Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Cinnamon Rolls

Dough:
1/2 Tablespoon Yeast
1/2 Cup Warm Water
1/2 tsp. Sugar
4 Eggs
1 Tablespoon Salt
1 Cup Instant Potato Flakes(I use the pearls)
1/2 Cup Dry Milk
2 3/4 Cups Warm Water
3/4 Cup Sugar
2/3 Cup Oil
8 Cups Flour

Filling:
3/4 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup Sugar
Cinnamon to taste

Frosting:
4-5 Cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
Milk to desired consistency

Mix Yeast, Warm Water and Sugar in small bowl and set aside for 10 min.

Mix Eggs, Salt, Potato Flakes Dry milk, Warm Water, 3/4 C. Sugar and Oil in large mixer. Sometimes I don't have dry milk so I substitute the Dry milk and the Warm Water with 1 Cup Scalded Milk and 1 3/4 cups warm water.

After this is mixed add the Yeast mixture and the Flour. Knead for 10 minutes and let rise 1-2 hours till doubled in size. Roll out half of the dough till about 1/2 inch thick. Spread with filling, roll up and cut with a thread. I start cutting in the middle so I know how many I need from each side to get 16 rolls. Place rolls on a greased jelly roll pan.

Cook at 375 for 12-15 min. I wait till the tops are a little brown. Take out and frost!! They are the best right out of the oven, in my house the center ones get eaten first. You should get 32 Cinnamon Rolls.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Coconut Dream Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
  • 1 (14 ounce) can cream of coconut
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • 1 (8 ounce) package flaked coconut

Directions

  1. Prepare and bake white cake mix according to package directions. Remove cake from oven. While still hot, using a utility fork, poke holes all over the top of the cake.
  2. Mix cream of coconut and sweetened condensed milk together. Pour over the top of the still hot cake. Let cake cool completely then frost with the whipped topping and top with the flaked coconut. Keep cake refrigerated.
Since I wanted to present this on a cake stand instead of a cake pan, I knew the whipped cream would just slide off. So (surprise, surprise) I added about 6 oz of cream cheese and 3/4 cup powdered sugar to whipped cream to make it stiffer.