Apple Cinnamon Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For Apple Filling
2 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped
2 tablespoons flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
For Rolls
5 - 5 1/2 cups flour, divided
1/2 cup sugar
2 (1/4 ounce) packages quick-rising yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
3 large eggs
For Cinnamon-Sugar topping
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Preparation

To prepare apple filling:
In medium saucepan, combine apples, flour sugar and butter.
Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
Cook 3 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium low and cook 10 minutes, stirring constantly until thick.
Stir in cinnamon and nutmeg.
Cool completely.
While filling cools, prepare dough.
In a large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, sugar, undissolved yeast and salt.
Heat 1/2 cup water with milk and butter until very warm (120-130\u00b0F).
Gradually add to dry ingredients.
Beat 2 minutes at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally.
Add eggs and 1 cup flour; beat 2 minutes at high speed, scraping bowl occasionally.
Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
Knead dough on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, 8-10 minutes.
Cover and let rest 10 minutes.
Divide dough into 2 equal parts.
Roll each part into a 12x8 inch rectangle.
Spread cooled apple filling evenly over dough.
Beginning at long end of each rectangle, roll up dough as tightly as you would for a jelly roll.
Pinch seams to seal.
Cut each roll into 12 equal pieces.
Place, cut sides up, in two greased 9 inch round pans.
Cover and let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
While dough is rising, prepare cinnamon-sugar topping.
Stir together sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg until well blended.
After dough has doubled in size, sprinkle rolls with cinnamon-sugar topping.
Bake in 375\u00b0F oven for 25-30 minutes or until done,.
Remove from pan, serve warm.