Soft & Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls
When it comes to a sweet morning breakfast, nothing beats a fluffy and gooey cinnamon roll topped with a cream cheese frosting. It has the perfect amount of soft texture that melts in your mouth. This is a recipe to save for those special mornings.
Ingredients
dough
- 1 c milk
- 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 2 eggs
- 4 3/4 c all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 c sugar
- 10 tbsp butter
filling
- 1/2 c butter softened
- 1 c brown sugar
- 2 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp salt
frosting
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 tbsp butter softened
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 c powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp milk (optional)
Instructions
- Warm milk to 110 degrees F. Mix yeast into warmed milk and let sit on counter for 10 minutes until active.
- In a separate, large bowl, mix flour, sugar and salt. Cube butter and add to flour mixture. Using a fork or pastery cutter, cut butter into flour.
- Pour milk and yeast into flour. Lightly beat eggs and add to flour mixture and mix until dough comes together.
- Knead by hand until dough becomes smooth and tacky (add flour if needed).
- Let dough rise until double in size (about 1 hour). Prep filling while dough rises.
- Using a hand mixer, beat together the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt until smooth and fluffy.
- Once dough has rised, punch down and dump on lightly floured surface.
- Roll out into a large rectangle until dough is about 1/4 inch thick.
- Spread filling across entire top of dough.
- Roll dough and filling up into a log. Using floss, cut log into 12 equal pieces and lay flat into greased 9×13 pan and let rise 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake for 22 minutes or until golden brown.
- Mix frosting while rolls bake. Beat butter and cream cheese on high for 2 minutes. Add in vanilla and powdered sugar and mix on low. If thick, add milk until consistency of frosting is right.
- Let rolls cool slightly before frosting. ENJOY!