Yummy Cinnamon Roll Bites

The great thing about these is they can be made overnight too. I got a} craving for them the other day at like 10 pm, so I whipped up the dough {which takes like ten minutes tops and just stuck it in the fridge overnight. Then you just make them like normal in the morning. This way you don't have much waiting around to do if you're making them for breakfast! {Which I highly suggest doing. These babies will put anyone in a good mood right off the bat.}

Ingredients:

Dough:

• 1 & 1/2 cups hot water {as hot as you can get it out of the tap - not boiling.}
• 1 Tbsp. active dry yeast
• 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
• 3 & 1/2 to 4 cups bread flour {you can use all-purpose flour as well}
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 cup {1 stick} salted butter, melted

Icing:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2-3 Tbsp. milk
• 2 Tbsp. butter, melted
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine water, yeast and sugar and let sit until frothy. {about 5 minutes}
2. Add the salt and vegetable oil and mix well.
3. In a large bowl, yeast mixture and about 2 cups of flour.
4. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough starts to pull away from sides and is no longer sticky.
5. Turn out dough onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
6. Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. 
7. Let rise for one hour, until doubled in size. {Or if you're doing this the night before, just place it in the refrigerator and go to bed.}
8. Preheat oven to 375°F.
9. Punch down dough and knead on a floured surface until smooth again; set aside.
10. In a small bowl, combine sugars and cinnamon.
11. Place butter in another small bowl.
12. Rip off small pieces of dough {I used like a quarter size} and roll into a ball.
13. Dip the ball in the butter and then roll it around in the sugar mixture; place on a cookie sheet.
14. Repeat steps 12 & 13 until you fill your cookie sheet up and then bake for 10-12 minutes.
15. Do this until all the dough is gone.
16. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla until smooth. 
17. Use a spoon to drizzle your frosting over the cinnamon roll bites.
18. Serve warm.