Anna's Cinnamon Caramel Rolls (bread Machine)

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast (or 1 packet)
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups bread flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 cup shortening, melted
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon (approx)
• 1/3 cup sugar (approx)
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened (approx)
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 dough.
• 2 put the yeast in a measuring cup and add warm (yeast appropriate) water to the 1/4 cup line. add to the bread machine.
• 3 slightly stir eggs so that yolks and whites are mixed. add to the bread machine.
• 4 add the remaining dough ingredients to the bread machine in the order listed above.
• 5 if you bread machine has a "dough" setting, use that. if not, run your machine through the first cycle. my machine beeps at the end of the first cycle, but i also have a dough option.
• 6 filling.
• 7 when the dough is ready, remove it from the machine and put it on a floured board. using your hands, spread the dough evenly to approximately to a 15" x 8" rectangle.
• 8 spread the butter over the dough and sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon evenly over that. the quantities for the filling are approximate, so feel free to play.
• 9 starting on the long side, roll the dough up and cut it into 12 pieces.
• 10 topping.
• 11 in the bottom of a 9" x 13" pan, mix butter, brown sugar, syrup and pecans (again, the quantities are approximate, so feel free to increase or decrease). add the 12 rolls.
• 12 cover the rolls with a clean towel and put the pan in a warm place to rise.
• 13 let the rolls rise until they're up to the top of the pan (can take up to an hour).
• 14 remove and bake in a 350 oven for 30 minutes.