Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Filling:
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• For decoration (optional):
• Powdered-sugar icing: 1 cup icing sugar + 2 tablespoons milk
• or
• Chocolate sauce
• This easy and tasty recipe was shared by a friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin El Yom:
• Salam Hajjazi (Umm Hadi)
• Click Salam’s name to visit her page on our site.
• For more kid-loved sweets and treats try this link: Cupcake recipe
• To make homemade chocolate sauce see: Chocolate sauce

Method

1. First, mix the dough ingredients together, add the water gradually, and knead until you have a cohesive, soft dough.
2. Let the dough rise; it must rise well for the recipe to succeed.
3. After it has risen, roll the dough into a rectangle and spread the filling ingredients over it — spread the butter and sprinkle cinnamon, sugar, and cocoa on top.
4. Roll the cinnamon roll dough into a log and seal the edges well.
5. Cut the log into equal pieces and place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper; let them rest and rise again.
6. Meanwhile, preheat the oven, then bake the cinnamon rolls at 180°C for only 10 minutes.
7. Remove the cinnamon rolls from the oven and immediately pour over powdered-sugar icing or chocolate sauce.
8. Salam Hijazi (Umm Hadi)
9. For more delicious desserts that kids love, here is this link: How to make cupcakes
10. To make chocolate sauce at home, here is this link: Chocolate sauce