Gooey Delicious Cinnamon Rolls

Gooey Cinnamon Rolls

Dough:

1 cup whole milk

3 tablespoons unsalted butter

3 1/2 cups (or more) unbleached all purpose flour, divided

1/2 cup sugar

1 large egg

2 1/4 teaspoons rapid-rise or instant yeast (from 1 envelope yeast)

1 teaspoon salt

Nonstick vegetable oil spray

Combine milk and butter in glass measuring cup. Microwave on high until butter melts and mixture is just warmed to 120°F to 130°F, about 30 to 45 seconds. Pour into bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment.If you dont have a stand mixer you can do this dough by hand, it will just take awhile and may tire you out but dont worry these rolls are worth it! Add 1 cup flour, sugar, egg, yeast, and salt. Beat on low speed 3 minutes, stopping occasionally to scrape down sides of bowl. Add additional 2 1/2 cups flour. Beat on low until flour is absorbed and dough is sticky, scraping down sides of bowl. If dough is very sticky, add more flour by tablespoonfuls until dough begins to form ball and pulls away from sides of bowl. Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, adding more flour if sticky, about 8 minutes. Form into ball.

Lightly oil large bowl with nonstick spray. Transfer dough to bowl, turning to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, then kitchen towel. Let dough rise in warm draft-free area until doubled in volume, about 2 hours.

Filling:

3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar

2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

Pinch of salt

Roll the dough out on a floured work space till its a rectangle 15x11 and then spread butter over the top. Next you sprinkle the filling mixture over the top and slowly begin rolling it up so you have a long tube! After you have rolled it up you need to trim both ends so its universal. The next thing you need to do is cut the dough in equal parts. a tip for this is to get either no flavored dental floss or some NEVER used fishing line. You really want to make sure that its clean! Then you slice down with this. If you have a wonderful knife then use it but this trick always works well for me! The next thing you will do is get two 8 inch glass pans and spray them so your awesome rolls dont stick! Cover them with plastic wrap than cover them with a kitchen towel. Put them in a warm draft free area and let them rise to double their size. You really really really dont want to skip the double rising part! This may take 40 to 45 minutes or even longer but dont skip this part!

preheat the oven to 375 degrees and put these on the middle oven rack for 20 minutes or until the tops are a beautiful goldne brown. Next let them cool for 10 minutes. I made the mistake of not waiting for them to cool as you can see in my picture! Still great but will be better if its cooled!

Glaze:

4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature

1 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

          1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix the ingredients in a medium mixing bowl until well incorporated. Spread this over the tops of your cinnamon rolls and enjoy! I tried to not eat to many but you will find yourself eating more then one!!