Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls – Melva’s

Ingredients: 3/4 C.            Warm water 1 pkg.            Yeast 1/4 C.            Shortening 1/4 C.            Sugar 1                   Egg 1/3 C.            Cocoa 2 1/4 C.         Flour 1 tbsp            Soft butter 1 1/2 tsp.      Cinnamon 3 tbsp.           Sugar Some               Nuts

Instructions          :     In mixer bowel, dissolver yeast in warm water. Add shortening, sugar, egg, coconut & 1 C. flour. Beat 2 min.  med. Speed. Scrape sides & bottom of bowel. Stir I remaining flour: blend well. Scrape sides of bowel. Cover with cloth; let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 1 hr. (if kitchen is cool, place dough on rack over bowel of hot water, cover completely with towel.) Stir down by beating 25 strokes. Turn soft dough out on well-flowered cloth-covered board.  Roll in rectangle, 12 x 9”. Spread with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Roll up beginning at wide side. Pinch edge into roll. Cut 12 pieces. Place in 9” sqr. Pan. Let rise in warm place until double, about 40 min.    Heat oven 375°. Bake 20 min. Remove from pan, frost top immediately with icing, 3/4 C. sifted confectioners sugar moistened with cream or milk to spreading consistency. Add nuts & serve warm.