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You have probably come across Cinnabon at shopping malls multiple times and spent some bucks because they are so irresistible. It’s time to save that money and learn the art of making these easy Cinnabon cinnamon rolls at home.
Once you start baking these mouthwatering rolls, your house will start smelling as if you are in a Cinnabon store. That’s how legit this recipe is. The beauty of it is that you can make far better Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls just by making them yourself and adding your flavors. The vegetarians looking for vegetarian rolls, here are the Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls, and if want a touch of fruit, here is our tested Banana cinnamon rolls recipe.
What’s Special About Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls?
This recipe is as close as you can get to the real thing so you don’t want to miss out. It is also as easy as a homemade recipe can get. These Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls are comparatively larger and also taste exactly similar to their regular version. In fact, they are more flavored and less dry compared to the ones you get at malls. And of course, you can add as much luscious cream cheese icing as you want.
For making cinnamon rolls, you’ll need a pan. Here we’ve reviewed the best pans for Cinnamon Rolls.
Expert Tips For Making The Best Cinnabon Rolls:
- I recommend making the dough a day prior to baking and keeping it in the fridge until the first rising.
- Only bake the rolls until they are light brown with a golden touch, not dark brown because that will taste as if they have been overbaked.
- Use vanilla extract in the cream cheese frosting for the best flavor.
- Use room temperature, softened butter on the dough so that it can spread out easily.
- The key to having the best Cinnabon Cinnamon rolls is doing everything while they are warm. Apply the cream cheese frosting over the rolls right out of the oven so that it can melt properly.
Ingredients For Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls
For Dough
- 6 tbsp Room temperature butter
- 1 cup Warm milk
- 2 Eggs
- 4 ½ cup All-purpose flour
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons Instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon Salt
For filling
- 1 cup Brown sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- 6 tbsp Softened butter
Cream Cheese Icing
- ½ cup Cream cheese
- ¼ cup Butter
- 1 ½ cup Powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 pinch Salt
How to Make Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls?
In a large dish, pour in milk, which you can substitute with almond milk, and add in butter, or vegan butter. Microwave the mixture to 100°F so that it is warm enough. Whisk in the 2 eggs at room temperature.
In a separate bowl, mix sugar, yeast, and salt. You may use baking soda, baking powder, and apple cider vinegar 
Mix the yeast mixture and the warm milk mixture. Gradually add all-purpose flour, one cup at a time. You can either use a stand mixer or you can mix the dough by hand. Stop adding flour once the dough is moderately soft and sticky.
Cover up the dough bowl with a wet cloth and let it rest for about some time so that the dough can rise. This can take from an hour and a half to two hours.
Next up, pour a little flour on the rolling surface and on the rolling pin. Take out the dough and roll it evenly out in the shape of a rectangle so that it’s 24 inches in length and 12 inches in width.
The dough should be super thin at this point. Don’t worry because it will rise for the second time to become fluffy and soft. Take room-temperature butter and spread it evenly out on the dough. You can use a spatula for this purpose.
To prepare the filling, mix dark brown sugar with cinnamon spice and sprinkle the mixture all over the dough so that no spot is left.
Roll up the dough from the bottom to up tightly. The tightness will maintain the shape of the cinnamon rolls. Now use a ruler, a knife, or even a floss to cut this dough into cinnamon rolls.
Make sure you cut 2 inches of 12 cinnamon rolls to make them as big as Cinnabon Rolls that you get from malls.
Put these Cinnabon Rolls in a greased pan, and make sure the pan is not overcrowded because once the dough rises these are going to increase in size.
Place a wet towel or aluminum foil over it and let it rest for 45 minutes.
In the meantime, work on the cream cheese frosting. Mix softened butter and cream cheese until they become soft.
Add vanilla extract, salt, and powdered sugar. Whisk the mixture until there are no lumps.
Now check on the Cinnamon rolls. If they have become fluffy and soft with the second rise, now it’s time to bake them.
Place the Cinnabon rolls pan in an oven that has been preheated to 400°F. Bake for about 20 minutes until the rolls become light brown.
After 20 minutes of baking, carefully take the Cinnabon cinnamon rolls out of the oven and let them cool down slightly. They should still be warm though so that once you apply the icing, it would instantly melt and drip down the delicious big Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls.
Be generous while applying the cream cheese frosting because you don’t want it to be too heavy. And that’s it.
Enjoy your homemade Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls that look like you just got them from a mall.
Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
For Dough
- 6 tbsp Room temperature butter
- 1 cup Warm milk
- 2 Eggs
- 4 ½ cup All-purpose flour
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon Instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon Salt
For filling
- 1 cup Brown sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- 6 tbsp Softened butter
Cream Cheese Icing
- ½ cup Cream cheese
- ¼ cup Butter
- 1 ½ cup Powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 pinch Salt
How to Make?
- In a large dish, pour in milk, which you can substitute with almond milk, and add in butter, or vegan butter. Microwave the mixture to 100 degrees Fahrenheit so that it is warm enough. Whisk in the 2 eggs at room temperature. In a separate bowl, mix sugar, yeast, and salt. You may use baking soda, baking powder, and apple cider vinegar
- Mix the yeast mixture and the warm milk mixture. Gradually add all-purpose flour, one cup at a time. You can either use a stand mixer or you can mix the dough by hand. Stop adding flour once the dough is moderately soft and sticky.Cover up the dough bowl with a wet cloth and let it rest for about some time so that the dough can rise. This can take from an hour and a half to two hours.
- Next up, pour a little flour on the rolling surface and on the rolling pin. Take out the dough and roll it evenly out in a shape of a rectangle so that it’s 24 inches in length and 12 inches in width. The dough should be super thin at this point. Don’t worry because it will rise for the second time to become fluffy and soft.Take room temperature butter and spread it evenly out on the dough. You can use a spatula for this purpose. To prepare the filling, mix dark brown sugar with cinnamon spice and sprinkle the mixture all over the dough so that no spot is left.
- Roll up the dough from the bottom to up tightly. The tightness will maintain the shape of the cinnamon rolls. Now use a ruler, a knife, or even a floss to cut this dough into cinnamon rolls. Make sure you cut 2 inches of 12 cinnamon rolls to make them as big as Cinnabon Rolls that you get from malls.
- Put these Cinnabon Rolls in a pan that has been greased. Place these rolls at an adequate distance from each other because once the dough rises these are going to be huge in size and you don’t want to overcrowd them. Place a wet towel or aluminum foil over it and let it rest for 45 minutes.
- In the meantime, work on the cream cheese frosting. Mix softened butter and cream cheese until they become soft. Add vanilla extract, salt, and powdered sugar. Whisk the mixture until there are no lumps.
- Now check on the Cinnamon rolls. If they have become fluffy and soft with second rise, now it’s time to bake them.
- Place the Cinnabon rolls pan in an oven that has been preheated to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake for about 20 minutes until the rolls become light brown. After 20 minutes of baking, carefully take the Cinnabon cinnamon rolls out of the oven and let them cool down slightly.They should still be warm though so that once you apply the icing, it would instantly melt and drip down the delicious big Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls.Be generous while applying the cream cheese frosting because you don’t want it to be too heavy. And that’s it. Enjoy yourselves homemade Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls that look like you just got them from a mall.
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Expert Tips
- We recommend making the dough a day prior to the baking and keeping it in the fridge until the first rising.
- Only bake the rolls until they are light brown with a golden touch, not dark brown because that will taste as if they have been overbaked.
- Use vanilla extract in the cream cheese frosting for the best flavor.
- Use room temperature, softened butter on the dough so that it can spread out easily.
- The key to having the best Cinnabon Cinnamon rolls is doing everything while they are warm. Apply the cream cheese frosting over the rolls right out of the oven so that it melts properly.
