Cinnamon Rolls!

No Knead Cinnamon Buns, recipe courtesy of the Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog. 

The Dough: 

• 1 3/4 cup warm water
• 1 1/2 tablespoons instant yeast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 4 large farm fresh eggs
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 7 cups all purpose flour (I used 6 cups of unbleached white wheat and 1 cup of whole wheat)

1. In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, water, honey, melted butter, yeast and salt.
2. Stir well with a wooden spoon.
3. Add the flour and stir well.
4. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. 
5. Take the dough out of the fridge and cream together your filling ingredients.

The Filling:

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon (I used A LOT!! More like 1 1/2 tbl)
• 2 teaspoons maple flavoring (I used real maple syrup)

Cream together well. Roll the dough out, spread the filling on and roll up and slice with a serrated knife. 

Let buns rise about an hour... or until nice and puffy. Preheat your oven to 375. Bake till golden brown (about 20-22 minutes for me).

This made 3 dozen for me. So, I put half of them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and put them in the freezer, where I let them freeze and then put them in a ziploc bag. To use from freezer, let thaw at room temperature and then bake them. 

I made an icing of confectionary sugar, milk and vanilla extract. 

The end product (the cinnamon rolls and "Bean"):