Ingredients

• Dough:
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast or instant yeast
  • 1 cup milk, lukewarm
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
• Filling:
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 3 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened
• Cream cheese icing:
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar (also known as icing sugar or confectioner's sugar)
  • 1/4 cup cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

Method

• For the rolls, dissolve the yeast in the warm milk with a tsp of sugar (you can take a tsp out of the 1/2 cup of sugar) in a large bowl. Let it sit for about 5 minutes. If the yeast is good, it will start to froth up.
• To the bowl of your mixer add the sugar, butter or margarine, salt, eggs, and flour and mix until well incorporated.
• Pour the milk/yeast mixture over the flour mixture and using the dough hook, mix well until well incorporated.
• Place the dough into an oiled bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
• Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray or butter.
• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, until it is approximately 16 inches long by 12 inches wide. It should be approximately 1/4 inch in thickness.
• Spread the 1/3 cup of butter evenly over the dough, then sprinkle with the sugar evenly over the surface of the dough.
• Working carefully, from the long edge, roll the dough down to the bottom edge.
• Cut the dough into 1 1/2 inch slices, and place in a lightly greased baking pan. You can also use floss to cut into slices, as seen in the video. Place the cut rolls in the prepared pan. Cover with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let them rise for another 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place the baking pan in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Notes

From Chris Retzer