I’ve always wanted to make cinnamon rolls but never have. I was excited to finally try it and invited my new baking buddy over- my awesome sister-in-law Rachel. She just got married and loves trying new recipes with me. I searched for quite a while for what I was hoping would be the perfect recipe. I like to get it right the first time. I decided on 2 recipes and put them together and it turned out to be the best cinnamon rolls ever! Oh yah!
These were super soft. I’ve had too many hard cinnamon rolls. The cream cheese frosting was light and added the perfect touch. We shared these with quite a few people and I got some great compliments! These are awesome cinnamon rolls.
I was pleasantly surprised how quick these came together. I thought it’d be a lot of work but it really wasn’t. Let me show you…
1. Make and knead the dough. (Using a stand mixer is a big help!) Then roll it out.

Then my favorite step! Place all the cinnamon rolls in the pan. What a gorgeous sight!
Let it sit for 30 minutes then bake it until golden brown.
Then you make the frosting and pour it over.
Cinnamon Rolls
Dough:
1 cup milk
4 Tbsp. butter, cut into chunks
3 ¼- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour, divided
2 ¼ tsp. instant or rapid rise yeast (or 1 (.25) package
¼ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 egg
Filling:
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 ½ Tbsp. ground cinnamon
½ cup butter, softened
pinch of salt
Icing:
2 ½ oz. cream cheese, softened (1/4 cup)
3 Tbsp. milk
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
Adapted from Our Best Bites and Food Network (Alton Brown)
I cannot think of anything better to make on a weekend morning.
Love these!
Thanks!
These look awesome! I’ve been looking for an easy and delicious cinnamon roll recipe. Can I ask what kind of milk did you use? Non-fat ok? Or should I stick with 1 or 2%? Thanks!
I’m not 100% sure but I would imagine any percent of milk would be fine. I think I used 1 or 2%. If you use non-fat let me know how it turns out!
I used fat free milk and the rolls turned out great! Thank you for a wonderful recipe!!
That’s great! Thanks for letting me know. 🙂