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<\/a><\/p>\nStart your New Year with these cinnamon raisin rolls fresh from the oven, and you will be sweet like these rolls for the entire 2010…<\/p>\n
When I baked these rolls, my house was filled with the aromatic and mesmerizing aroma of cinnamon. I couldn’t help but keep inhaling all the aroma that I even forgot to exhale. Cinnamon rolls are my favorite, the flavor of cinnamon is really addictive that I can just live on cinnamon rolls for few days, no kidding. I’ve never tried making cinnamon rolls in my kitchen, as I thought it was kind of tricky to make the perfect rolls. So I always get these from Cinnabon, which are usually found in the shopping malls. But, couple of days ago, I suddenly had the craving for these rolls, it was on a late snowy night. In order to fulfill my late night cinnamon roll craving, I didn’t have any other choice but to bake it in my oven. I found a really good recipe for making these and without any further pondering I got indulged in baking. It wasn’t that hard as I thought, but had to wait an hour long and an extra 45 minutes for the dough to rise. Finally, when I curiously had the first bite of this roll, I felt that the wait was absolutely worthy. I had 3 rolls in a single sitting and this kind of abated my craving.<\/p>\n
Cinnamon rolls with the hint of raisins and topped with the vanilla-sugary glaze on it was beyond my taste buds expectation.<\/p>\n
Cinnamon Raisin Rolls:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Recipe Courtesy: Rachael Ray<\/li>\n
- Preparation: 45 Min(plus rising)<\/li>\n
- Bake: 25 Min<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ingredients:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nFor making the Dough:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n- Dried Yeast- 1\/2 ounce( 2 envelopes)<\/li>\n
- Lukewarm water-1\/2 cup<\/li>\n
- Milk- 3\/4 cup<\/li>\n
- Butter, melted-7 tbsp<\/li>\n
- Granulated sugar-3\/4 cup<\/li>\n
- Egg, large-1<\/li>\n
- Salt- 1tsp<\/li>\n
- All purpose Flour- 4 to 4 1\/2 cups<\/li>\n
- Light Brown Sugar-1 cup<\/li>\n
- Ground Cinnamon- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n
- Raisins-3\/4 cup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For making the Sugar-vanilla \u00a0Glaze:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n- Confectioners sugar-2 cups<\/li>\n
- Milk- 3 tbsp<\/li>\n
- Vanilla Extract-1\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Instruction of the Dough:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n- Combine the yeast and lukewarm water and set aside for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- In a small saucepan, heat 3\/4 cup milk over medium-low heat.<\/li>\n
- In a large bowl, combine 4 tbsp melted butter and the warm milk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- Using a standing mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix the dissolved yeast into the milk-butter mixture on low speed.<\/li>\n
- Mix in 1\/2 cup granulated sugar, the egg and salt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- Add 4 cups flour, 1\/2 cup at a time, and mix until smooth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- If the dough is sticky, add up to 1\/2 cup more flour.<\/li>\n
- Knead the dough on a floured surface for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n
- Place in a bowl, cover with the plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- Stir together the brown sugar, the remaining 1\/4 cup granulated sugar and the cinnamon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- On a floured surface, roll out the dough to form a 12-by -24-inch rectangle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- Brush with the remaining 3 tbsp melted butter and sprinkle the brown sugar mixture and raisins on top.<\/li>\n
- Starting with the long side, roll up the dough jelly roll style, then cut into 1- inch slices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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