it was seriously worth every second of the 4 hours you have to wait for it to rise.
my pictures don't do it justice, it gets dark here before 5:30. not fun.
ingredients:
1 cup milk
6 tbsp. butter
2 1/2 tsp. dry yeast [one small packet]
2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
3 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp. cinnamon
Melt butter with milk. Heat until warm, but don't boil. Cool a little bit, then sprinkle yeast and gently stir. Sit for 10 minutes.
In bowl of mixer, mix sugar and eggs with paddle attachment until combined. Pour in milk/butter mixture and stir to combine. Add flour and salt and beat on medium until combined.
Switch to dough hook and beat/knead on medium speed for 10 minutes. If dough is too sticky, add 1/4 cup flour and beat another 5 minutes.
Heat glass bowl [i microwaved for 1.5 minutes] and drizzle in a little bit of veggie oil. Toss dough in oil and cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 2 hours.
[i turned on the oven at 200 degrees for a few minutes, then turned it off. put the dough in the oven to rise...so it is a little bit warm, since it is freezing in our apartment]
Turn dough on counter and roll into rectangle. Smear dough with about 2 tbsp. butter. Mix sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle evenly over the dough.
Roll the dough tightly and put in buttered pan. Cover and let rise for another 2 hours.
Finally you get to bake it.
Preheat oven to 350 and bake for 40 minutes. Check it to make sure the top doesn't get too dark.
Great decision, you need to try this!
