For Barbara

and anyone else who'd like the recipe.


Sour Cream Cinnamon Rolls

1 cup sour cream
2 tblsp shortening
½ cup sugar
¼ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 pkg. active dry yeast
¼ cup lukewarm water
1 egg
3 cups flour
2 tblsp soft butter
1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tsp ground cinnamon

Heat sour cream in saucepan until lukewarm. Stir in shortening, sugar, baking soda and salt.
Sprinkle yeast on lukewarm water; stir to dissolve. Add yeast and egg to sour cream mixture. Gradually mix in enough flour to make a soft dough.

Turn out on a floured surface and knead lightly for a minute, form into a ball and let rest for 5 minutes.

Roll into 13 X 9” rectangle. Spread with butter. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon ( I mix the sugar and cinnamon together first ). Roll up like jelly roll from long side. Cut into 12 slices. Place in greased 13 x 9 x 2” baking pan. Let rise until doubled, about 1 ½ hours.

Bake in 375 oven 22 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan; cool on rack. While warm, drizzle with confectioners Sugar Icing. Makes 12 rolls.

Confectioners Sugar Icing: combine 1 cup confectioners sugar, 2 tblsp milk and 1 tsp vanilla: beat until smooth.

Just a warning, the dough is quite soft and sticky. I like to divide the slices between two 9” round cake pans, it makes it easier to remove the rolls from the pans.