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Soft Cinnamon Buns

Servings 4 -5 dozen buns

Ingredients

  • 1 C butter
  • 5 C water
  • 1 C brown sugar
  • 1 C powdered milk
  • 1 ½ tablespoon salt
  • 1 C instant potato pearls or flakes
  • 3 tablespoon instant yeast
  • 2 eggs
  • 11-13 C bread flour
  • 2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ C sugar
  • ¼ C butter melted
  • 4 oz butter softened
  • 4 oz cream cheese softened
  • 2 C powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Heat water and butter on the stove top until the butter melts and the mixture is the temperature of bath water.
  • In the bowl of a mixer combine brown sugar, powdered milk, salt, and instant potatoes. Pour water/butter mixture into the mixer and combine.
  • Add 2 C of flour and yeast to the mixer bowl and mix until the flour is incorporated- it will look like runny cake batter. Let rest for 10 minutes, until it looks bubbly and the yeast has activated.
  • Mix in 2 eggs and 9-11 cups of flour. Add enough flour to make a sticky but still manageable dough- the dough will start to pull away from the sides of the bowl and will be easy to manipulate with floured fingers.
  • Continue to knead for eight minutes. Remove dough from mixer and place in a large bowl to rise. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 - 1½ hours.
  • Turn dough out onto a floured surface and separate into two pieces. Working with ½ of the dough at a time, separate dough into pieces slightly larger than a golf ball and pinch the bottom to form into a ball.
  • Combine cinnamon and sugar and dip the top of each dough ball into melted butter and then into the sugar mixture. Place on a lined baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap.
  • Let rise on the counter top until doubled or place in the refrigerator overnight to rise.
  • Once doubled in size, bake the rolls at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until the tops are just lightly golden brown. Frost buns with cream cheese icing while still warm.
  • Beat together the softened butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. Slowly add the powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Add in the vanilla extract