Grandma’s Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Here’s a treat for all of you today! My grandma’s coveted cinnamon roll recipe!

Hope you love it and treasure it as much as my family does!

INGREDIENTS:

·         2-3 tbsp. cake yeast (instant yeast)

·         ½ tsp. salt

·         5-6 tbsp. sugar

·         6 cups of flour approx. (if the dough is too runny, keep adding flour until you get a firm consistency)

·         2 cups milk

·         2 eggs, well-beaten

·         ½ cup melted butter

FILLING:

·         4 tbsp. sugar

·         4 tbsp. butter approx.

·         1 ½ tsp cinnamon

·         ½ cup chopped pecans

·         ½ cup cranberries or raisins

GLAZE:

·         1 can La Lechera

·         1 cup of milk

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Add yeast to warm water, or following directions on package.

    Heat milk in pan until warm and add sugar, butter, and salt.  Make sure milk does not boil when combined with yeast.

   Add beaten eggs to milk mixture and combine with yeast.

  Mix with flour until firm.

 Knead the bread dough for 7-10 minutes.

  Place in greased bowl, lightly grease surface of dough, and cover it with clean, moist towel.

When dough doubles in bulk, punch down and knead for a few more minutes.

Cut dough into two halves and roll out each piece.

Mix sugar, butter, cinnamon, cranberries and nuts

Spread on dough; roll up like jellying roll, and cutting into 3-inch pieces.

 Place on greased pan, cut side up, and allow to rise again for about 10 minutes.

Set oven to 400 F and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.

Milk and La Lechera and drizzle on rolls while hot.

And that is Grandma’s famous cinnamon roll recipe! These things are addictive so ENJOY!

With lots of love and yours truly,

Samantha