Warm Cinnamon Buns w/ Icing

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• Ingredients
• 1C Scalded Milk and cooled
• 4 C Flour
• 1 Package Active Dry Yeast
• 1/4 C Lukewarm Water
• 1 Tbsp Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1/2 C Sugar
• 6 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Cinnamon
• Icing
• 4 oz Cream Cheese
• 4 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• 1 C Powdered Sugar
• Instructions
• 1. In a sauce pan, scald milk over med heat and then let cool to room temperature
• 2. After milk has come to room temperature dissolve entire package of yeast and 1 Tbsp of Sugar in lukewarm water
• 3. Then mix milk with 2 cups of flour and yeast mixture. Mix until incorporated.
• 4. Place dough in a bowl and cover bowl with a dish towel. Let rise for 45 minutes
• 5. After 45 minutes, in a separate bowl cream eggs, 3Tbsp butter, 1 tsp salt, and 1/2 C sugar
• 6. Add 2 cups of flour and yeast dough and knead until smooth (about 2 to 5 minutes)
• 7. Place dough in bowl, cover with dish towel and let rise for 45 minutes
• 8. After dough has risen knead down for about 1 minute
• 9. Roll dough out into a rectangle as best you can to about 1/2 inch thick
• 10. Spread 3 Tbsp of butter on dough then sprinkle cinnamon and brown sugar on top.
• 11. Roll dough length wise starting at one end and ending at the other. The dough will look like a log
• 12. Using string about 6 inches long you are going to cut the log into cinnamon buns. First cut about ½ inch off of each end and discard.
• 13. Go along the log and cut the dough with the string by crisscrossing the ends and pulling. Each bun will be about an inch apart.
• 14. You should get 14 to 16 cinnamon buns from this recipe.
• 15. Put cinnamon buns face up in two greased 9” round baking pans. **Let rise for 30 minutes.
• 16. Preheat oven to 375°
• 17. Make Icing
• 18. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown
• 19. Ice buns while warm

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