Cinnamon Rolls with Pecan Caramel Sauce or Monkey Bread

Mom

Makes: 24

Ingredients:

2 pkg. Yeast

1/2 Cup Warm Water
2 Cup Lukewarm Milk
1/3 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil or Shortening
3 tsp. Baking Powder
2 tsp. Salt
1 Egg
5-6 Cup Flour
4 Tbsp. Butter
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Tbsp. + 1 tsp. Cinnamon

Directions:
Dissolve yeast in water, stir in milk, add 2-3 cups of flour.
Beat until smooth.
Mix in remaining flour.
Knead, let rise until double.
Grease (2) 9x13x2 pans

Caramel Pecan Sauce - for (1) 9x13 pan
Melt 1 Cup of brown sugar and 1/2 Cup of butter
Remove from heat
Stir 2 Tbsp. of Corn Syrup
Pour in pans and sprinkle 1/2 Cup of Pecans per pan.

Divide dough in 1/2, Roll out, spread with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar, Roll up, Cut into 12 slices & place in pans.
Refrigerate 12-48 hours.

Take pans out of refrigerator while oven is preheating. If they need to rise longer, let them.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Bake 30-35 minutes

**To turn this into monkey bread, follow the recipe through letting the dough rise. After it has risen, roll into 1-inch balls (you can roll the dough out, cut into 1" squares, then roll them if you want) and roll them in cinnamon & sugar. Place in a very well-greased bundt pan, and allow to rise another 15 or so minutes.

While the monkey bread is rising in the pan, preheat oven to 350 and make the caramel pecan sauce.

When the dough has risen sufficiently, pour the slightly cooled sauce over the dough balls and place in oven to bake. *Place on a cookie sheet to cake drips if it bubbles over.* If it starts becoming too brown before it is completely baked, cover loosely with foil.

*Normal rolls bake for 30-35 minutes, but these could take up to 50 minutes because it is so thick.*