Overnight Cinnamon Buns

After posting the picture of these I had so many requests for the recipe.  I hope you enjoy them!
this recipe was originally from Company's Coming and makes 3 DOZEN - so if you need to you can divide the dough into 3rds each one makes one dozen and use one for a dozen buns by omitting the step of adding the cinnamon sugar and butter part.

Ingredients:
Granulated Sugar     1 tsp
Warm Water             1/4 cup
Active Yeast             2-1/4 tsp (one package or 8g - I use SAF yeast available on the website

Boiling water            2 -3/4 cups
Granulated Sugar      1 cup
Butter/Margarine      1/2 cup
Salt                            1 Tbls

All purpose flour      8 Cups approximately

At about 5pm stir the first amount of sugar into the warm water in bowl - I used my kitchen aid.  Sprinkle yeast over top and stir to dissolve the yeast -  let stand 10 minutes

In the mean time pour boiling water into a large bowl.  Stir in second amount of sugar, butter and salt until the sugar is dissolved and the butter is melted.  Cool to lukewarm and then add to yeast mixture.
Beat in about 1/4 of the flour -- that's about 2 cups, then work in enough of the remaining flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.  Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top.  Cover with only a tea towel and let stand on the counter until 7:00pm
Punch dough down. Cover again and let stand again until 10:00pm.  Punch down and divide into 3 sections.  At this point you can make one of the 3rds into egg size pieces and shape into buns and arrange onto a greased baking sheets.  Cover with a tea towel and let stand on the kitchen counter until the morning.  BAKE AT 375 FOR 15-20 MINUTES.

For the CINNAMON BUNS: roll each section into a 14inch square.  Spread each square with softened butter ( I used less than 1/2 cup butter for all three sections to make 36 buns) Sprinkle with brown sugar (less than 1 cup for all three) and about 1 Tbsp per roll since we like lots of cinnamon.  The original calls for 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup brown sugar and 2 Tbsp per section! - which I am sure is decadent but way too much for me.  Roll up from long side and cut each section into 12.    I placed my buns on parchment paper on a large cookie sheet.  Cover with a tea towel and let stand on kitchen counter until morning.  BAKE AT 375 FOR 15-20 MINUTES.

Serve warm with butter or make a cream cheese icing.