Cinnamon Buns

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3 cups milk
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 (1/4 ounce) envelopes active dry yeast
• 2 large eggs
• 9 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup melted butter or 1 cup margarine, divided
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 scald milk and stir in 6 tbsp butter, 6 tbsp sugar and salt.
• 2 cool to lukewarm.
• 3 dissolve 1 tsp sugar in warm water.
• 4 sprinkle yeast over water mix.
• 5 let stand in a warm place for 10 minutes.
• 6 stir once this is done.
• 7 in a large mixing bowl, combine lukewarm milk mix and eggs.
• 8 stir in yeast mix.
• 9 add four to five cups of flour and mix well.
• 10 with wooden spoon add remaining flour.
• 11 place dough in a well greased bowl.
• 12 roll dough over to grease top.
• 13 cover with a damp cloth and allow to double in size for one hour.
• 14 punch down and turn out onto floured surface.
• 15 divide into two, roll each section into rectangles.
• 16 sprinkle on filling (filling: 1 cup melted butter, 1 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tbsp cinnamon- divided between two rectangles).
• 17 roll up and slice (a good way to slice pieces is to use a piece of string, place it on the underside of the roll and cross over opposite ends at top, cutting the piece).
• 18 grease cookie tray with melted butter.
• 19 place slices in tray, leaving enough space to allow them to expand, but not enough that the filling melts out.
• 20 place greased waxed paper over slices and allow to double in size again for one hour.
• 21 bake in 350 degree oven for 35 to 45 minutes.
• 22 remove immediately from tray.
• 23 if desired, buns can be iced.