Jenny Buns

This is a cinnamon bun recipe that we named for our Jennifer. When she was in college, her class did a cookbook and each student had an opportunity to submit a recipe. Jen loved these so much, we called them Jenny Buns, which is what we still call them today.

This is so easy, but oh, so good.

Ingredient list:
Frozen white bread dough (about 3 loaves or 24 rolls)
Butter 2 sticks / 1 cup, melted (Do not use margarine.)
Sugar 2 - 3 cups
Cinnamon several Tablespoons.
Powdered Sugar, 1-2 cups

Buy frozen bread dough either by the loaf or rolls. This is not biscuit dough. You want unbaked yeast bread. Bridgeford is the brand I buy.

Place in a large bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled.

Using a rolling pin, roll dough on a floured surface to about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.

Melt butter. Spread over dough.

Sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon over dough covering all but the edges.

Starting at one end, roll jelly roll style. Pinch edges together and tuck ends to avoid sugar mixture spilling.

Cut into 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide.

Place in cake pans, sprayed with Pam and bake at 350 degrees for about 15-18 minutes or until done.

While baking, mix powdered sugar with a few drops of water to make glaze. Change up the taste a bit by substituting orange or lemon juice for the water in your glaze. Like nut or raisins? Add them in. Prefer caramel top instead of glaze? Melt another stick or two of butter and pour in your pan before adding rolls, sprinkle brown sugar on top of butter, mix together, then lay your rolls on top of the mixture.

When rolls finish baking, immediately spread glaze over each and EAT!!!
(No need to glaze the caramel topped rolls. Caramel rolls should be turned out on a platter and served, so the caramel can run down the sides of the rolls. Mmm!)

No one will know you didn't make these totally from scratch unless you tell them. They can be made using flour, yeast and all of the other ingredients, but they don't taste any better that way, and you spend alot more time.

Any leftovers should be wrapped tightly. Reheat to eat later.

Makes 18 - 24 huge rolls.

Note- need more or less? Simply adjust the ingredients accordingly. One loaf of frozen dough will make 6-8 rolls.

So what does it cost?

Bread dough--------$3.00
Butter---------------$1.50
Sugar----------------$0.60
Cinnamon----------$0.10
Powdered Sugar---$0.50
Total--------------$5.70 for 18 to 24 rolls. That's just $0.24 to $0.32 per roll.

Happy Cooking!
Kim