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Dutch Oven Cooking => Approved Recipes => Desserts => Topic started by: DeShawn on October 03, 2011, 02:52:34 pm

Title: Giant Cinnamon Rolls
Post by: DeShawn on October 03, 2011, 02:52:34 pm
Ingredients:
Dough:

Filling:

Frosting:

Preparation:
Heat milk, sugar, salt, and butter over low heat until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves.  Cool to lukewarm.  (105°F to 115°F)

Dissolve yeast in warm water.  Add lukewarm mixture, eggs, and 5 cups flour.  Mix well.  Turn out onto a floured working surface and knead, adding the remaining flour ½ cup at a time until the dough is barely no longer sticky.  Knead 10 minutes more.

Place the dough in a greased bowl, turning to grease the top.  Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.

Roll the dough out into a 18-inch by 24-inch rectangle.  The more rectangular your dough, the more uniform your cinnamon rolls will be.

Melt ½ cup butter and brush it on the dough, leaving 1 inch on one of the short ends butter free.  (This will be used to seal the roll in a little bit.) 

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/rolledout_butter.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/rolledout_butter.jpg)

Mix together 1½ cups brown sugar and 1½ Tablespoons cinnamon.  Spread the sugar-cinnamon mixture evenly over the butter.  (In the images I applied the cinnamon first, then the brown sugar, but then realized it would be easier to mix the two and get more even coverage.)

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/cinnamon.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/cinnamon.jpg)

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/brownsugar.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/brownsugar.jpg)

Roll the dough tightly from the short side to form a 18-inch roll, pinching the seam together.   (I rolled the dough right-to-left from the pictures above, then rotated it so it looked like the picture below.)

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/rolledup.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/rolledup.jpg)

Cut into twelve 1 ½-inch slices. 

Place 6 rolls each in two greased 12-inch dutch ovens.  (Or place 8 rolls into a 14-inch oven and 4 into a 10-inch oven) 

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/readytorise1.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/readytorise1.jpg)

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/readytorise2.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/readytorise2.jpg)

Cover and let rise in a warm place 45 to 60 minutes or until doubled in size.  (To accelerate this process, place a couple of coals on each dutch oven lid until the lid is nice and hot, then remove the coals.)

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/readytobake1.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/readytobake1.jpg)

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/readytobake2.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/readytobake2.jpg)

Bake with 6-8 briquettes bottom heat and 16-18 briquettes top heat for 20-25 minutes or until the tops are golden brown and the sugar-cinnamon mixture is caramelized and bubbly.

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/done1.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/done1.jpg)

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/done2.jpg) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cinnamonrolls/done2.jpg)

To make the frosting, place the butter in a bowl and beat until creamy.  Add cream, vanilla, salt, and 1 cup powdered sugar.  Mix until well-blended.  Gradually add the remaining 3 cups powdered sugar mixing after each addition until smooth.
Title: Re: Giant Cinnamon Rolls
Post by: DeShawn on October 07, 2011, 08:16:03 pm
Just added pictures.  I need to invent a drool guard for my keyboard!  ;D