Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 loaves frozen yeast bread dough, thawed and divided (1 lb.)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1 cup chopped pecans, divided
• 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 3 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 grease two 9-inch round baking pans.
• 2 roll one bread loaf into 16 x 10-inch rectangle on lightly floured surface.
• 3 combine sugar and cinnamon in small bowl.
• 4 sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar/cinnamon mixture over dough, leaving 1/2-inch border around sides.
• 5 sprinkle with 1 cup chocolate morsels and 1/2 cups chopped pecans.
• 6 roll up dough starting at short end and seal edges.
• 7 cut into 6 slices.
• 8 place cut side up in prepared baking pan.
• 9 repeat with remaining bread loaf, sugar mixture, morsels and nuts.
• 10 place in second prepared baking pan.
• 11 cover and let rise in warm place until dough almost fills pans.
• 12 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 13 bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until deep golden brown.
• 14 cool slightly and drizzle with glaze.
• 15 for glaze: combine powdered sugar and milk to make a siff glaze.