Cinnabon Clones!

I searched through many Cinnabon clone recipes and decided this one seemed like the best. There were literally about 350 reviews on it and they were all raving about how moist and yummy and exactly-like-the-real-thing they were. I made them the other day and thought they were pretty good but I need to figure out a way to make them more.....gooey? Anyway, this is the recipe with a couple modifications that I made after taking tips from all the reviews.

Ingredients:

1 package dry active yeast (2 1/4 tsp)

1 cup warm milk

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup butter

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

4 cups all purpose flour

Filling:

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 1/2 tbsp cinnamon powder

1/3 cup butter, softened

Icing:

8 tbsp butter, softened

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup cream cheese, softened

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/8 tsp salt

Mix the yeast into the warm milk. In a big bowl, combine the sugar, salt, eggs, butter, flour and yeast and mix well to form the dough. If you think it's way too sticky, add a little bit of flour at a time while mixing. Knead the dough for a few minutes, put in a big bowl and cover with a towel and set aside to rise. I put mine in the oven after turning it on for a bit and sticking a bowl of water in there and then turning it off. I left mine in there for a couple hrs to rise. It should be double its original size.

Roll the dough out on a floured surface until its about 20 inches by 16 inches. It should be about 1/4 inch thick. Spread the softened butter over the entire surface of the dough and then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the butter. If you want you can add crushed pecans here too. Carefully roll up the dough from the long end. Cut the dough into about 1 inch to 1 1/2 inch thick rounds. Some people said they used string or floss. I just used a serrated knife and didn't press down very hard in order to maintain the round shape. Place in a lightly greased baking dish. At this point, some people had let the rolls rise again before baking them, but I was growing impatient so I just baked them at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.

To make the icing, combine all the ingredients and mix with electric mixer until fluffy. Ice and enjoy. You can also add more pecans on top when finished.