Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls – Guest Post from Heather’s French Press

Cinnamon rolls, a Christmas classic in my book, and chocolate combine to create a new holiday sweet roll favorite. No holiday brunch or Christmas morning breakfast should be complete without Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls.

The Twelve Guest Posts & Roundups of Christmas continues with this fabulous recipe from my friend Heather! Make sure you also head over to Heather’s French Press to enter our amazing giveaway for a $200 Amazon Gift Card and your choice of cookbooks!

Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls

I am so happy to be sharing this recipe with you today. I have been a follower of Brianne’s for SO long. I think it’s the name Cupcakes and Kale Chips that got my attention first. I happen to love both cupcakes and kale chips, and I LOVE all the great recipes she shares.

When Brianne asked for some help during the holidays I jumped at the chance. The holidays are CRAZY for us all, I could not imaging adding a BIG move into the mix.

SO anyways here I am for Cupcakes and Kale Chips The Twelve Guest Posts & Roundups of Christmas Giveaway , and I am sharing a new family holiday favorite, Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls. We LOVE cinnamon rolls, and I make them as often
as I can, even more so during holiday time. They have been our go-to neighbor gift for years.

This year to jazz things up a bit, I added chocolate to the cinnamon and brown sugar filling. Chocolate and cinnamon
is a terrific combo in case you were wondering. I add cinnamon to my hot chocolate mix all the time. My daughter was a bit skeptical at first, but then she took a bite, and she has not stopped eating since. I see MANY pans of chocolate cinnamon rolls in my Christmas baking future.

I thought that the filling was sweet enough, so I skipped the classic cinnamon roll glaze, but if you want to add
it, go for it. I don’t think anyone would complain one bit.

However you are celebrating this holiday season, Enjoy!

Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls

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Cinnamon rolls and chocolate combine to create a new holiday sweet roll favorite. No holiday brunch or Christmas morning breakfast should be complete without Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls.
Author: Heather @ Heather's French Press Serves: 12 rolls
Ingredients For the Dough:

½ cup of milk
4 Tablespoons butter
1 envelope of active dry yeast, I always use Red Star
¼ cup sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon salt
2 - 2½ cups flour

Filling:

½ cup brown sugar
3 Tablespoons cinnamon
8 ounces of good quality chocolate, roughly chopped

Instructions

Heat the milk, butter, and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat until the butter melts allow to cool to about 110 degrees
Sprinkle on the yeast, and let rest 5 minutes
In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the milk, egg, salt and 1½ cups of flour
Switch to the dough hook, add reaming flour just a little at a time until you have a smooth ball of dough {not too sticky} - the dough should easily pull away from the sides of the bowl
on a lightly floured surface, roll into a ball, place in a greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled {about 1½ - 2 hours}
Roll the risen dough into a rectangle (short end should be about 12 inches - and roll as long as possible to create more swirl layers)
sprinkle on the brown sugar and cinnamon, and top with chocolate
beginning with the short side closest to you, roll up as tightly as you can, and pinch the seams to close
cut into 12 rolls
place rolls cut side up into your baking pan (I love using muffins tins to keep them round, but any baking pan will work)
cover and let rise at least 30 minutes
when the rolls have risen, pre-heat the oven to 350°
bake 20 - 30 minutes

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