Cinnamon Swirl Rounds - Kitchenaid Cookbook

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 teaspoons dry yeast
• 1/3 cup warm water
• 3 eggs, at room temp
• 5 1/2-6 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup nuts, chopped (optional)
• 1/3 cup evaporated milk
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 make dough:.
• 2 combine milk, sugar, salt, and butter in small saucepan. heat over low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
• 3 cool to lukewarm.
• 4 dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed bowl.
• 5 add lukewarm milk mixture, eggs, and 5 cups flour.
• 6 with dough hook mix 2 minutes at speed 2.
• 7 continuing on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl, about 2 minutes.
• 8 knead on speed 2 for 2 more minutes.
• 9 place in a greased bowl, turning to grease top.
• 10 cover; let rise in warm place, free from draft, until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• 11 punch dough down and shape as desired for rolls or coffee cakes.
• 12 filling mixture:.
• 13 place filling ingredients in bowl. mix with flat beater at speed 2 for 1 minute.
• 14 roll dough to a 10 x 30 x 1/4 inch rectangle.
• 15 spread mixture evenly on dough. roll dough tightly from long side to form 30-inch roll, pinching seam together. cut into twenty one 1 1/2-inch slices.
• 16 place 7 rolls each in 3 greased 8 x 1 1/2-inch cake pans. cover; let rise in warm place, free from draft, until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• 17 bake at 350 f for about 20 minutes. remove from pans immediately. spread caramel glaze over warm rolls.
• 18 caramel glaze:.
• 19 combine milk and brown sugar in small saucepan. over medium heat, cook, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to boil.
• 20 place milk mixture, powdered sugar, and vanilla in bowl. beat with flat beater at speed 4 until creamy, about 2 minutes.