52 in 52 #22 Sweet Dough for the Bread Machine

So I made cinnamon rolls a few weeks ago and they were amazing.  Well, I thought they were amazing; Corry thought they were 'so-so'.  I have always wanted to have an amazing cinnamon roll recipe in my proverbial back pocket for recipes, so I kept looking. 

I looked for every kind of cinnamon roll on Pinterest and was unimpressed by most of them.  I knew that I wanted the mixture for the inside to have more than just brown sugar and cinnamon but I wasn't sure what I wanted that to be. 

Thursday night was a pretty significant ice storm in DFW, so what better to do on a Friday morning when you are iced/snowed in, than to experiment with homemade cinnamon rolls?  Corry found this recipe on Pinterest for Sweet Bread Dough that we can make in the bread machine.  It was simple to put together with basic ingredients that most people would have on hand.   

A warning:  This dough is VERY sticky.  We only used the bread machine to mix/knead the ingredients together and then we took it out to rise in the oven because we were making two batches so we would have some for this morning as well.  After the dough rose for right at an hour, I took it out and kneaded about 1/2 cup flour into each batch just to make the dough manageable enough to roll out. 

We used this recipe for both our Basic Cinnamon Roll recipe (shown above) and also our Fancy Cinnamon Roll recipe and they both turned out amazing.  This dough is not overly sweet and could be used with any cinnamon roll recipe that you would like to try. 

Cinnamon Roll Dough for the Bread Machine
Prep time: 5 mins
Mix time: approx. 20 mins - we aren't sure how long - just use the 'dough' button on your machine and wait for it to stop mixing/beating
Rise time: 1 hour

Ingredients:
3/4 cup milk
2 Tbsp butter
1 beaten egg,
2 and 1/4 cups bread flour
1/4 white sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 and 1/2 tsp yeast

Instructions:
Select loaf size on your bread machine.  Add all ingredients and select Dough button.  Remove from machine once dough has finished kneading.  Add to well greased pan, and cover with a greased piece of plastic wrap.  Allow to rise in a warm, draft free location for an hour.  Once risen to at least double the original size, remove from pan and knead in enough flour to make dough less sticky.  You don't want the dough to be too sticky or else you won't be able to roll the dough out.  Fill with your desired toppings and bake according to instructions for your recipe.  See recipes for Basic Cinnamon Rolls or Fancy Cinnamon Rolls. 

Enjoy!