Posted by Jim at February 19th, 2005

When I was living at home, my Mom occaisionally made this cinnamon rolls recipe.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup milk
1 package (2 1/4 tsp) dry yeast
2 eggs
5 cups flour (white flour, but a cup or two might be wheat)

Directions:
Melt shortening. Mix with milk, salt and sugar. Let cool. Add eggs and potatoes. Add yeast. Mix in the flour.

Let rise for 1-2 hours. Knead a little. Cut the risen dough into egg sized shapes. Dip into a mixture of melted butter, sugar, and cinnamon.

The mixture:
1-2 cups sugar
1-2 sticks butter (roughly)
? cinnamon (add until you like the color/taste)

After dipping the cinnamon rolls into the mixture, put them into a 9 by 13 inch pan. You can dump any leftover mixture into the pan along with them.

Then let the cinnamon rolls rise till they double in size (this could take hours…).

Then bake at 350 degrees (fahrenheit) for 20-30 minutes.

My mom would make them for Sunday morning’s breakfast–but not on Sunday. She would make them on Saturday and warm them up. I made them for lunch today (in addition to soup). I probably should have made them yesterday, but so it goes. Despite the wait, they still tasted good.