Cinnabons Cinnamon Roll Clone Recipes

CINNABONS CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• For the rolls, dissolve the yeast in the warm milk with a tsp of sugar (you can take a tsp out of the 1/2 cup of sugar) in a large bowl. Let it sit for about 5 minutes. If the yeast is good, it will start to froth up.
• To the bowl of your mixer add the sugar, butter or margarine, salt, eggs, and flour and mix until well incorporated.
• Pour the milk/yeast mixture over the flour mixture and using the dough hook, mix well until well incorporated and the dough comes clean from the side of the bowl.
• Place the dough into an oiled bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
• Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray or butter.
• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, until it is approximately 16 inches long by 12 inches wide. It should be approximately 1/4 inch in thickness.
• Spread the 1/3 cup of butter evenly over the dough, then sprinkle with the sugar evenly over the surface of the dough.
• Working carefully, from the long edge, roll the dough down to the bottom edge.
• Cut the dough into 1 1/2 inch slices, and place in a lightly greased baking pan. You can also use floss to cut into slices, as seen in the video. Place the cut rolls in the prepared pan. Cover with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let them rise for another 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place the baking pan in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cooking time can vary greatly!
• While the rolls are baking make the icing by mixing all the icing ingredients and beat well with an electric mixer until fluffy and smooth.
• When the rolls are done, spread generously with icing.

CLONE OF A CINNABON

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
• After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Roll dough into a 16x21-inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.

CINNABON'S CINNAMON ROLL CLONE

Steps:

• Combine water, yeast and sugar in large mixing bowl; let stand 5 minutes.
• Add butter to cooling milk to soften.
• When cool, add milk mixture to yeast mixture and stir well.
• Add eggs and salt and stir again.
• Add all-purpose flour; mix well.
• Add raisins.
• Add 2 1/2 cups of the whole wheat pastry flour.
• Mix until dough is quite sticky and begins to leave sides of bowl.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup of remaining whole wheat pastry flour onto board.
• Knead dough about 10 minutes until dough is smooth, adding more flour if needed. (Dough should still be soft and almost sticky.)
• Shape dough into a ball and place in large greased bowl, turning to grease top.
• Cover with damp towel and let rise until double in bulk, about 45 minutes.
• Turn dough onto large floured board.
• Roll out into a 24 x 20-inch rectangle. (Dough will be thin).
• Filling: Mix together melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Spread entire rectangle of dough with mixture.
• Sprinkle with walnuts.
• Roll rectangle tightly from long side.
• Make sure you end with seam side on bottom.
• Shape with hands to make uniform in size from end to end.
• With very sharp knife (or a long piece of dental floss) cut roll into 16 equal slices.
• Place side by side in two well greased 13 x 9 x 3-inch metal baking pans.
• Cover with warm, damp towel and let rise in warm place for 30 to 40 minutes until almost doubled in size.
• Bake at 350°F until nicely browned and filling is bubbly, about 35 minutes.
• When you remove from oven, invert onto serving platter or baking sheet to allow syrup to drip from pan onto rolls.

HEALTHIER CLONE OF A CINNABON

Steps:

• Place milk, eggs, margarine, bread flour, white sugar, and yeast in the pan of bread machine in recommended order by manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface after it has doubled in size. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Roll dough into a 16x21-inch rectangle. Spread dough with 2 tablespoons butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13-inch baking pan. Cover and let rest until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Beat together Neufchatel cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioner's sugar, and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.

CINNAMON ROLLS - A CLONE OF CINNABON

Steps:

• For the rolls, dissolve the yeast in the warm milk in a large bowl.
• Add the sugar, margarine, salt, eggs, and flour, and mix well.
• Knead the dough, using your hands dusted lightly with flour (I am lazy and use a stand mixer). After kneading, roll the dough into a ball, place in large bowl and let rise in a warm place for about 1 hour, or until the dough has doubled in size.
• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface until it is ~ 21" long and 16" wide. It should be ~ ¼ " thick.
• For the filling, combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Spread softened margarine evenly over the surface of the dough, and then sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar evenly over the surface.
• Working carefully from the top (a 21" side) roll the dough down to the bottom edge.
• Cut the rolled dough into 1 ¾ " slices and evenly place them in a lightly greased baking pan. Place them with 1.5 " of space on all sides to allow for additional rising. (Your pan will look very empty, trust me...if you space them, they will grow).
• Place your baking pan in a warm place for at least one hour. (the longer you allow them to rise this time the larger the rolls will rise, and the lighter and fluffier the dough will become, I let them rise to fill the pan (a couple of hours)).
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Bake rolls for ~10 min or until lightly browned on top. (remember residual heat will continue to bake the rolls after you take them out of the oven).
• While the rolls bake, combine icing ingredients. Beat well with electric mixer until fluffy.
• Generously coat the rolls with icing while the rolls are still hot, this will cause the icing to melt into the roll.
• * Vietnamese Cassia Cinnamon - This may seem to be a trivial point, however, this cinnamon is what takes your cinnamon rolls to the next level; one trip to the spice store and smelling the differences in the cinnamon and you'll know why. I am sure its available at several stores, I pick it up at Penzey's Spices.