Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Worth the work cinnamon rolls!

I'll never make the instant ones again!

INGREDIENTS
1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2 eggs, room temperature
1/3 cup margarine, melted
4 1/2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, softened

1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water, mis in sugar, margarine, salt and eggs. Next add in flour. Roll
into a ball and place into a warm oven (I preheat to 200 then shut it off) for 1 hr and allow
dough to rise.
2. After dough has doubled ins ize, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest
for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Spread pecans in the
bottom of a 9x13 baking pan.
3. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle
evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls on top of
pecans in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled,
about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
4. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking,
beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt.
5. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.

This is another great modified recipe from allrecipes.com

Baked French Toast with Apples

Another recipe from Mamma Riggs! I LOVE this stuff!!!!

Ingredients
1 c brown sugar
1/2 c butter, melted
3 teas cinnamon
3 Tart apples, thinly sliced
1 tabl vanilla
dried raisins *optional
1 loaf of Italian or French bread (thickly sliced)
6 large eggs
11/2 c milk

Directions
1. Melt butter, add brown sugar, 1/2 of the cinnamon, mix with apples and place in 13x9 pan
2. Slice bread 1 inch thick and layer on top of apples
3. Mix eggs, milk, vanilla, and the left over 1/2 of cinnamon and pour over bread
4. Refridgerate overnight (or 4hr) and bake covered @ 375 for ~40 min

Recipes from a "wanna be" culinary goddess.

"Hunger is the best sauce in the world" -Cervantes

"I cook with wine, sometimes I add it to my food" -WC Fields


This is a collection of recipes I have acquired from many different sources!