PEANUT BUTTER CINNAMON ROLLS

I’ve started doing workout classes at the gym again. They really are the best way for me to stay motivated, and I really like classes unless my instructor is trying to kill me.
So, anyway, there I am at Belly, Butt, and Thighs, jumping around, doing squats, plank, and other general unpleasantness, when I catch site of myself in the mirror.

“Hmmm…,” I thought to myself. “I wonder why they put funhouse mirrors in the gym classroom?”
You know, funhouse mirrors? The kind that make you seem squat and fat in the middle when you’re really not?
For a fleeting instant I seriously thought it was a funhouse mirror. Then my hopes were dashed and I realized, no, that’s really old apple-shaped me in the mirror, jumping and jiggling to the dance-mix of Thrift Shop.

I must eat more pears. Or string beans. That would solve my apple problem, right? No?
Okay, I’ll make cinnamon rolls instead. More fun, and they taste way better. Plus, the gym instructors get paid more when people eat Peanut Butter Cinnamon Rolls. More cinnamon rolls = more people needing to workout = more money for the gym.

So since it’s perfectly okay for me to make these, let’s talk about them. They. Are. The. BOMB.
It’s like eating a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, with chocolate, all hot and melty. But the peanut butter tastes like a peanut butter cup.

Ingredients
For the Dough:

• 1 package active dry yeast about 2 1/4 teaspoons
• 3/4 cup warm non-fat milk heated to about 120 degrees, about 30-45 seconds in the microwave
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter softened
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
• Paddle attachment & dough hook for your mixer

For the Filling:

• 2/3 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips

For the Frosting (not pictured, see note)

• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 4 tablespoons butter softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Make the Dough:
2. Place milk in a microwave safe measuring cup. Heat for 30-45 seconds in the microwave, until it’s about 120 degrees. Add yeast and stir. Let it sit for a few minutes.
3. Place sugar, butter, salt, and egg in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
4. .............................................

for full instruction please see : www.crazyforcrust.com

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