Mom's Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
175
Calories
Total time
260
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 package yeast
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 3 1/2-4 cups flour

Directions:

  1. 1/2 stick melted butter for center of rolls and a mixtuer of about 1 cup sugar and some cinnamon for sprinkling in center Melt shortening with sugar and salt in microwave about 3 minutes or until shortening is melted.
  2. While microwave is running, put yeast in the warm water and stir to dissolve.
  3. Slowly add flour to shortening mixture but not too much.
  4. When yeast is dissolved stir completely and add to flour mixture.
  5. Add eggs and flour alternately and mix as much as you can with mixer, then take rest of flour and knead on counter until no longer tacky.
  6. Grease bowl with oil and place dough in bowl and add more oil to coat top.
  7. Place a towel over bowl and let rise until double in bulk.
  8. In small bowl, mix 1 cup or so of sugar and add cinnamon to taste.
  9. After dough rises, roll out on counter to about 1/4 thick.
  10. Melt butter and spread over dough.
  11. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over entire rolled out dough.
  12. Roll up dough into jelly roll style and take knife and cut into about 1 to 1 1/2 slices.
  13. Put in glass pan that has been sprayed with pam spray.
  14. Cover with towel and let rise until double.
  15. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes or so.
  16. You can frost the cooled rolls with powder sugar frosting.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 174.56 Kcal (731 kJ)
Calories from fat 64.12 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.12g 11%
Cholesterol 6.82mg 2%
Sodium 620.98mg 26%
Potassium 48.42mg 1%
Total Carbs 24.64g 8%
Sugars 1.31g 5%
Dietary Fiber 2.59g 10%
Protein 3.2g 6%
Iron 1.5mg 8%
Calcium 71.2mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 333.16 Kcal (1395 kJ)
Calories from fat 122.38 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.6g 11%
Cholesterol 13.02mg 2%
Sodium 1185.17mg 26%
Potassium 92.41mg 1%
Total Carbs 47.03g 8%
Sugars 2.49g 5%
Dietary Fiber 4.94g 10%
Protein 6.1g 6%
Iron 2.9mg 8%
Calcium 135.9mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 3.6
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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