Holiday Cinnamon Rolls

Here's our family's favorite holiday breakfast. We're starting off our Thanksgiving festivities early this week with a breakfast feast (and Snoopy Thanksgiving Special, thanks for the movie Auntie Wendy and Uncle Joe!)

These CINNAMON ROLLS are wonderful!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup water
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup warm milk
1 egg, room temperature
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 cups flour
1 package active dry yeast

**Combine all ingredients, knead till a dough ball
**Let rise for 45 minutes, knead and let rise again for 20 mins or so
**Or you can add all the above ingredients and place in a bread machine if you have one and set to "dough cycle" -- I've never done this
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**Prepare pecan mixture (I always have lots left over so you can probably cut this in half):
1 cup brown sugar
4 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 cup chopped pecans

**take 1/2 the dough and roll out on a floured surface into a rectangle about 6 inches by 10 inches (1/2 inch thick or so).  Spread some
softened butter and then sprinkle on some pecan mixture.  Roll the dough from the long side and slice into 3/4 inch slices.  Place in buttered
a 9X13 pan.
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**Preheat oven to 350 (170 Celsius)

**Bake for 15-20 minutes
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Frosting:

1/2 package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered (confectioners') sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoon milk

**Mix together and spread on top of cinnamon rolls.