Easy Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 Tablespoons yeast
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 2½ cups milk
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup honey
- 4 teaspoons sea salt
- 8 cups whole wheat flour
- CINNAMON FILLING:
- ½ cup melted butter
- ¾ cup sucanat (you can use white sugar if you want)
- ½ Tablespoon ground cinnamon
- In a large bowl mix water, yeast, and honey. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan, then add honey, salt, and milk. Heat this to 120 degrees, then remove from heat..
- Pour milk mixture into yeast mixture and stir. Stir in 8 cups of flour, 2 cups at a time (more or less as needed).
- Knead the dough for 5-10 minutes.
- Place it in a bowl, cover it, and let it rise for 1-1½ hours.
- After dough is nice and fat, punch it down and knead out all it’s bubbles.
- Cut the dough in half, setting one half aside.
- On a well floured surface, roll dough into a nice big rectangle, about ¼ inch thick.
- Use a pastry brush to spread ½ of the melted butter all over the rectangle.
- Sprinkle ½ of the sucanat/cinnamon mixture all over the butter.
- Roll the prepared dough, then cut into thin slices, about ½ inch thick.
- Place slices in a buttered baking dish.
- Repeat process with other ½ of dough.
- Allow rolls to rise about 30 minutes.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown at 350 degrees.
Recipe by Heavenly Homemakers at https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/easy-whole-wheat-cinnamon-rolls
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