Kristi's Awesome Cinnamon Rolls

This recipe is a combination of several recipes from Allrecipes.com.  I served these at Timon's Baptism and am now making them again for our December Freezer group sway 2011.

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1/3 cup margarine, melted
• 4 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
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• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup butter, softened (can be melted too)
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• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

OR

Maple Frosting: 

4 T butter, softened

5 C powdered sugar

3 T maple syrup
1 t vanilla

dash of salt
1/4-1/3 C milk

Directions

1. Place milk and yeast ingredients in mixer.  Add melted margarine/butter, eggs, salt, and sugar.  Using kneading hook add flour until dough pulls away from the sides.  
2. Set dough in a greased bowl under over light, covered for 1 hour.
3. After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
4. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter (I never use this much and always have left overs) and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan.
5. Freezer version - place the rolls onto a parchment paper in the freezer.  Once hard freeze in airtight container for up to 3 months. To thaw - put in fridge for 24 hours.  Then bring to room temp on the countertop (covered with a cloth) until 1/2 again or doubled in size.
6.  Back to non-freezer version: Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
7. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.