(2) Frosted Cinnamon Icebox Rolls

2 packages active dry yeast
½ c warm water (105F to 115F)
2 c lukewarm milk (scalded then cooled)
1/3 c sugar
1/3 c vegetable oil or shortening
3 t baking powder
2 t salt
1 egg
3 c Gold Medal® whole wheat flour
3 c Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
4 T butter or margarine, softened
½ c sugar
1 T plus 1 t cinnamon
Browned Butter Frosting (below)

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in milk, 1/3 c sugar, the oil, baking powder, salt, egg, and 1½ cups of each flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough of the remaining flours to make dough easy to handle.

2. Turn dough onto well-floured board; knead until smooth and esastic, 8 to 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about 1½ hours. (Dough is read if an indentation remains when touched.)

3. Grease 2 oblong pans, 13”x9”x2”. Punch down dough; divide into halves. Roll 1 half into rectangle, 12”x10”. Spread with half of the butter. Mix ½ cup sugar and the cinnamon; sprinkle half the sugar-cinnamon mixture over rectangle. Roll up, beginning a wide side. Pinch edge of dough into roll to seal. Stretch roll to make even.

4. Cut roll into 12 slices. Place slightly apart in 1 pan. Wrap pan tightly with heavy duty aluminum foil. Repeat with remaining dough. Refrigerate at least 12 hours bu tno longer than 48 hours. (To bake immediately, do not wrap. Let rise in warm place until double, about 30 minutes. Bake as directed below.)

5. Heat oven to 350F. Remove foil from pans. Bake until golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Frost with Browned Butter Frosting while warn. Makes 24 rolls.

Browned Butter Frosting: Heat 3 T butter or margarine over medium heat until delicate brown. Stir in 1½ cups powdered sugar, 1 T milk, and ¾ t vanilla. Beat until smooth and of spreading consistency. Frosts 1 pan of rolls.

(Note: If larger rolls are desired, roll dough into rectangle, 10”x9”. Cut each roll into 9 slices. Place in greased baking pans, 9”x9”x2”. Makes 18 rolls.

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Okay, I admit: These aren't strictly a holiday tradition in my family. Mom makes them reasonably often. But they're a year-round favourite, and she likes to make favourites at Christmas, so they often make it onto the breakfast table this time of year. They are simply to die for - the best home-made cinnamon rolls I've ever had in my life. They're right up there with Cinnabon!!

Mom tried to make these Christmas '99 when we were in the States for my sister's wedding. We were staying for two weeks in an unused apartment in a neighbourhood or retired missionaries. There was yeast in the fridge, so Mom used that for the rolls. They didn't rise at all! We had teeny tiny rolls that year, but they still tasted fine!