Who doesn’t love hot gooey fresh from the oven caramel rolls on a Sunday morning with a hot cup of coffee or tea before breakfast? They are reminiscent of hot cross buns, as they have cinnamon and sugar, but this recipe adds caramel to the mix making it extra special gooey!
This will make 4-5 round pans of rolls. The tinfoil pans at the dollar store work great for this. It makes it perfect for giving away to friends and neighbors without worrying about your pie plates or cake pans getting back to you.
Start your dough by heating the milk up to warm. Not hot…just warm. Put the warm milk in your mixer with the dough hook attached and add the yeast, egg, sugar, and salt. Mix until the egg is beaten. Start adding the flour until a wet dough is formed. After about half of the flour is incorporated, slowly pour in melted (but not too hot!) butter while the mixer is running. After the butter is mixed well into the dough, start adding more flour in until a soft dough forms and the sides of your mixer are clean. Mix for about 4 minutes, until an elastic, smooth dough is formed into a ball. Place the dough into a lightly greased bowl and cover with a damp towel and allow to rise until doubled in size in a warm, draft-free place.
When the dough has risen, punch down, grab 1/2 of it, and roll it out on a well-floured surface into a rectangular shape and its about 1/4 inch thick. Pour enough melted butter over the dough to cover it well, and then top with cinnamon and brown sugar. Leave the back edge butter and topping-free.
Roll the dough from the side closest to you towards the back, and seal the seam. It helps to use a bit of water on your fingers and dampen the edges slightly so they will seal well. Slice the dough with a serrated knife (I find a long bread knife works best) into pieces 2 inches thick.
Repeat this with the rest of the dough and place into buttered pans. Cover and let rise until doubled.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes, or until lightly browned on the top. Make sure the middle roll is done. If they are packed too tight into the pans the middle roll can stay a little doughy.
Top with your caramel sauce and enjoy!
- 3 cups warm milk
- 2.5 tbsp, or 3 packets yeast
- 1 egg
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 8-10 cups bread flour
- Place warm milk, yeast, egg, sugar, and salt into a mixer. Beat until egg is incorporated.
- Add approximately ½ of flour in batches. Mix until incorporated.
- Slowly drizzle in melted, but cooled, butter into dough and mix until combined.
- Add in more flour until a soft dough forms and cleans the sides of your mixer.
- Let rise, covered, until doubled. About 1 hour.
- Instructions for assembly of caramel rolls and ingredients:
- One batch Caramel roll dough
- Two to three sticks of butter, melted enough to sprinkle on dough Cinnamon
- Two to three cups Brown sugar
- Double batch Caramel Sauce
- Instructions:
- Roll out ½ of dough into a rectangle approximately ¼ inch thick.
- Spread enough melted butter over rolls to cover well fairly thickly. Cover with sprinkling of cinnamon, and brown sugar. (see photo).
- Roll up and seal seams well. Cut into 2 inch sections, place in buttered 9" pans. Cover and let rise until doubled. About 2 hours.
- Bake in 350 degree oven about 15 minutes until lightly golden brown. Cover with caramel sauce and enjoy!
Enjoy!
~Leanneā„
English
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