Description
Moist, melt-in-your-mouth, gooey cinnamon rolls with a delicious sticky cream cheese frosting to die for. The perfect dessert for family movie night or a school snack for kids.
Ingredients
Dough
- 2–1/2 Cups All Purpose FlourÂ
- 1/3 Cup Unsalted Butter, melted
- 1/4 Cup Whole Milk
- 1 Large Egg
- 1/4 Cup White Sugar
- 1 Tsp Salt
Yeast
- 2–1/2 Tsps Dry Active Yeast
- 1/2 Cup Warm water
- 1 Tsp White Sugar
Filling
- 1/4 Cup Butter
- 1/3 Cup Brown SugarÂ
- 2 Tbs Cinnamon
Frosting
- 1 Cup Confectioner’s sugar
- 4oz Cream Cheese
- 2 Tbs Whole Milk
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
Other - 2 Tsps Vegetable Oil for Mixing Bowl
- 2 Tbs All Purpose Flour for surface
- 2 Tsps Butter for baking dish
- 2 Tbs Melted Butter to top Cinnamon Rolls
Instructions
- Place warm water or milk in a small bowl, stir in the sugar, then sprinkle in the yeast, and set aside for 15-20 minutes.
- Create the dough: Meanwhile, add flour and salt to a bowl and stir well.
- Melt 1/3 cup of butter and add it to a large mixing bowl.
- Add in the milk, sugar, and melted butter, then whisk well.
- Add in half of the flour and blend well.
- Add in the yeast and the remaining flour, and blend again until a big ball of dough forms.
- Oil the bowl: Remove the dough and wipe the bowl down with oil.
- Place the dough back into the bowl, cover it with plastic wrap, and set aside until rises.
- Add 2 tbs of flour to a flat surface like a kitchen counter or island and to the rolling pin.
- Add the dough and flatten it out into a rectangular shape with a rolling pain.
- Make the filling: Place a small skillet over medium heat, add the butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon and stir until it melts.
- Poor the filling all over the dough, leaving a 1/2 inch of space on the side.
- Sprinkle some water over the dough’s very end, fold it tightly, then slice it into however many cinnamon rolls you want.
- Rub your baking dish with butter, add the cinnamon rolls, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside until it rises and spreads; about an hour.
- Create the frosting: Add the powdered sugar, cream cheese, milk and vanilla to a medium-sized bowl, whisk or blend well, then store in refrigerator.
- Once the cinnamon rolls rise and spread, remove the plastic wrap and poor 2 Tbs of melted butter over them.
- Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
- Place them in the oven and bake for 30 minutes, then pour the frosting over them once they’re done.Â
