Save yourself a lot of money by making your own homemade cinnamon rolls, by using this Best Ever Cinnabon Rolls recipe!

Dough:

Ingredients:

• 250 ml full cream milk
• 125 ml + 1 tablespoon (15 ml) sugar
• 15 ml instant dry yeast
• 2 extra-large eggs
• 6 x 15 ml of melted butter
• 5 ml vanilla essence
• 4 x 250 ml Cake flour
• 5 ml fine salt

Method:

• Warm the milk for 60 seconds in a Microwave. The milk should be warm, NOT hot.
• Place the milk in a standing mixer bowl.
• Add 15 ml sugar (1 tablespoon) as well as 15 ml yeast to the warm milk.
• Stir and let it froth for 5 minutes, or until it forms a frothy top.
• This will depend on the temperature in your kitchen and where you reside.
• Add the 125 ml sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla essence in the mixing bowl.
• If you have one, use the hooks to stir until combined.
• Add flour and salt.
• Start on a low speed and gently increase to a higher speed.
• You can also use a food processor with a cake mixing blade.
• Take out the dough and knead for 3 minutes.
• The dough must be smooth.
• If sticky, add 1 tablespoon flour and keep kneading.
• Oil the inside of a bowl with lid and let the dough rise in a warm place for 2 hours or until the dough has doubled in size.
• If you’re lucky enough to own a large wonder cooker bag, you can use that.
• Take out the dough and knock it down until all gas is out.
• Roll out on a floured surface with a marble rolling pin into a rectangular shape.
• It should be approximately 1/4 inch in thickness.

Best Ever Cinnabon Rolls filling:

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup Treacle sugar (also known as soft brown sugar)
2. 2½ tablespoons fine cinnamon (use the best quality you can get)
3. 6 tablespoon softened butter

Method:

• Mix all the ingredients together and spread onto the dough.
• Roll it up tightly like a sausage.
• Start from the far side and roll towards you, as its easier.
• Cut the dough with a sharp knife into 1½ inch slices
• You can also use floss to cut into slices
• Let it rise again for 1 hour.
• Place the rolls in a lined baking tin with greaseproof paper, covered with spray and bake it.
• Bake in a preheated oven of 180°C for 15 minutes (Thermofan assisted oven)

this For later use

While the rolls are baking make Creamed cheese frosting:

Ingredients:

1. Half tub smoothed plain creamed cheese (NOT cottage cheese)
2. 375 ml of icing sugar
3. 75 ml butter softened
4. 2½ ml of vanilla essence.

Method:

• Beat together all the frosting ingredients in an electric mixer until fluffy and smooth.
• When the rolls are done, spread generously with icing.

For the chocolate coating:

1. 80 g Cadbury Dairy Milk melted in a microwave, for 30-second intervals until melted.
2. Stir in 4 tablespoon dessert cream.

• Spread over rolls and sprinkle with pecan nuts.
• Store in an airtight container, if you’re so lucky to have some left for the next day! 🙂

Prepared by Feriel Sonday 

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