Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine 2 cups of the flour and the yeast.
- In a saucepan heat and stir milk, 3 T.
- sugar, margarine and salt until warm and margarine almost melts.
- Add to flour mixture along with eggs.
- Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly.
- Beat on high speed for 3 minutes.
- Using a spoon, stir in as much remaining flour as you can.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
- Knead in enough of the remaining flour to make a moderate stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (6 to 8 minutes total).
- Shape into a ball.
- Place in a lightly greased bowl; turn once to grease surface.
- Cover and let rise in a warm place until double.
- Punch dough down.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
- Divide in half.
- Cover and let rise 10 minutes.
- Roll each half of dough into a 12 x 7 inch rectangle.
- Brush lightly with water.
- Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture over each rectangle.
- Roll up from one of the short sides.
- Seal edge and ends.
- Place, seam side down, in greased loaf pans.
- Cover and let rise until double.
- Bake in a 375 F oven for 25- 30 minutes or till done.
- Cover loosely during the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking, if necessary.
- Remove from pans; cool.