Crites Family Stuff

Description

Marcy shared these delicious rolls at the 2013 Family Reunion.

Ingredients for 24 servings

• 1 can evaporated milk
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp yeast (dissolve in .5 cup water and 1 tsp sugar)
• .5 cup margarine
• 1 cup hot mashed potatoes (can use instant)
• 1 tbsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 8-10 cups flour

Filling:

• 2 cubes softened butter (slightly less)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar

Steps

1. Mix together and knead for 8 minutes. Let rise double. Roll out into long rectangle 1/2 inch thick.
2. Mix together 2 cubes of softened butter, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup brown sugar. Spread onto the rectangle. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll up and cut . Place in pan so that they are touching.
3. Let rise. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

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Ingredients for 24 servings

• .5 cup warm water
• 2 tbsp active dry yeast
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 3.5 oz package instant vanilla pudding
• .5 cup butter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 cups flour (maybe more)

Filling:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 tsp cinnamon

Frosting:

• 8 oz cream cheese
• .5 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 2.5 tbsp milk

Steps

1. In a small bowl, combine water, yeast, and sugar. Stir until dissolved. Set aside. In large bowl, take pudding mix and prepare according to package directions. Add butter, eggs and salt. Mix well. Then add yeast mixture. Gradually add flour, knead until smooth. Do not over flour the dough. It should be very soft but not sticky. Place in a greased bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled.
2. Roll out on floured board to 34 x 21 inches in size. Take 1 cup soft butter and spread over surface. In bowl, mix 2 cups brown sugar and 4 tsp cinnamon. Sprinkle over the top. Roll up very tightly. Slice every 1 1/2 inches. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Cover and let rise until doubled. Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes. Remove when rolls start to turn golden brown.
3. Frost warm rolls with cream cheese frosting (combine butter and cream cheese and mix well, then add vanilla and sugar and mix again. Add milk for desired consistency).

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These are a melt-in-your-mouth all time favorite!

Ingredients for 48 servings

• 1.33 cup butter, softened
• .33 cup flour
• 2 tbsp yeast
• .33 cup warm water
• .75 cup warm milk
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3.5 cups flour
• .25 cup sugar

Topping:

• .5 cup butter, softened
• .5 cup sugar
• .5 cup chopped pecans

Glaze:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• .5 tsp vanilla
• Milk

Steps

1. Knead together the 1 1/3 cup softened butter and 1/3 cup flour. Place between two sheets of waxed paper and roll out into an exact 6"x12" rectangle. (Use exact measurements in this recipe.) Place in freezer.
2. Dissolve yeast in 1/3 cup water. Add the milk, salt, 1/4 cup sugar, eggs, and 3 1/2 cup flour. Stir together and knead until dough is very soft and pliable, but not sticky. Roll out into a 14"x14" square.
3. Remove butter from freezer and place on half of the rolled out 14"x14" square. Fold dough over in half and seal edges.
4. Roll this into a 12"x20" rectangle on a floured surface. Using a bit of flour on "butter blowouts" will help in rolling out the dough. You may need to kind of break up the dough slightly with a soft pounding of the rolling pin because of the frozen butter inside to get it to the 12"x20" size. Fold into thirds so that the 20" length becomes about 6 1/2" in length.
5. Roll out again into a 12"x20" rectangle. Fold into thirds, like before.
6. Roll out, one last time to 12"x20". Cut into thirds instead of folding. Place each third on a sheet of wax paper and put 2 pieces back in freezer while working on the third.
7. Orient this piece to lay long side horizontally to you and cut in half with a knife or pizza cutter. Continue cutting these pieces into halves until you have cut 16 equal strips. Twist each strip of dough several times and wrap it into a circle to make a roll and place it on a sided cookie sheet. Do the same thing with the two remaining pieces of dough in the freezer. (Keeping the butter in the dough hardened makes dough handling so much easier.)
8. Mix together the topping: butter, sugar, and nuts. Top each roll with an equal amount of the mixture. Let rolls rise until double. Bake at 450F for 8 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
9. Mix together the glaze while rolls are baking. Add enough milk to get the consistency of Elmer's glue. Drizzle the glaze over the rolls immediately after removing them from the oven. Serve hot and thoroughly enjoy!

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My mother-in-law's cinnamon rolls. One will do you really good! I dare you to have two!

Ingredients for 12 servings

• 1 pkg yeast
• .5 cup water water (105F-115F)
• .5 cup scalded milk, cooled
• .33 cup sugar
• .33 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 3.75 cups flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• .33 cup butter, softened
• 2.5 tbsp ground cinnamon
• .5 cup butter, softened

Icing:

• 1.5 cups powdered sugar
• .25 cup cream cheese, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• .125 tsp salt

Steps

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in a 2 1/2 quart bowl. Stir in milk, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup butter, 1 tsp salt, egg, and 2 cups of the flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Turn onto lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turn greased side up. Cover. Let rise in warm place until double, about 1 1/2 hours. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)
2. Flatten dough with hands or rolling pin into rectangle 15x9 inches on lightly floured surface.
3. For filling, combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Spread 1/3 cup butter evenly over the dough and then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar evenly over the surface. Working from the top, carefully roll the dough down to the bottom edge, lengthwise. Cut the log into 1 3/4 inch slices and place six at a time, evenly spaced, in a lightly greased baking pan. Allow to rise.
4. Bake at 400F for 12 minutes, or until light brown on top. While the second batch of rolls bake, combine the powdered sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and salt. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. When the rolls come out of the oven, cool 5 minutes then coat each generously with icing. Serve with leftover icing.

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Ingredients for 18 servings

• 18 frozen dinner rolls
• .5 cup melted butter
• .5 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• .5 cup brown sugar
• 3 oz pkg butterscotch pudding (not instant)

Steps

1. Grease bundt pan. Place frozen rolls in pan. Pour melted butter slowly over the rolls. Sprinkle pudding over the rolls. Sprinkle brown sugar and nuts over the rolls. Cover and raise all night. (I put plastic wrap over the rolls, but then usually put a plate over the top so that they don't spill out of the bundt pan so much.) The following morning, bake at 350F for 35 minutes.

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These were Jack's favorite rolls. They are very rich and gooey, but so tasty.

Ingredients for 12 servings

• 1 package yeast
• 2 tbsp warm water
• .25 cup boiling hot milk
• .5 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 3 tbsp shortening
• .5 tsp salt
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 tsp grated lemon peel
• .25 tsp ground ginger

Steps

1. Sprinkle yeast over warm water. Let stand 5 minutes to soften. Meanwhile stir hot milk, 1/4 cup of the sugar, shortening and salt together. When lukewarm, add egg, 1-1/2 cups flour, lemon peel, ginger and yeast. Beat on mixer at medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup flour to make a moderately soft dough. Knead a few seconds to smooth out and round up dough. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
2. Meanwhile, prepare the walnut pan coat by melting 1/4 cup of butter in a small sauce pan. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar packed, 2 tbsp dark corn syrup and 1 tbsp water. Stir over moderate heat until mixture reaches simmering and sugar dissolves. Turn into 9 inch layer cake pan and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of walnuts.
3. When dough has risen, turn out onto a floured board. Roll out to an 8x12 inch rectangle. Spread with butter. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts and remaining 1/4 cup sugar mixed with cinnamon. Roll tightly, starting from long side of dough. Cut in 1 inch slices. Arrange cut side down in prepared pan, placing 3 rolls in center, and 9 around the edges. Let rise until doubled, 40 to 50 minutes. Bake 375F about 25 minutes until browned and baked through. Loosen edges. Invert over plate. Let pan rest on rolls 1 minute so syrup drains. Serve warm.
4. This recipe is also so good by substituting pecan nuts for the walnuts. This is the way Jack preferred the recipe.

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We have these every Sunday morning for breakfast. We have recently stopped making the sugar glaze and eating them plain. They are still yummy.

Ingredients for 12 servings

• .33 cup sugar
• 3 tbsp yeast
• .5 cup oil
• 1.25 cup warm water
• 2 eggs
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 5.25 cups flour
• .25 cup melted butter
• 1.5 tsp cinnamon
• .5 cup sugar
• Raisins (optional)

Glaze:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• .25 cup hot water
• 1 tsp butter

Steps

1. In a large bowl mix 1/3 cup sugar, yeast, oil and water. Cover and let stand in warm place for 15 minutes.
2. Blend the eggs and add to the mixture. Gradually add flour and salt to the yeast mixture to make a soft dough. Knead dough 5 minutes. Roll dough into rectangular shape about 1/4 inch thick.
3. Brush dough with 1/4 cup melted butter. Sprinkle with remaining sugar, cinnamon, and raisins. Roll up and cut into 1 inch slices. Slice with dental floss. Place rolls in an ungreased pan. Let rolls rest 10-30 minutes. Bake at 425F for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Frost with the sugar glaze when warm.
4. Mix together the powdered sugar, hot water and 1 tsp butter. Glaze the rolls.

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Janette Johnson: Mom was such a patient teacher in teaching her children, as well as her grandchildren, to cook. I remember Mom letting us help her with the rolls, spreading the butter or cinnamon over the dough. And of course we had to have the ruler out so we could measure each cut to make them just right. It was always a treat on those Saturdays when Mom would cook beans and cinnamon rolls.

Ingredients for 24 servings

• 1 cup warm water
• 4 tbsp yeast
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 4 cups scalded milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 4 tsp salt
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• Flour for a soft dough, about 16 cups
• Butter, brown sugar, cinnamon

Steps

1. Make a sponge of the warm water, yeast, and 1 tbsp sugar.
2. Then add the remaining ingredients, mix well. Let raise till dough is double in size. Roll out dough in a rectangle shape, about 1/4 inch thick. Spread with melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Roll as for jelly roll. Cut 1 to 1 1/4 inches thick. Secret: Cut them plenty thick then mash down real well. Let raise. Bake at 350F until golden brown.
3. Ice while slightly warm. Icing: Powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, salt, and one raw egg (written from her recipe-I don't use the egg).
4. Sprinkle with chopped nuts and add a half maraschino cherry.

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Ingredients for 16 servings

• 1 cup butter, melted
• .75 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 cup marshmallows
• 18 frozen rolls

Steps

1. Cook butter, brown sugar, and marshmallows until melted. Spray bundt pan with nonstick spray. Arrange frozen rolls in pan. Pour syrup evenly over rolls. Raise overnight in frig. Bake at 325F for 25-30 minutes. Turn upside-down on platter. Syrup will run over the rolls. Cool or eat hot.

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We used to have a tradition of passing these out on Christmas Eve to our best friends. The kids would deliver them hot to our friends' doors.

Ingredients for 72 servings

• 2 cups scalded milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 rounded tbsp yeast
• 12 cups flour
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup melted margarine
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 6 beaten eggs

Streusel Topping

• .5 cup melted margarine
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• Sliced almonds

Glaze

• 2 lbs powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• Canned milk

Steps

1. Combine 1 cup water and 1 tbsp sugar and 3 tbsp yeast and let it set until it activates. After the scalded milk cools down, combine all the ingredients except flour and then start adding the flour slowly until it has all been added. It will take more than is suggested. Knead 5 minutes by machine and let rise until double and then beat down and roll out. Divide dough in half and work with half at a time. Melt 1 cube margarine and pour half on each part of the dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Roll up and slice into 1-inch pieces. Put in greased pans and sprinkle with streusel topping. Let rise until ready and bake at 375F for 15-20 minutes. This recipe fits into 6 round aluminum cake pans perfectly.
2. Struesel Topping: 1 cube melted margarine, 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar. Mix all together and sprinkle over rolls before baking. Top with sliced almonds immediately after taking them from the oven and cover with a glaze made from 1-2 lb sack powdered sugar, about 1 tbsp vanilla and enough canned milk to make it about the consistency of Elmer's glue.

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