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Easy Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Easy Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Big, fluffy, soft, chewy and best of all easy!

Servings 12 Rolls

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1 cup warm milk about 110 degrees
  • 2 eggs room temp
  • 1/3 butter softened
  • 3 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar 1 TBS reserved
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

Filling

  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup butter softened

Frosting

  • 2 oz cream cheese softened
  • 3 TBS butter softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Combine warm milk with your reserved sugar and yeast. Allow to sit for 10 minutes or until mixture is nice and foamy.
  2. Add in 1/3 cup softened butter, eggs, and salt and remaining sugar. Mix for about a minute. Next, add in your flour one cup at a time while mixing. Knead with dough hook until dough comes together and cleans the sides of the bowl. You may need slightly more or less flour depending on where you live and the temperature in your kitchen or outside. Allow to rise for one hour. It should double in size. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.

  3. Turn the dough out on a floured surface and allow to rest for 10 minutes, covered with plastic wrap or a towel. Roll your dough out into a 16x20 rectangle. Spread the dough with 1/4 cup of softened butter and top with cinnamon sugar mixture. Roll up, starting at the long end and then cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls into an oiled 9x13 inch pan and allow to rise covered for one hour.

  4. To make the frosting. Combine powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, cream cheese and vanilla. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Frost while warm. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

You may use all bread flour or half bread flour and half all purpose flour. I like the balance of chewiness I get from using about a 3/4 ratio with his recipe. I wouldn't recommend using 100% all purpose flour here. Your rolls will come out more bready and less chewy.