Dorothy Moore's Cinnamon Rolls!

YES!

Eat your hearts out, people!!!

I have the inside track on Dorothy Moore's Cinnamon Rolls and they're melt-in-your-mouth. What you probably don't know and the reason I messed up this blog with the wrong name, is that Dorothy is Mary Connealy's mother.

And she's wonderful. Beyond words. Delightful. And her cinnamon rolls???

Oh my stars!!!!!!!

DELICIOUS!!!!

Here she is:  (Yes, I finally got the picture to load properly!)

I had the pleasure... and honor... of meeting Mary's mother recently and:

A.: I fell in love with her.

B. Mary's good looks clearly come from her beautiful mother.

C. She loves to bake and so do I!!!

D. We could have talked for hours. Literally!

So here they are, a wonderful recipe and a little different from any cinnamon roll I've ever had, but wonderfully delicious...

Dorothy Connealy’s Cinnamon Rolls

3 cups flour

½  cup sugar

1 egg

3 tsp. yeast

½ teaspoon salt

Mix dry ingredients together. Add egg and water (about a cup) and blend/knead to bread dough consistency. Let rise in warm place until nearly doubled.

Punch down dough. Roll out into a thin, large rectangle. Spread with butter. Sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon evenly across dough. Now Dorothy is my kind of gal, she doesn't really measure the butter or brown sugar, you know?

She spreads one... then sprinkles the other. So just do it until it looks good. A smearing of butter, topped with brown sugar, then sprinkled liberally with cinnamon.

 Roll up, starting from l-o-n-g side, into a roll. Slice into ¾ -1” slices. Place slices close together (not touching) in prepared pan (15 x 10, maybe?) Prepare the pan by melting a stick of butter in bottom of baking dish. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. (You can see this is getting to be a habit, right? The brown sugar/cinnamon/butter thing?)  Proof in a warm (150 degree) oven for 15-20 minutes.

  

Bake rolls in 325 or 350 degree oven for eleven minutes. Turn pan upside down onto dish  big enough to hold the rolls and glaze.

Serve warm.

You will get pics if I can figure out how to get them off my phone! I've got a great one of Dorothy... and the rolls! Before I ate them all!