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These Homemade Cinnamon rolls with a cream cheese glaze are the best! So soft and majestic. Truly fluffy and light. Your family will fall in love with these gooey rolls. They are better than any bakery bought cinnamon rolls or Cinnabon.

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Could my cinnamon rolls compete with the world’s famous cinnabon recipe? YES, YES, YES!

I guarantee that once you try them, you will never look for any other recipe.

Homemade cinnamon rolls

CINNABON CINNAMON ROLL RECIPE

When I took them out of the oven I couldn’t believe how fluffy and perfect they were. I was so enthralled.

It took for me some time to develop the recipe for SOFT, BIG, FLUFFY cinnamon rolls. Does it sound delicious! 100% Because they are!!!

Let me tell you my story. I was always scared to bake with yeast. But a few weeks ago my son craved for cinnamon buns and I decided to give it a try.

I goggled the ingredient list, looked for recipes in recipe cookbooks and I started testing. The first batch was not Wow. I made changes. I was not satisfied with the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth batches and I made more changes. After 6 huge batches, I got my PERFECT cinnamon rolls. My son couldn’t believe there were homemade rolls.

Homemade cinnamon rolls

CINNAMON ROLLS INGREDIENTS

This goodness in cinnamon-roll form requires only 10 ingredients which most of us have on hand.

  • Milk
  • Flour
  • Eggs
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar (Personally, I prefer to use Dark brown sugar, it contains more molasses than light brown sugar and has a caramel flavor.)
  • Cinnamon powder
  • Yeast
  • Vanilla extract
  • Cream cheese
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HOW TO MAKE CINNAMON ROLLS

Make the dough >knead the dough >shape the cinnamon rolls  >rise  >bake. Sounds easy? YES!

MY QUICK AND SECRET METHOD TO RISE THE DOUGH.

I usually have my cinnamon rolls dough rise in the oven. A warm oven can help your dough rise and speed up the process.

  • Preheat your oven to about 140 degree or less.
  • Turn it off.
  • Place the dough in the center of the oven
  • Allow it to rise until doubled.

I took 30-35 for the dough to rise.

Homemade cinnamon rolls

Once your rolls are baked, glaze them. The glaze is truly amazing!

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SOFT CINNAMON ROLLS


  • Author: Chefjar
  • Total Time: 2 hours
  • Yield: 6
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These Homemade Cinnamon rolls with a cream cheese glaze are the best! So soft and majestic. Truly fluffy and light. Your family will fall in love with these gooey rolls. They are better than any bakery bought cinnamon rolls or Cinnabon.


Ingredients

FOR THE DOUGH

  • Instant rapid-rise yeast- 1 ½ tsp.
  • Lukewarm milk- 1 cup
  • Sugar- 5 tbsp.
  • Unsalted butter ( melted)- ¼ cup
  • All purpose flour-3 ½ cups
  • Large egg ( lightly beaten)-1
  • Salt- ½ tsp.

FOR THE FILLING

  • Brown sugar- ½ cup
  • Ground cinnamon- 2 tbsp.
  • Unsalted butter ( melted)- 2 tbsp
  • Pecan/ walnuts ( finely chopped)- ½ cup

FOR THE GLAZE

  • Cream cheese (softened) - 4 oz or 110 gm
  • Milk- 2 tbsp.
  • Unsalted butter ( melted)-2 tbsp.
  • Pure vanilla extract - 1 tsp.
  • Confectioners’ sugar - 1 cup

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan heat the milk and butter until warm and melted, never reaching boiling. Remove from the stove and allow to cool. It should be not too warm but not too hot. Water below 70°F/ 21 C can be too warm to activate your instant dry yeast. Too hot water ( 120 F/49 C) will damage yeast. At the temperature of 138 F /59 C any yeast will begin to die off.
  2. Transfer mixture to a large mixing bowl and allow to stand for 10 minutes, then add sugar and salt and mix.
  3. Add the beaten egg to the mixture, and gradually add flour ½ cup at a time and mix until you form soft dough. It will be sticky.
  4. Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 3-5 minutes or until it becomes smooth. You might need to add more flour as the dough will absorb it.
  5. Form the dough into a ball and transfer back to a large bowl coated with cooking oil.
  6. Cover with plastic wrap and put in the preheated oven to 140 F/ 60 C to rise for about 30 minutes, or until doubled in size. You will need to preheat oven , turn it off and place the dough in the center of the oven.
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  8. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into 19-inch (48 cm) x 13–inch( 33 cm) rectangle.
  9. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with brown sugar, chopped nuts and cinnamon evenly.
  10. Roll up dough starting from the long edge into one long roll. Cut rolls, using a piece of dental floss, about 2 inches thick.
  11. Place the rolls into a greased 9-inch ( 22 cm) x 13-inch (33 cm) baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel, and allow to rise until doubled in size in warm oven ( 30 minutes).
  12. Preheat oven to 175°C | 350°F with the rack in the center.
  13. Once the oven is hot, bake rolls for 25-30 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool slightly before glazing them.
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  15. FOR THE GLAZE
  16. While rolls are baking, prepare the sticky glaze. In a medium bowl combine and beat together cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract. Add in the confectioners’ sugar and mix until lump free.
  17. Spread icing over rolls.Serve immediately.
  18. cinnamon rolls icing

Equipment

Baking dish

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  • Prep Time: 1 hour 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Category: Cinnamon rolls
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Calories: 322 kcal
  • Sugar: 25 g
  • Sodium: 148 mg
  • Fat: 12 g
  • Saturated Fat: 7 g
  • Carbohydrates: 46 g
  • Fiber: 1 g
  • Protein: 6 g
  • Cholesterol: 46 mg

Keywords: Homemade Cinnamon rolls, cinnamon rolls, buns

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  1. JANET LABEL says

    January 13, 2020 at 5:33 pm

    Recipe says 12 cups of nuts . Should this be 1/2 cup

    Reply
    • chefjar says

      January 14, 2020 at 3:06 pm

      Yes you need 1/2 cup of nuts.

      Reply

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