Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls

OK-- One of my FAVORITE Blogs to get recipes from is
The Pioneer Woman

These Cinnamon Rolls are WONDERFUL!!!
Austin even refers to them as
Pioneer Cinnamon Rolls!
He likes them.... A LOT!!!

It makes a big recipe, which is nice if you want to make and freeze,
or make and give...or make and sit down and eat all at once...
As I read down through the comments,
someone had taken the time
to half the recipe...that is usually what I fix...
so I don't sit down and eat the all by myself.
I am posting both versions,
so I don't have to go back through the comment section of her
original post every time...
the half recipe also has a different frosting recipe
in case you are not a Maple flavoring and coffee kind of person...


Ingredients for Full Recipe:

1 quart of Whole Milk
1 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Cup Sugar
2 Packages Active Dry Yeast
8 Cups (plus 1 Cup extra separated) All-Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon (heaping) Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon (scant) Baking Soda
1 Tablespoon (heaping) Salt
Plenty of Melted Butter
2 Cups Sugar
Generous Sprinkling of Cinnamon

Maple Frosting:

1 bag Powdered Sugar
2 teaspoons Maple Flavoring
1/2 cups Milk
1/4 cups melted butter
1/4 cup brewed coffee
1/8 teaspoon salt

Half Recipe Ingredients:

2 Cups Whole Milk
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Tbsp active dry yeast
4 Cups Flour
1/2 cup Flour
1/2 heaping tsp baking powder
1/2 scant tsp baking soda
1/2 tbsp salt

 Filling:
1 cup melted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 c cinnamon

Frosting:

1/2 bag powdered sugar
1/4 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
2 tbsp melted butter
pinch of salt


Directions

Mix whole milk, vegetable oil and sugar in a pan.  Scald to 150 degrees.  Let cool until lukewarm.  Sprinkle yeast and let sit.  Add Flour, stir mixture together.  Cover and let sit 1 hour to rise.  Add additional flour (1 cup or 1/2 cup for smaller batch), baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  Stir mixture together.

Sprinkle work surface generously with flour.  Form dough into a rectangle, roll the dough thin, maintaining a rectangular shape.  Drizzle melted butter over dough.  Sprinkle with sugar and Cinnamon.  Roll the dough toward you.  Pinch the seam to seal it.  Grease foil cake or pie pans.  Cut rolls 3/4 to 1 inch thick and lay in greased pans.  Cover the rolls and let sit for 30 minutes.  Bake for 15-18 minutes.

Combine frosting ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly.  Generously drizzle frosting over warm rolls
after they come out of the oven.

Ree also did this post about her Cinnamon Rolls...
it's kind of a FAQ of Cinnamon Rolls
Notes on Cinnamon Rolls

and her original post about her Cinnamon Rolls
with her awesome step by step instructions can be found here

Cinnamon Rolls

Hope you enjoy these as much as my family does!