Mmmmmm.....Cinnamon Rolls

Rolls

1 box vanilla cake mix
2 T. yeast
5 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
3 c. hot tap water
1 stick soft butter
cinnamon/sugar

Stir together cake mix, yeast, 2 cups flour and salt in bowl of electric mixer. Add hot tap water. Mix with mixer until spongy (about 3 minutes). Add remaining 3 cups flour, one cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Let rise until double in size (45-60 minutes). Roll out into a big circle 1/2" thick. The dough is quite sticky, so generously flour your work surface and rolling pin. Spread butter over dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and roll into a log. Cut 1" to 1 1/2" thick. Put on cookie sheet*** and let rise until double in size. Bake in preheated 350° oven for 18-23 minutes - until light brown. Frost while hot.

Icing

1/2 stick softened butter
4 oz. softened cream cheese
3 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix well.

***I made my rolls Saturday night, but baked them Sunday morning, so I stopped at this point, covered them tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerated them over night. Sunday morning, I took them out of the refrigerator and let them rise until they doubled in size and then baked them.
After Z ate hers, she walked around and asked everybody else if they were going to finish theirs, and if not, could she; maybe she could just lick their forks.