Classic White Bread and Cinnamon Rolls

Name: Classic White Bread and Cinnamon Rolls
Yield: 2 loaves
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup water (see note); 1 packet dry yeast; 1 cup milk; 2 Tbs butter; 1 tsp salt; 2 Tbs honey; 5 1/2 cups AP flour

icancervive10 @cook_3379905

Water should be 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit, any hotter will kill the yeast

icancervive10 @cook_3379905

Water should be 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit, any hotter will kill the yeast

Saved

Ingredients

2 loaves

1 cupwater (see note)
1 packetdry yeast
1 cupmilk
2 Tbsbutter
1 tspsalt
2 Tbshoney
5 1/2 cupsAP flour

Saved

Steps

1

Mix water and yeast in a small bowl and set aside
2

In small sauce pan add milk, butter, salt, honey
3

On medium heat, melt butter and honey into milk and stir until salt is dissolved. Do not heat over 100 degrees
4

Measure flour into large mixing bowl
5

Add milk mixture to flour and stir a few times
6

Add yeast to flour mixture and blend thoroughly
7

Cover dough with a piece of plastic wrap and place bowl in a warm area of kitchen for 1 hour
8

Uncover and knead dough (should be about double in size)
9

Cover dough again and set aside for 30 minutes
10

Uncover dough and divide in half
11

Shape each half into loaves and place in greased loaf pans
12

Cover dough again and preheat oven to 400
13

When oven is preheated, uncover pans and place in oven for about 30 minutes or until golden brown and crusty on top
14

Cool in pans on wire racks until bread is quite cool and remove from pans. Finish cooling on wrack
15

Store in air right containers.
This bread can be frozen
16

To make cinnamon rolls, omit the step of shaping into loaves and instead roll dough into a large rectangle.
17

Spread 4 Tbs soft butter onto dough and cover with a mixture of 1/2 cup dark brown sugar + 2 Tbs cinnamon
18

Roll up dough and cut into 1/2” thick pieces
19

Place in greased 9x13 pan leaving a little space between rolls
20

Cover with a clean tea towel and allow to rise in the pan while oven preheats 375
21

Bake 25-30 minutes or until tops are golden and edges are crusty
22

Drizzle with real maple syrup and allow to cool in pan on wire wracks
23

For the recipe photographed, I added 1 cup chopped pecans into the cinnamon sugar mixture

Saved

Cooksnaps

Saved

icancervive10 @cook_3379905

on January 20, 2023 18:09

Started cooking/baking with Gram just as soon as I was old enough to stand in a chair, with her apron tied around my chest. Made my first solo Thanksgiving meal at age 8. Putting a new flair on classic nothern New England style cooking.