Description
These easy cinnamon rolls bake into soft spirals that melt in your mouth, featuring a simple one-rise method for tender, well-layered rolls topped with cream cheese icing.
Ingredients
Scale
- 480 g (3 3/4 cups) all-purpose flour
- 100 g (1/2 cup) granulated sugar
- 7 g (1 packet / 2 1/4 tsp) instant yeast
- 240 ml (1 cup) whole milk, warmed
- 85 g (6 tbsp) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg (about 50 g)
- 6 g (1 tsp) salt
- 150 g (3/4 cup) brown sugar, packed
- 15 g (1 tbsp) ground cinnamon
- 115 g (4 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 160 g (1 1/4 cups) powdered sugar, sifted
- 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract
- Optional: a pinch of flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Warm the milk and melt butter in a saucepan, then let cool slightly.
- Combine the flour, sugar, yeast, and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Add the milk-butter mixture and egg, mixing until a shaggy dough forms.
- Knead the dough until smooth and slightly tacky.
- Let the dough rise until doubled in size, about 30–45 minutes.
- Roll the dough out and spread softened butter, then sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Roll into a log and cut into 12 equal rolls.
- Let the rolls rise in a greased pan for 20–30 minutes.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for 16–18 minutes.
- Mix the cream cheese icing ingredients until smooth.
- Ice the rolls and serve warm.
Notes
For a lower fat version, reduce the butter by half. You can refrigerate the dough overnight after shaping for convenience.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 27g
- Sodium: 290mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 55mg