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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Rising Tim: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 12 Cinnamon Rolls
Calories: 295 kcal
Ingredients
Cinnamon Roll Dough:
1 cup whole milk warm (105 degrees F)
1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar divided
1 tablespoon Active dry yeast
2 large eggs room temperature
6 tablespoons salted butter, melted
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 to 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Sugar Filling:
1 cup brown sugar packed
2-1/2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
6 Tablespoons salted butter softened
Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese softened
1/4 cup salted butter softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/8 tsp fine sea salt
INSTRUCTIONS
Make the Cinnamon Roll Dough:
Heat milk on your stovetop until it's warm but not hot to the touch (about 105 degrees F). You can also microwave it for 45-60 seconds.
Pour milk in the bowl of your standing mixer, then add 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon yeast into the warm milk. Stir and let it sit (proof) for five minutes or until it becomes foamy.
Add 1/2 cup sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla to the mixer bowl. Use a dough hook to stir until combined.
Add 4 cups flour, salt and cinnamon and stir the dough hook, starting on low and increasing to high.
Knead dough in the standing mixer until a large ball is formed. The dough should be smooth and only slightly tacky to the touch. If the dough seems too sticky and is not forming a ball, add more flour 1 tablespoon at a time until a smooth ball is formed.
Transfer dough to a floured surface and knead with your hands until it is smooth and elastic (about 3-5 minutes). Form it into a ball.
Grease a large bowl and place the dough inside.
Cover the bowl with a warm, damp towel and put the bowl in a warm place to rise.
Let the dough rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size.
Make the filling:
While the dough is rising, make the filing. In a small bowl, combine butter, brown sugar and cinnamon until mixture is homogenous (uniform throughout). Set aside.
Alternately, you can combine the cinnamon and sugar. Then melt the butter and brush it on the rolled dough, then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on the butter-brushed dough.
Assemble Cinnamon Rolls
Sprinkle a large work surface with flour.
Gently press the gas out of the dough and form it into a rectangle.
Roll the dough into a 24x12” rectangle, about 1/4-inch thick.
Spread the filling all over the dough using greased hands or a greased spatula. This process can seem difficult but it gets easier as you spread it. (Alternately: if you only combined the cinnamon and sugar, then melt the butter and use a pastry brush to spread the melted butter all over the dough. Then sprinkle the dough with cinnamon sugar and pat it down gently to insure it sticks).
Roll up dough and cut into 12 equal sized rolls (feel free to measure and cut each roll to be 2” long).
Line a 9x13 inch glass baking dish with parchment paper and lightly grease. Then place rolls in 4 rows of three, evenly spaced.
Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
Bake Cinnamon Rolls
Once rolls are doubled in size, bake them in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 18-20 minutes. They will rise more in the oven. (NOTE: Check the center cinnamon rolls and make sure they are baked through. If your oven bakes cool or unevenly you may need to increase the baking time up to 10 minutes longer. If the top starts to brown before the center is baked, tent the baking pan with foil to prevent further browning).
Make the Cream Cheese Frosting
While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Do NOT chill the frosting. Keep it at room temperature until the cinnamon rolls are baked.
Once the cinnamon rolls have bene removed from the oven, spread the cream cheese frosting on them while they are still warm.
Let cool and serve warm.
NOTES:
To make ahead:
After the cinnamon rolls have been assembled in a baking dish, wrap tightly with plastic wrap and cover with a tea towel or aluminum foil and place them in the refrigerator.
In the morning, remove the baking dish from the refrigerator and let them come to room temperature and finish rising (this takes about 30-40 minutes).
Then bake according to recipe instructions.
To Freeze:
Assemble the cinnamon rolls in the baking pan.
tightly cover with plastic wrap and then with aluminum foil or a lid. Freeze for up to 1 month.
To bake, remove cinnamon rolls from the freezer the night before you'd like to bake them.
Let them come to room temperature and rise overnight, then bake according to the recipe instructions.
If filling "oozes out"
If you find some of the cinnamon/sugar filling at the bottom of your baking pan when you pull them out of the oven, immediately place a lid or a baking sheet over the top of the cinnamon rolls and flip them upside down (invert them). This will cause the filling to reincorporate into the rolls.
NUTRITION
Serving: 0.5 cinnamon roll / Calories: 295kcal / Carbohydrates: 44g / Protein: 4g / Fat: 12g / Saturated Fat: 7g / Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g / Monounsaturated Fat: 3g / Trans Fat: 0.3g / Cholesterol: 45mg / Sodium: 211mg / Potassium: 79mg / Fiber: 1g / Sugar: 25g / Vitamin A: 400IU / Vitamin C: 0.04mg / Calcium: 47mg / Iron: 1mg
The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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