Thursday, December 23, 2010

Easy Cinnamon Rolls

My friend Emily Horner made these for one of my wedding showers and they were amazing. They are perfect for company because you can mix up everything and put them in a pan to rise overnight and all you do is pop them in the oven in the morning. People always think the dough is homemade - ha!

20 - unbaked frozen dinner rolls (Rhodes)
1 c brown sugar
1/4 c instant vanilla or butterscotch pudding
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/3 c butter, melted
3/4 c raisins (optional)
3/4 c chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

The night before
1) Grease 10 inch bundt or monkey bread pan.
2) Place 10 rolls in pan and sprinkle 1/2 of dry mix over.  (Dry mix = brown sugar, pudding mix, cinnamon)
3) Place remaining 10 rolls on top sprinkle remaining 1/2 of dry mix on top.
4) Pour melted butter over rolls.
5) Cover with clean, damp cloth and leave overnight at room temperature (When its cold outside, I put it in the oven (turned off obviously) so the rolls will rise.)

In the morning
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Bake rolls for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown. (Sometimes the rolls on top will brown faster so I put foil on top for the last half of the baking time.)
3) Turn rolls out onto a serving plate or cake pedestal.

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