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Caramel Rolls
Delicious caramel rolls that are perfect for a sweet treat.
Estimated times
- Prep
- 20 minutes
- Cook
- 25 minutes
- Stand
- 10 minutes
- Total
- 55 minutes
- Serving size / yield
- 12 rolls (assumed for nutrition)
Caramel
Ingredients
- 2 cups vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2-3 cups brown sugar, to taste (more = darker caramel)
Instructions
- On medium heat, heat heavy whipping cream in a medium saucepan
- As cream gets warm, add butter, stirring until melted
- Whisk in dark brown sugar, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved and brought to a soft boil
- Turn to simmer and allow to thicken
- If for caramel rolls - remove from heat before soft candy stage
Basic Roll Dough
Ingredients
- 3 to 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (unsifted)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 3 tbsp butter, softened
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- In large mixing bowl, combine 1 cup of flour with dry yeast, salt and sugar.
- In saucepan, heat milk and butter until very warm (120 to 130 degrees)
- Add to flour mixture along with egg.
- With mixer or beater, beat 2 minutes.
- By hand, stir in remaining 2 to 2 1/4 cups flour to form a stiff dough.
- Cover and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 1/4 hours.
- Turn out on floured surface.
- Toss to coat well with flour.
- Knead a few times or until no longer sticky.
- Make into rolls or caramel rolls. (about 1 to 2 inch slices
To Bake
Ingredients
- cinnamon
- sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- pour caramel sauce into sheet pan and spread evenly, allow to cool.
- Sprinkle rolls with cinnamon and sugar, and place on top of caramel sauce.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool
Tips
Instructions
- You can use frozen bread dough, let it thaw and then roll it out, spread your button over the rolled out dough. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar and cut into 1 to 2 inch slices. Place in the cooled caramel sauce and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Nutrition facts
- Serving size
- 1/12 of the batch (one roll if cut into 12)
- Calories
- 480
- Total fat
- 15.8 g
- Saturated fat
- 9.7 g
- Cholesterol
- 60 mg
- Sodium
- 245 mg
- Total carbohydrate
- 79.8 g
- Dietary fiber
- 1.1 g
- Total sugars
- 55 g
- Protein
- 5.9 g
Estimated using generic USDA FoodData Central ingredient profiles and specified label proxies; not laboratory tested. Assumes 12 equal rolls, 3⅛ cups flour (375 g), 2½ packed cups brown sugar (550 g), whole milk, 2 cups vanilla ice cream (264 g), and all caramel eaten. Includes ice cream because it is listed as an ingredient even though the instructions do not specify when to add it. Excludes unmeasured cinnamon/sugar topping and extra rolling butter or flour. Actual roll count, 2–3-cup sugar range, and leftover caramel can substantially change values.