Bread-in-a-Bag Cinnamon Rolls

Bread-in-a-Bag can be turned into a white or flavored bread loaf, breadsticks, or these sweet cinnamon rolls.

Ingredients

Bread-in-a-Bag:

  • 1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
  • 1 package rapid rise yeast (or 2 1/2 teaspoons)
  • 3 Tablespoons sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup hot water (125-130°F)
  • 3 Tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (approximate)
  • Nonstick spray

Cinnamon Rolls:

  • 2 Tablespoons margarine (melted)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar (or 1/4 cup brown and 1/4 cup white sugar)
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup raisins or chopped nuts (optional)

Icing (optional):

  • 2-3 cups powder sugar
  • 1/8 – 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Resealable plastic bag or bowl

 

Directions 

Bread-in-a-Bag:

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water.
  2. Combine whole-wheat flour, yeast, sugar, dry milk powder, and salt in a 1 gallon heavy-duty freezer bag with a zipper lock. Squeeze upper part of bag to force out air. Shake and work bag with fingers to blend ingredients.
  3. Add hot water and oil to the bag and reseal it. Mix by working bag with fingers. 
  4. Gradually add enough all-purpose flour to the bag to make a stiff dough that pulls away from the bag. 
  5. Place dough on a floured surface. Knead 2-4 minutes until smooth and elastic.
  6. Cover dough and let it rest for 10 minutes. [end here for cinnamon rolls]
  7. Roll out dough into a rectangle 12×7-inch. Roll up from the short end, pinch to seal and place in a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan coated with nonstick spray. Let rise 20-25 minutes or until double in size.
  8. Preheat oven to 375°F. 
  9. Bake at 375°F for 30-35 minutes or until brown.

Cinnamon Rolls:

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water.
  2. After rolling dough into a 12″ x 7-inch rectangle in step 6, spread with margarine.
  3. Sprinkle on cinnamon-sugar mixture. Add raisins or chopped nuts, if desired.
  4. Roll up dough from the long end and seal edges.
  5. Cut into 1-inch slices to make 12 rolls.
  6. Place in an 9″ x 13-inch baking dish coated with non-stick spray.
  7. Cover and let rise 20-30 minutes.
  8. Bake at 375°F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from dish. Cover with icing, if desired.

Icing:

  1. Add 2-3 cups powdered sugar to bag (or bowl). More powdered sugar adds thickness to the icing.
  2. Add vanilla and about 1/8 cup water.
  3. Close the bag and squeeze at the top to reduce air. Massage the bag until no powdered sugar is visible and an icing has formed. (About 2-4 minutes.) If using a bowl, carefully stir ingredients until well blended and thick. Add water a little at a time if mixture is too thick.
  4. After cinnamon rolls are completely cooled, cut a corner of the icing bag. Drizzle icing over cinnamon rolls. If using a bowl, scoop icing with a spoon and spread over rolls.

 

Makes 12 servings

 

*Note: Nutrition Food Label is for Bread-in-a-Bag Cinnamon Roll variety only and does not include icing ingredients.

Nutrition Food Label

* The Cent$ible Nutrition Program is funded by USDA SNAP-Ed and EFNEP. SNAP-Ed assists individuals and families who receive, or are eligible to receive, benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). EFNEP assists families and youth with limited resources  in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets and contributes to their personal development and the improvement of total family diet and nutritional welfare. Visit our income-qualification page to learn more. 

This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. This material was funded by USDA’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program-EFNEP. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Issued in furtherance of extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kelly Crane, Director, University of Wyoming Extension, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming Extension, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071.

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