This is how I roll....

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Mmmmm... nothing smells more amazing then fresh baked cinnamon rolls from the oven.

I have attempted, for the first time, to make them from scratch. But made them my way. I am trying to cut down on certain things, sugars for example, and the dough already called for sugar. SO - in an effort to not add any other sugar itself, I am opting for honey!

Basic dough recipe
1 package of yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1/4 cup scalded milk ( you can scald milk by boiling it i just stick my in the microwave and heat it up
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup butter ( I only use real butter and I would suggest you do the same, plastic erm margarine or tub butter doesn't work well ) I also use salted butter. You can use unsalted and then add 1 teaspoon salt. I just prefer to use salted sweet cream butter. Melted
3 1/2 to 4 cups of flour

Put yeast in water and let stand to dissolve. While you are doing that, add melted butter, sugars, milk , egg and 2 cups of the flour. Beat till smooth.

Then add the yeast mixture and the remaining flour

Stir till dough begins to form. I always just stir till its starting to come together, but there are still what I call stragglers - mixture that wont quite come together with the bigger ball of dough. I then take it out and knead it in. Knead on a lightly floured surface for 5-10 minutes. Yes , its a lot of time. Yes it is needed. And yes you WILL give your arms a workout. But Its worth it.

Put in a well greased bowl ( I opt to use grapeseed oil instead of spray) and cover for 1 hour to 1.5 hours, till it has doubled in size.

Punch down the dough. Roll out onto lightly floured surface into a 15 x 9 inch rectangle.

For the filling, I used honey and cinnamon instead of butter, sugar and cinnamon. I just put the honey in the microwave and made it more pliable and brushed it on the surface then sprinkled with cinnamon.

Starting from the 15inch side, roll it up like a jelly roll. Pinch edge to seal it. Cut into slices ( 12-15)

Coat the bottom of the pan with butter and sugar- I just used a very very small bit of butter and no sugar. Place cinnamon rolls very close together, cover and let rise again for 45 minutes.

Bake for 30 min at 350 degrees. You can then use your own glaze, or whatever you want. I am opting to use a very very light butter coating and sprinkle more cinnamon on top.

Here's the finished product :) Start to finish took me about 2 hours to do. But well worth it.

They did come out a bit brown because I left them in about 5 min too long. My oven runs hot. I forget sometimes and get sidetracked! But still good. Need more filling next time since I did not use the icing glaze. I did use 1 tablespoon of melted butter and cinnamon on the top though when they came out. All in all YUMMY