’s bubbly. In a separate large bowl mix together the salt, sugar and 1 cup of the butter. Pour in the scalding milk and stir it until the butter melts. Then add in 4 cups of the flour and mix it well. Add the eggs and mix. Then mix in the yeast mixture. Add the remaining 8 cups of flour and mix it. Spread the melted butter on the bottom and sides of a bowl and place the dough in it and then spread more of the melted butter the top of the dough. Cover it and let the dough rise in a warm place. Once the dough has double in size roll it out to about ½″ thickness (depending on how thick you like your cinnamon rolls). Spread it well with the melted butter then sprinkle it with cinnamon, sugar, nuts and raisins. Roll up the dough and cut it into slices. Cut the slices thicker for big cinnamon rolls and thinner for smaller cinnamon rolls. Place the cinnamon roll slices on a greased cookie sheet and let them rise until they have doubled in size.
Bake at 350° for 15 - 25 minutes, or until golden brown.
Cool then frost.**

Frosting Ingredients:
4 oz. - 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
½ - 1 cube butter, softened
1 pkg. powered sugar (approximately)

Frosting Directions:
Whip the cream cheese and butter together until it's smooth then add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time (you will use approximately 1 package) until it's smooth and creamy but stiff enough to stay on the cinnamon rolls and not run off. (If you put too much powdered sugar and it's too thick, just add a little cream or milk until it's spreadable.) "I often ½ this recipe for these cinnamon rolls because it makes so much frosting."

Servings:
Makes 4 dozen

*You can use walnuts or pecans, which ever you prefer.
**You can use what ever frosting you like. Store bought frosting, butter cream frosting and cream cheese frosting all taste great.