Quick Cinnamon Rolls

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 400.
2. 2
   Mix together sugar, flour, baking powder and salt.
3. 3
   Using a pastry knife, cut in the 1/4 cup butter until mixture is crumbly.
4. 4
   Make a well in the centre.
5. 5
   Pour milk into the well and stir to form a soft dough, adding a little more milk if needed.
6. 6
   Place dough on a floured surface and kneed about 9 times.
7. 7
   Roll into a 6-8 inch log then using a rolling pin, roll out into a rectangle about 1/3 inch thick and 12 to 14 inches long and about 6 to 8 inches wide.
8. 8
   Cream the last 1/3 cup butter, with the brown sugar and cinnamon.
9. 9
   Thinly spread 1/2 to 3/4 of the mixture onto the dough and then either using muffin tins or a non-stick cake pan, drop teaspoons of remaining sugar mixture into the bottom.
10. 10
    Roll the dough, jelly-roll style against the short width so that you have a long log.
11. 11
    Cut into 12 to 14 equal pieces.
12. 12
    Either place the 12 pieces, cut side down into the muffin tins or line them up in two the 8 inch nonstick cake pans so that there is at least a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch gap in between the rolls (allows them to expand).
13. 13
    Bake at 400 F for about 20 minutes.
14. 14
    When you pull the cinnamon rolls out of the oven, Immediately turn pan upside-down onto a plate and allow the hot sugar & cinnamon mixture to drip over the muffins.
15. 15
    Allow to cool slightly before serving.