Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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.

6 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

Seems like I'm always thanking you. Thank you.

sandra seamans said...

You're most welcome. This is one of those recipes that I found quite by acciden because I had some extra sour cream to use up before it spoiled. The cinnamon rolls have become a family favorite and they're easy because they only have to raise once.

David Cranmer said...

Gracias...I can't wait to try these.

sandra seamans said...

Are you baking, David? My husband wouldn't be caught dead anywhere near the stove.

Barbara Martin said...

Wonderful comfort food, thanks. I'll be going to the store to get the ingredients I don't have to make this.

sandra seamans said...

They're great comfort food, Barbara.