Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls
The best make-at-home Cinnabon cinnamon roll recipe out there, from But First, Cookies!
Ingredients
Dough
- 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 1 cup milk warm
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup butter unsalted
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 cups flour all purpose
Filling
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, softened
Icing
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, softened
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1/4 cup cream cheese softened
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Combine the yeast and warm (not boiling hot) milk and allow to sit 5 minutes, or until creamy. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Add in the eggs and salt. Mix well.
- Add 2 cups of flower to the butter mixture, and mix with the dough hook attachment of your mixer. Pour in the milk/yeast, mix again, and then add in the final two cups of flour. Continue to mix until well combined (the dough will be sticky).
- Scrape the dough into a clean, lightly oiled bowl, cover with a damp towel and put in a warm place to rise for about 1 hour.
- Make the roll filling by mixing together the brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
- Roll out your dough on a floured surface. Make a rectangle shape, about 18" long and 12" high. You can square off your edges with a pizza cutter if it helps you get the correct shape. Spread the butter across the rolled out dough and then press the cinnamon/sugar mixture into the butter.
- Roll up your dough. You can either roll it from the top or from the side. I like to roll across the dough because it gives you more cinnamon layers, but either way is fine.
- Cut the rolled up dough into 12 even sections and place in a 9" by 13" baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and allow to rise another 45 minutes. (If you are making the rolls the day before, at this point you should place the covered dish in the fridge rather than allowing the rolls to rise the second time.)
- While the rolls rise in the dish, heat your oven to 350. Bake 25 minutes or until the rolls are lightly browned on the top.
- As the rolls cool, combine the powdered sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla and salt in a bowl. Ice the rolls individually after they are cut from the baking dish.