Had a leftover half block of cream cheese. Thought I'd make cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting on top, because the cream cheese wasn't enough for a cheesecake, hehe. If you scroll back to one of my early posts, you may find a cinnamon rolls recipe. But this time, I tried another recipe. It's from a website I don't commonly trust for a recipe: about.com. But I did. The only thing that made me continued on trying this recipe is that it describes "the rolls freeze wonderfully and can be reheated in the microwave." This time I get to use my Tefal kitchen machine! Such a big help! The dough came out really nice and fluffy. Definitely worth trying! And oh, for the frosting, I used another recipe.
Sorry, no better pictures (>.<). Only managed an Instagram quality, nyeh.
Ingredients:
Rolls:
- 1-1/2 packet of dry yeast (3-1/4 tsp)
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1-1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 4-5 cups sifted flour
- For sprinkles: butter (room temperature), brown sugar, cinnamon powder, raisins (optional)
Cream cheese icing:
- 8 tbsp softened butter
- 1-1/2 cups of icing sugar
- 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
How to make:
- Add the warm water to the yeast and soak for 10 minutes.
- Heat milk, pour over shortening. Add sugar and salt and let cool until lukewarm. Add the dissolved yeast and beaten egg. Add flour, adding one at a time beating after each addition.
- Dough should be soft yet firm enough to handle. Knead on floured board until elastic and smooth. (I omit this step because I was using my kitchen machine, I need not to knead anymore).
- Turn dough into well oiled bowl and let rise for 1-1/2 hours.
- Punch dough and divide into 2 balls. Roll dough out into a rectangle.
- Spread butter (room temperature), sprinkle generous amount of brown sugar and cinnamon. Then roll the long side.
- Slice the roll into pieces about 1-1/2 inches thick. Place slices in a greased baking pan. Let it rise again for 1 hour.
- Bake in 175 degress Celcius oven for 15-20 minutes. Don't over bake the rolls.
- For the icing: mix the ingredients together
- Spread the icing over the warm rolls as soon as they are placed on a plate to let the frosting melt and run into the rolls.
Notes:
- I used only 1 packet of yeast (7 gr)
- For the shortening, I used butter
- Clumsy me, I added 1/2 cup of sugar instead of 1/3 cup, but it still turn out good
- Add the flour little by little until the desired consistency, I finished adding the flour around 4 cups (and a bit more)
- For the cream cheese icing, I added the icing sugar little by little and stopped at around 1 cup (I didn't dunk all the 1-1/2 cups)
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