Easy Homemade Cinnamon Roll Recipe

This is the best easy homemade cinnamon rolls ever! It is fluffy and soft. Everyone will love this!
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AuthorLilyDifficultyIntermediate

Yields14 Servings
Prep Time30 minsCook Time25 minsTotal Time55 mins

To make the dough:
 3 Eggs
 3 tsp Dry yeast
 5 cups All-Purpose Flour
 ½ tsp Salt
 ½ cup Sugar
 1 ½ cups Warm Milk (About 115 Degrees F)
To make the Cinnamon filling:
 ½ cup Salted Butter -Melted
 1 cup Brown Sugar
 2 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
 ½ cup Heavy Cream
To make the Creamy Frosting:
 60 g Cream Cheese - Softened
 45 g Salted Butter - Softened
 260 g Powdered Sugar
 ½ tbsp Vanilla
 ½ tsp Almond essence

1

Add warm milk into a bowl. Do not over heat it.

2

Add the yeast.

3

Add the eggs, butter, salt, and sugar.

4

Add in 4 1/2 cups of flour.

5

Beat the ingredients well until all combined.

6

Keep the mixture aside and allow it to rest for 5 minutes.

7

Now, beat the dough on medium speed, add 1/2 cup more flour if needed to form a dough.

8

Knead for 5-10 minutes or until the dough is smooth.

9

Removed the dough from the mixer.

10

Now, placed the dough in a greased bowl.

11

Cover the bowl with a wet towel or wax paper.

12

Set the bowl aside and let it double in size. A maximum of 30 minutes is fine. Do not over keep it.

While the dough is rising, let us prepare the cinnamon filling.
13

Put soft butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon into a bowl.

14

Mix them all together until well combined. Set aside.

15

In a pasty mat, sprinkle flour and put the dough, and roll it using a rolling pin. Make a rectangle out of it.

16

Now put the cinnamon filling over the rolled dough and smooth it.

17

Starting on the long end, roll the dough up tightly and neatly.

18

Cut into 14 slices.

19

Place in a greased baking pan.

20

Cover the pan with a wet towel and allow the rolls to rise for 25 minutes.

21

Preheat the oven to 360 degrees.

22

Warm the heavy cream until the chill is off.

23

After 25 minutes check whether rolls have risen. Then pour the heavy cream over the top of our cinnamon rolls. Make sure it soaks down in and around the rolls.

24

Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

Rolls will become golden brown and cooked well. If it’s not brownish and not baked well, keep it for another 5 minutes time and check the oven.

25

Keep aside to chill the rolls.

Let us make the cream cheese frosting.
26

Into a large bowl, add the softened cream cheese.

27

Add butter and mix well using a hand mixer.

28

Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat until well combined.

29

Now spread the cream cheese frosting over the chilled cinnamon rolls.

30

Ready to roll!

Notes :
If they rolls are getting too browned in color when you are baking it, cover loosely with a foil.

Ingredients

To make the dough:
 3 Eggs
 3 tsp Dry yeast
 5 cups All-Purpose Flour
 ½ tsp Salt
 ½ cup Sugar
 1 ½ cups Warm Milk (About 115 Degrees F)
To make the Cinnamon filling:
 ½ cup Salted Butter -Melted
 1 cup Brown Sugar
 2 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
 ½ cup Heavy Cream
To make the Creamy Frosting:
 60 g Cream Cheese - Softened
 45 g Salted Butter - Softened
 260 g Powdered Sugar
 ½ tbsp Vanilla
 ½ tsp Almond essence

Directions

1

Add warm milk into a bowl. Do not over heat it.

2

Add the yeast.

3

Add the eggs, butter, salt, and sugar.

4

Add in 4 1/2 cups of flour.

5

Beat the ingredients well until all combined.

6

Keep the mixture aside and allow it to rest for 5 minutes.

7

Now, beat the dough on medium speed, add 1/2 cup more flour if needed to form a dough.

8

Knead for 5-10 minutes or until the dough is smooth.

9

Removed the dough from the mixer.

10

Now, placed the dough in a greased bowl.

11

Cover the bowl with a wet towel or wax paper.

12

Set the bowl aside and let it double in size. A maximum of 30 minutes is fine. Do not over keep it.

While the dough is rising, let us prepare the cinnamon filling.
13

Put soft butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon into a bowl.

14

Mix them all together until well combined. Set aside.

15

In a pasty mat, sprinkle flour and put the dough, and roll it using a rolling pin. Make a rectangle out of it.

16

Now put the cinnamon filling over the rolled dough and smooth it.

17

Starting on the long end, roll the dough up tightly and neatly.

18

Cut into 14 slices.

19

Place in a greased baking pan.

20

Cover the pan with a wet towel and allow the rolls to rise for 25 minutes.

21

Preheat the oven to 360 degrees.

22

Warm the heavy cream until the chill is off.

23

After 25 minutes check whether rolls have risen. Then pour the heavy cream over the top of our cinnamon rolls. Make sure it soaks down in and around the rolls.

24

Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

Rolls will become golden brown and cooked well. If it’s not brownish and not baked well, keep it for another 5 minutes time and check the oven.

25

Keep aside to chill the rolls.

Let us make the cream cheese frosting.
26

Into a large bowl, add the softened cream cheese.

27

Add butter and mix well using a hand mixer.

28

Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat until well combined.

29

Now spread the cream cheese frosting over the chilled cinnamon rolls.

30

Ready to roll!

Notes :
If they rolls are getting too browned in color when you are baking it, cover loosely with a foil.
Easy Home-made Cinnamon Roll

Conclusion

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