Pioneer Woman's cinnamon rolls...

Today just seemed like a day for baking..and what yummier thing to make than cinnamon rolls?? I just thought I'd share the recipe..

Mix 1 quart of whole milk, 1 cup of vegetable oil, and 1 cup of sugar in a pan. "Scald" the mixture (heat until just before the boiling point.) Turn off heat and leave to cool 45 minutes to 1 hour.

  When the mixture is lukewarm to warm, but NOT hot, sprinkle in 2 packages Active Dry Yeast 
   Let sit for one minute.
   Then add 8 cups of all-purpose flour.
   Stir mixture together. Cover and let sit for at least an hour.

                              

Now you have an hour to do whatever you'd like! You could go get the mail and discover that a check for $500 just came in the mail from Natasha's Mission of Truth to go towards YWAM and then do a little (Okay, big) happy dance.....that's what I did anyways. 

Now add 1 more cup of flour…1 heaping teaspoon baking powder…

And 1  (less than a full) teaspoon baking soda and 1 heaping tablespoon of salt.

Stir mixture together. At this point, you could cover the dough and put it in the fridge until you                        need it—overnight or even a day or two, if necessary. 

     
 Now, this part isn't part of Pioneer Woman's recipe...this is how I was always taught to do for                      the filling of cinnamon rolls...so this is how I did it.

Mix together 3 sticks of softened butter and sugar and cinnamon...(eyeball it..you know how much you like)

 Mine looked like this when I was done. You can of course always pour melted butter on the spread dough and then sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on it..but that;s not gooey enough for me.

Spread the mixture on your rolled out dough...

Roll it on up and slice into about an inch and a half slices...

Slide those slices of heaven onto a pan...

Bake at 375F for about 15 minutes!

Ice them with whatever your favorite homeade icing is...

Enjoy!...or give away the prettiest pan of them to your Pastor's family...that's what I did!