Easy Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Servings:

I love this easy homemade cinnamon roll recipe because it allows me to skip the first rise, and I can get them on the table a lot sooner. We usually top with cream cheese, but we have used buttercream.

Prep
30 min
Cook
103 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Heat milk and 1/3 cup butter in a microwave-safe container in the microwave on high power for 30 seconds. Stir and repeat until mixture reaches 120 to 130 degrees F (49 to 54 degrees C). If too cool, microwave for 15 seconds more; if too hot, let cool to proper temperature.
  2. 2 Whisk eggs lightly in a small bowl, adding a small amount of milk mixture at a time to temper eggs until thoroughly combined. Pour mixture into the bowl of an electric stand mixer.
  3. 3 Mix together 3 cups flour, sugar, yeast, and salt in a large bowl until well combined. Add to milk mixture and beat on low speed using the dough hook, scraping down the sides of the bowl using a rubber spatula as needed.
  4. 4 Add remaining 1 cup flour slowly, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Continue to knead on low speed until dough looks smooth, 7 to 10 minutes; dough will be sticky and the bottom will remain stuck to the bowl.
  5. 5 Pour oil over dough and turn to coat. Cover and let rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
  6. 6 Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and use your hands to shape into a small rectangle. Roll dough out into a 1/4-inch-thick rectangle.
  7. 7 Mix together brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl until well combined. Spread 1/3 cup softened butter over dough and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Roll dough into a log and cut into 12 equal pieces.
  8. 8 Place rolls, cut-side down and almost touching, into a greased 9x13-inch pan. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature until doubled in size, 30 to 40 minutes.
  9. 9 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  10. 10 Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately turn out onto a tray or plate to cool; this allows the inside mixture to drip back into the rolls as they cool.

Nutrition per serving

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