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conference cinnamon rolls
My church holds a worldwide conference every six months which is broadcast by satellite. They are my favorite meetings of the year because not only do we receive wise counsel from the general leaders of the church, but we get to wear our pajamas and watch them in our living rooms.
When I was first married, I wanted to start a tradition for General Conference that would give my children incentive to sit quietly and watch all the talks. I decided on cinnamon rolls. They smell amazing in the oven, and they keep little mouths quiet while we try to listen.
cinnamon rolls
4 cups (600 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 package (a scant tablespoon) rapid yeast
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (125 g) milk
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup (250 g) warm water (about 110 degrees, 45 degrees celsius)
3 egg yolks
1 egg
5 tablespoons salted butter, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups (100 g) powdered sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
cream cheese frosting (recipe follows)
1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the dough hook, mix flour, yeast, and sugar.
2. Add in salt, milk, water, melted butter, and eggs. Knead on low speed for 5-10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic.
3. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
4. Punch down to redistribute bubbles. Let rest for 3 minutes. Roll out into a large rectangle (about 12×20 inches).
5. Spread room temperature butter over the entire surface of the dough. Mix powdered sugar with cinnamon in a small bowl. Using a sieve, sprinkle sugar and cinnamon mixture over the butter.
6. Starting on a 20 inch edge, roll the dough up loosely. Make slices 2 inches (6 cm) apart. Place rolls one inch apart, swirl side up, on a parchment lined baking sheet. Refrigerate over night.*
7. In the morning, place rolls in a cold oven. Pour boiling water in a baking dish and place in the bottom rack in the oven. Close oven and leave rolls to proof for 30 minutes.
8. Remove rolls and water. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (180 degrees celsius). When oven comes to temperature, return rolls to the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
9. Frost with cream cheese frosting and serve warm.
* If you don’t have time to refrigerate these over night, simply let them rise in a warm place until doubled in size. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (180 degrees celsius), and bake for 20-25 minutes.
For the frosting:
4 ounces (110g) cream cheese, at room temperature
4 tablespoons (55g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup (80g) confectioner’s sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
1 teaspoon heavy cream (or milk—whatever you have)
1. Cream butter and cream cheese together. Stir in sugar, vanilla, and cream. Use a whisk to break up any lumps.
We do this same tradition! How funny. I always have cinnamon rolls ready for Saturday morning conference. Your recipe looks amazing though, so next conference I will try your recipe.
What a good idea! Maybe I will get these done tonight for Sunday mornings. We were so excited to have a temple announced by us–the greater Kansas City area! Currently we are 4 1/2 hours away from one, and now we will only be 2!
Jaime,
These are gorgeous!!!
Can you just mail some to me? ha.
What a great idea. I may have to start bringing homemade cinnamon rolls to church for my kids! They are 13, 11, 7, 3 and 3.
Jamie I started this tradition because of you a few years ago.
It’s 10:30pm, but I would love to be sitting here looking at blogs and eating one of YOUR cinnamon rolls. Can you run one over? We are doing conference at your house next year!!!
I got to eat 2 and 3/4 of these very cinnamon rolls (made by Jaime, SophistiMom herself!!) during General Conference yesterday! They were delicious! The whole family ate them up…
I mention the 3/4 cinnamon roll because my son Chris didn’t finish his… so I helped him…
Great Job, Jaime, I love your blog!!
Your sister,
Jess
Wow, I had no idea there were so many members reading this blog! I was surprised to read that up there, but I guess I’m not the first member to comment.
) What beautiful cinnamon rolls! I have a 5 month old daughter so now would be the perfect time to start that tradition. Thanks for the idea!
I LOVE THIS IDEA! I’m a newly married, LDS gal who loves to bake and am so, so excited to try these in 6 months!
those are some of the best looking cinnamon rolls i’ve seen in a while. i think i know what i’m making for brunch this weekend
Those just look delicious. I found you via Tastespotting. And I made a commitment not to lurk and leave a comment!!! I’m all about getting things ready the night before to just pop in in the morning. We do the same for conference, but with eggrolls. We are Americans living in Egypt, so we watch conference live on the internet, but 10am SLC time is 6pm. So I get the eggrolls ready the day before and then just cook them up right before conference! Love the striped blog background too!
So delicous! I’m so glad I got to try yours because I totally botched them when I tried to make them. I killed my yeast, so they didn’t rise and then I wasn’t paying attention when I made the frosting and put maple flavoring in them instead of the almond extract! OOPS! Luckily Kevin and Christianna loved them anyway! Thanks for the recipe and great idea!
Mmmmmm…..my mom always made cinnamon RINGS by following the instructions above except she made cuts partway thru the roll and about 1″ apart, then she would form it into a circle and bake. I think it was to make them go farther between the seven of us kids! With the icing and some cherries they were lovely to look at and wonderful to eat!
I’m confused . . . where do you use the water?
The water is in the second step. Sorry. I thought I fixed that!
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These are really really good! I did them before but not with this frosting, it tastes delicious! Thank you!!
if there’s anything in this world that would convince me to behave, it’s the cinnamon roll. you couldn’t have picked a better bribe.
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Yummy … I was looking for a treat for a bridal shower I am planning. This would hit the spot for sure!