Better Than Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls Recipes

BEST CINNAMON ROLLS RECIPE (BETTER THAN CINNABON)!

Steps:

• Warm milk in the microwave milk for 45-60 seconds. It should be warm but not hot to the touch (about 105 degrees F).
• Place milk into the bowl of your standing mixer, then add 1 TBS sugar and 1 TBS yeast to the warm milk. Stir and let it sit (proof) for five minutes or until it becomes foamy.
• Add the ½ cup sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla to the mixture in the bowl of your standing mixer. Use a dough hook to stir until combined
• Add 4 cups flour, salt and cinnamon and stir the dough hook, starting on low and increasing to high.
• Knead dough in the standing mixer until a large ball is formed. The dough should be smooth and only slightly tacky to the touch. If the dough seems too sticky and is not forming a ball, add more flour 1 TBS at a time until a smooth ball is formed.
• Transfer dough to a floured surface and knead with your hands until it is smooth and elastic (about 3-5 minutes). Form it into a ball.
• Grease a large bowl and place the dough inside.
• Cover the bowl with a warm, damp towel and put the bowl in a warm place to rise.
• Let the dough rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size.
• While the dough is rising, make the filing. In a small bowl, combine butter, brown sugar and cinnamon until mixture is homogenous (uniform throughout). Set aside.
• Alternately, you can combine the cinnamon and sugar. Then melt the butter and brush it on the rolled dough, then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on the butter-brushed dough. (I think this way is easier)!
• Assemble Cinnamon Rolls
• Sprinkle a large work surface with flour.
• Gently press the gas out of the dough and form it into a rectangle.
• Roll the dough into a 24x12" rectangle, about 1/4 inch thick.
• Spread the filling all over the dough using greased hands or a greased spatula. This process can seem difficult but it gets easier as you spread it. (Alternately: if you only combined the cinnamon and sugar, then melt the butter and use a pastry brush to spread the melted butter all over the dough. Then sprinkle the dough with cinnamon sugar and pat it down gently to insure it sticks).
• Roll up dough cut into 12 equal sized rolls (feel free to measure and cut each roll to be 2" long).
• Line a 9x13 inch glass baking dish with parchment paper and lightly grease. Then place rolls in 4 rows of three, evenly spaced.
• Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
• Bake Cinnamon Rolls
• Once rolls are doubled in size, bake them in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 18-20 minutes. They will rise more in the oven. (NOTE: Check the center cinnamon rolls and make sure they are baked through. If your oven bakes cool or unevenly you may need to increase the baking time up to 10 minutes longer. If the top starts to brown before the center is baked, tent the baking pan with foil to prevent further browning).
• While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Do NOT chill the frosting. Keep it at room temperature until the cinnamon rolls are baked.
• Once the cinnamon rolls have bene removed from the oven, spread the cream cheese frosting on them while they are still warm.
• Cool & Serve!
• Let cool and serve warm.

" BETTER THAN CINNABON" CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine warm water, sugar and yeast. Set aside.
• In microwave, melt butter.
• When butter is melted, add milk and warm to take the chill off.
• Add beaten egg and yeast mixture (it should be foamy by now) mix gently and pour into pan of bread machine.
• Add flour to bread machine pan, one half of the pudding mix and salt.
• Place pan in machine and allow to complete dough cycle. (If dough is sticky add a 1/4 to a half cup of flour during kneading.
• When dough cycle is complete, roll out dough to approximately 17"x10".
• Spread dough evenly with 1/2 cup softened butter and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Roll up dough starting with the long side. Cut into approximately 16 even pieces and place in a 9x13 pan (they will be snug)
• At this point you can cover and refrigerate until the next day or let rise 45 minutes.
• Bake at 350F for 20 minutes until golden brown on top.
• Make frosting, beat together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, remaining pudding mix and milk to a spreading consistency.
• Frost rolls after the have cooled slightly.
• Serve immediately for best results.
• It is my understanding that this recipe does not freeze well.

BETTER THAN CINNABON CINNAMON ROLLS RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook; add the water, sugar and yeast. Swirl to combine. Allow yeast to bloom, about 5-7 minutes. This is important. Make sure your water is between 110 and 120 degrees F. In the meantime: Melt 6 TB of butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Combine buttermilk, eggs and butter. Beat with a fork until eggs are mixed. The butter may start to cool and chunk up, this is normal and OK. Once the yeast mixture is bubbly and frothy, add the buttermilk mixture to bowl of stand mixer. Mix on low and add 4 cups of flour, one cup at a time. Add the salt. Once flour is mixed in, add remaining flour slowly until dough becomes a ball and completely pulls away from the walls of the mixer. Your perfect dough ball will clean the bowl. Mine takes 5 ½ cups total. Knead dough on medium-high for 5 minutes. Ol' Blue (my KA mixer) has a tough time staying locked during this step, so I have to hold it down and I typically only knead it for 2-3 minutes in the mixer and do the rest by hand, about 2 minutes by hand. Lightly dust a large cutting board with flour. Turn dough out onto the floured cutting bard and knead a few turns, shape dough into a ball. Coat the inside of a large bowl with the remaining 1 TB of room temperature butter. Place dough into bowl upside down, flip dough over and cover loosely with plastic wrap and drape bowl with a towel dampened with warm water and another towel draped over the damp towel to seal in heat. Set bowl in a warm place in your kitchen. Allow dough to rise for 60-90 minutes until nearly doubled in size. Meanwhile combine brown sugar, cinnamon and organic corn starch in a medium bowl. Stir with as fork until combined. Set aside. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough a few turns, then using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a 18" tall x 24" wide rectangle. Spread softened butter around dough leaving the bottom 1" unbuttered. IMPORTANT that you do leave a 1-inch section of the dough unbuttered. Sprinkle buttered dough with brown sugar mixture, leaving the bottom 1" uncoated. Press sugar mixture into dough by gently rolling with your rolling pin. Starting at the top, tightly roll dough toward you, using the last 1" to seal roll. Cut dough roll in half and then cut those halves in half, giving you 4 pieces. Cut each of those pieces into 1/3rd. You will have 12 pieces. I use a bench knife/scraper to "Cut" the dough into sections. Grease (2) 7"x 11″ baking dishes. Place rolls in pans evenly spaced out, 2 rows of 3 rolls in each. Make sure to put the end pieces upside down. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and drape a towel over pans. Set pans in a warm place and allow rolls to rise another 60-90 minutes until rolls have doubled in size and are touching. You can use 9×13″ pans, but the rolls don't rise enough to where they touch, and they don't taste as good unless the rolls get smooshed together. This is why I use smaller 7″x11″ pans. Preheat oven 350°F. Bake for approximately 20 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. In the meantime prepare frosting; add cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add sugar, lemon juice (and zest if using), vanilla and salt. Beat until mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Set aside. Remove rolls from oven. Spread 1/3 of the frosting over each pan of rolls, leaving a third left to slather on each time you decide to eat one of these babies. Allow to cool slightly and enjoy. These will last up to 4 days in the fridge. But I doubt they'll last that long in your house! ;)