Description
Indulge in the heavenly aroma of freshly baked cinnamon rolls with this recipe that guarantees the best results every time. Soft and fluffy dough swirled with a sweet cinnamon sugar filling, topped with a rich cream cheese icing.
Ingredients
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Dough:
- 1 1/3 cup whole milk (320g)
- 4 teaspoons active dry yeast (or instant yeast)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (100g)
- 5 cups all purpose flour (650g)
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (113g)
Filling:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (113g)
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed (200g)
- 2 tablespoon cinnamon powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Assembly & baking:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (120g), room temp
Cream Cheese Icing:
- 4 oz cream cheese, room temperature (113g)
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (56g)
- 1/4 cup heavy cream (60g)
- 1 cup icing sugar (100g)
Instructions
- Prepare the dough: Warm milk, combine with yeast and sugar, mix in flour, eggs, salt, and butter. Knead until smooth, let rise.
- Make the filling: Mix butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt until smooth.
- Assembly: Roll out dough, spread filling, roll up, cut into rolls, place in pan, let rise.
- Baking: Brush with cream, bake until golden.
- Prepare icing: Beat cream cheese, butter, cream, and icing sugar until smooth. Spread on warm rolls.
Notes
- You can add chopped nuts or raisins to the filling for extra texture.
- For a shortcut, you can use store-bought refrigerated dough instead of making your own.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 250 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 50 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg