Leave a Comment|
Subscribe
Don’t you want to wake up to a pan of this tomorrow? You can! Of course, you have to start with Grandmother Bread. My overnight cinnamon roll recipe uses the one-loaf standard version, or for a more egg bread-like texture (which suits cinnamon rolls well), sometimes I add oil and egg. (To add oil and egg to any Grandmother Bread recipe, use 1/3 cup oil and one egg per one-loaf recipe.) You can let these rolls rise and bake them right away, or let them rise overnight in the fridge for that make-ahead easy breakfast! (These are perfect for lazy weekend mornings. Recipe can be doubled for two pans of rolls.)
Printer-FriendlyHow to make Overnight Cinnamon Rolls:
One-loaf Grandmother Bread recipe
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 teaspoon yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar*
(Optional add-ins: 1/3 cup oil, 1 egg)**
3 1/2 cups flour
*If you have a sweet tooth, add up to 1/3 cup sugar to the dough instead of 2 tablespoons.
**If using oil and egg, you’ll need about 1/2 cup more flour.
In a large bowl, combine water, yeast, sugar, and salt, along with oil and egg, if using. Let sit five minutes. Stir in first cup and a half cup of flour with a heavy spoon. Add more flour a little at a time as needed, stirring until dough becomes too stiff to continue stirring easily. Add a little more flour and begin kneading. The amount of flour is approximate–your mileage may vary! Continue adding flour and kneading until the dough is smooth and elastic. Let dough rise in a greased, covered bowl until doubled. (Usually, about an hour.) Uncover bowl; sprinkle in a little more flour and knead again. Roll out onto a floured surface into an approximately 15 x 8 rectangle.
Filling:
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Brush dough with melted butter.
Combine sugar and cinnamon; generously spoon onto dough, taking care to get right up to the edges!
Roll dough up and seal seams. How many rolls you get will depend on how you cut the slices. I cut them about an inch thick to get 15 rolls.
Place rolls in a large greased pan. To bake right away, let rise 30 minutes to an hour, until doubled, or for overnight rolls, stick the pan (covered) in the fridge. They’ll be risen and ready for you the next morning!
Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for approximately 30 minutes. (How thick you cut your slices will vary your baking time, so keep an eye on ‘em!)
Powdered Sugar Icing:
Combine 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and enough milk (two to four teaspoons) for drizzling consistency.
Drizzle lavishly.
And I mean lavishly.
Then devour the sweet, yummy, fresh-baked goodness!
(Hurry. They go quick.)
Try a variation!
Raisin-Cinnamon Rolls
Add one cup raisins to the water/yeast mixture before adding flour. (Or, if you’re making the two-loaf recipe for Grandmother Bread and want to reserve one half for a regular loaf of bread, you can also sprinkle the raisins on top of the cinnamon mixture after the first rise.) You can also use chopped apples for Apple-Cinnamon Rolls.
Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
Make it sourdough! Learn how to convert any Grandmother Bread recipe to sourdough here.
Caramel-Pecan Rolls
Heat and stir 2/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 2 tablespoons light corn syrup in a small pan. Pour into baking pan and sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped pecans. Brush dough with 3 tablespoons melted butter. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle sugar/cinnamon mixture over dough. Roll up and place slices in pan on top of pecans and brown sugar/syrup mixture. After baking, invert rolls onto a serving platter or aluminum foil-covered baking sheet etc to serve.
Any Jam Rolls
Instead of brushing dough with butter and sprinkling with sugar and cinnamon, spread dough with homemade jam or apple butter! (It will take an 8-ounce jam jar.)
I love your Grandmother Bread ideas and this one comes from Jessica at Homemade with Love!
Jessica’s Incredible Ooey-Gooey Orange Rolls (from Grandmother Bread)
For the filling, spread a combination of 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons butter (softened), 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 teaspoons orange juice, and 1 teaspoon orange extract or orange peel. For an orange glaze on top, stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons orange juice, and 1/4 teaspoon orange extract or orange peel.
See Jessica’s full instructions and photos here.
Have you baked up something yummy and creative with Grandmother Bread? If you have, let me know about it!
See All My Recipes
Printer-Friendly
Big hugs to you…without power..youare a trooper!! Love the flashlight and the homemade face scrub is awesome!! - 
2:13
am
Thanks for sharing what looks like a terrific recipe!
3:45
am
at this rate i will never fit in any bathingsuit……..
hugs
gwen
4:14
am
4:18
am
Wonderful idea for an overnight rise!! Whudda thunk! LOL!! You, of course!!
I have used GMa Bread for EVERYTHING that requires a bread dough…. Cinnamon Rolls, Garlic Bread, I’ve also used a big round casserole dish as my pan so I would have huge pieces to make French Toast the old fashioned way…
5:01
am
5:08
am
5:55
am
6:21
am
6:26
am
7:03
am
7:05
am
7:05
am
7:37
am
7:38
am
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
PS In case you wanna, you can also put the dough in the refrig overnight for the first rise, then do the roll out and fill the next morning. The only advantage I can see for doing it that way is that by the time you handle the dough and get it into the pan it will have come back to room temp before putting it into the oven. But, then you have to clean up the counter! Sounds better to me to have that all done the night before!
YUMMY!!!
8:18
am
I am definitely trying this recipe!
8:28
am
Love the picture of Honey the wether trying to decide whether to go out in the rain!!!
9:22
am
9:42
am
9:43
am
11:34
am
12:15
pm
12:36
pm
1:03
pm
1:11
pm
They will be appreciated and made with love. Thanks Suzeanne!
1:18
pm
1:21
pm
instead of the cinnamon and sugar filling, you would sub that for butter (although i would probably add some cinnamon as well) and then create a sugar, milk, and vanilla concoction (i’ll bet an egg yolk or two in that would be nice as well) to pour over the rolls prior to baking. so it’s like a cinnamon roll and bread pudding love child.
how could that be wrong????
1:24
pm
2:34
pm
~Jenny~
2:37
pm
4:05
pm
butter rolls vs. bathing suit.
butter rolls… bathing suit.
what is a girl to do???!!????!!!!
7:37
pm
11:37
am
Is there anyway that you could make printable recipe cards for your recipes?
4:17
pm
10:37
am
JO
4:56
pm
10:43
pm
12:02
am
I think I will try brown sugar … this recipe is really similar to what my mom used to make…. and adding in raisins too!!
7:26
pm
Thank you!
7:27
pm