Med Student Cinnamon Rolls

One morning I was at work when thee most delicious cinnamon rolls I had ever seen arrived. They were uniformly perfect. Who made these AMAZING cinnamon rolls??

"I did" piped up a med student.

"No. No you didn't" answered snotty me. (honestly these were bakery quality, NOT Rhoades.)

"ya, I did"

"You mean your wife did?" I insisted. (What a dork I thought. Does he really think that I would believe that he made these.)

"Really. I made them."

"SO, where did you buy them?" I asked again, not backing down. (I make cinnamon rolls A LOT. I have tried lots of recipes, and although most turn out good these were stop the car fantastic.)

"Seriously I made them."

After asking at least 5 more times, (and was told by a co-worker I was being rude) I conceded. "Can I have the recipe?"

And so here it is: in his own words

MED STUDENT CINNAMON ROLLS

4 eggs

2 1/2 c warm water

3/4 c sugar

2 tbs yeast

1 c semi-melted butter

ADD and mix, then knead:

7 1/2 c flour

2 tsp salt

let rise 20 minutes

roll out into a rectangle

pour on about 1/2 c butter

spread on brown sugar/cinnamon mix :cinnamon such that it tastes like it is almost too much)make it uniform and more that you would think. (I used 1 c brown sugar and 2 Tbs cinnamon)

roll into whatever size roll you desire. (He would make 16-24 rolls I made 30)

let rise about 25 minutes

bake these at 350 for about 14-17 minutes

let them cool about 5 minutes before frosting and frost such that they are completely covered so they don't dry out.

general frosting idear

soften 1/4 c butter and 2 Tbs cream cheese until both are nice and soft, mix together

add in about 3 tbs of milk and 1 tsp of vanilla, mix like crazy

add in enough powdered sugar to make it about as thick as good cake frosting

P.S. spend the extra $.75 and get the good butter, it really makes a difference with these.

P. P.S. turns out the med student used to work in a bakery