Originally Posted by
billhart22
Chuck et al;
As requested:
This is how I make them. I take my bread maker to mix this all up. I don't go step by step, because it is not necessary. You can use a heavy duty mixer with a bread hook also. I bake them in the oven.
I just toss all of the ingredients in and let it rip.
1 package yeast
2 1/2 cups lukewarm water
1/2 cup shortening (I use non-hydrogenated palm oil shortening from health foods store, but you can use butter or whatever)
1/2 cup organic sugar
3 cups organic whole wheat flour
3 cups organic unbleached white flour
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
Throw all of the above into a bread machine or mixer and let it beat for at least 15 minutes, until it is a smooth and consistent ball. If you use a bread machine, then let it go through the whole dough cycle. It sure can't hurt. If you do it by hand....good luck! I have never tried it..(Hint: you can mix raisins in with the dough if you want)
Then I take a large glass/ceramic bowl and spray it with Pam, toss in the ball into the bowl. I then take some Pam and spray some clear wrap and put that over the the opening on the bowl, so everything is lubricated.
Turn the bowl upside down so the plastic is now on the counter. In about an hour or an hour and 1/2 the bowl will be lifted off of the counter, because this dough really expands.
I just take it out of the bowl, without kneading it and then roll it out with a roller. I roll it out about 2 1/2 feet long and probably a foot and a half wide. So the dough is probably 1/4 inch to a half inch thick...somewhere in there.
Then I take a quarter cup of melted butter and pour it on top of the dough and brush it all over. Then I take 1/4 cup of organic white sugar and spread it around and then 1/4 cup of organic brown sugar and spread it around (I actually use more than that). Load the cinnamon on. After that I take a bunch of raisins and spread them all around.
Then I roll up the dough. It gets fatter in the middle, but it is easy to stretch it out for consistent size. I then mark the middle with a knife and then mark six rolls on each side and then cut them one by one and put them on a greased (Pam) baking sheet. The oven is preheated to 375. I let the rolls double in size and then bake them for 30 minutes exactly (my timing) and then take them out.
Enjoy!