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Easy Homemade Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting That Melt in Your Mouth
There’s nothing like a warm Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll fresh from the oven. Soft, sweet, and loaded with cinnamon sugar, these rolls are the perfect treat for breakfast or any time you want a little something special. This recipe makes it easy to bring that famous Cinnabon taste right into your kitchen. No tricky steps, just yummy rolls that everyone will love.
Why make these cinnamon rolls? First, they are soft and gooey, just like the ones from the mall. Second, you control the ingredients, so you know exactly what’s going in. Plus, homemade rolls smell amazing and fill your home with that sweet cinnamon smell that’s impossible to resist. Best of all, they taste so good you’ll want to make them again and again.
Copycat Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls bring the mall favorite right to your kitchen. Ready to bake?
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Copycat Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls You Can Make at Home
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Category: Cake, Cookies and Tarts, Cupcakes
- Method: Easy
Description
If you love Cinnabon cinnamon rolls but want to make them yourself, this recipe gets you the closest you can get to the real deal. It’s simple and uses common ingredients. These rolls come out soft, gooey, and packed with cinnamon sugar goodness.
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 cup warm milk
- 1 packet (10 g) instant yeast
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 4 cups cake flour
For the filling:
- 1/3 cup softened butter
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar (muscovado sugar works great)
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
For the icing:
- 1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup softened butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
Instructions
How to Make the Dough
- Mix the warm milk, yeast, and 1 tablespoon of sugar in a cup.
- Stir and wait 5 minutes until it’s bubbly.
- In a big bowl or stand mixer, combine flour, the rest of the sugar, and salt.
- Pour in the yeast mix once it’s bubbly. Stir on low speed.
- Add the egg and oil.
- Scrape the bowl edges to mix the flour evenly.
- Knead the dough for about 5 minutes on low speed.
- If sticky, add flour 2 tablespoons at a time until it pulls away from the bowl but isn’t dry.
- Cover and let the dough rise in a warm spot until it doubles in size (about 35 minutes).
How to Fill and Shape the Rolls
- Sprinkle flour on your work surface. Roll the dough into a rectangle about 18 by 24 inches.
- Spread softened butter over the dough, leaving a 1-inch strip on one long side bare.
- Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Spread it evenly over the butter, still leaving that 1-inch strip plain.
- Press the sugar mixture lightly into the butter with a rolling pin.
- Roll the dough up tightly like a Swiss roll, starting from the buttered side. Make sure the plain strip seals the edge.
- Cut off uneven ends and slice the roll into 1.5-inch rounds.
- Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment.
- Cover with a towel and let the rolls rise again until doubled (about 1 hour).
Baking and Icing
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Bake the rolls for 20 minutes until golden.
- While they bake, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add vanilla and lemon juice, mix well.
- Slowly add icing sugar while stirring.
- Then beat on high for 5 minutes until the icing lightens in color.
- Spread half the icing on the rolls right after baking; it will melt into the buns.
- After a few minutes, spread the rest of the icing on top for a thicker finish.
Notes
Created, prepared, tried, and tested by Gail
Copycat Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls bring the classic mall favorite right into your kitchen. With soft dough, cinnamon sugar filling, and creamy icing, these rolls are worth baking any day of the week.
This Copycat Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls recipe delivers soft, gooey rolls packed with cinnamon and brown sugar. The cream cheese icing adds just the right touch of sweetness. It’s simple to make and tastes like the real deal, perfect for anyone craving a fresh bakery treat at home.
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