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Incredible Cinnamon Rolls (like Cinnabon)

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These huge cinnamon rolls are totally AWESOME and covered in gooey cream cheese frosting. Mix up the dough easily in your bread machine, if you don’t feel like doing it by hand.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE DOUGH:
  • 1 cup Warm Milk (110 Degrees)
  • 2 whole Eggs, Room Temperature
  • ⅓ cups Melted Butter
  • 4-½ cups Bread Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ cups Sugar
  • 2-½ teaspoons Yeast
  • FOR THE FILLING:
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 2-½ Tablespoons Cinnamon
  • ⅓ cups Soft Butter
  • ½ cups Corn Syrup
  • FOR THE FROSTING:
  • 3 ounces, weight Soft Cream Cheese
  • ¼ cups Soft Butter
  • 1-½ cup Powdered Sugar
  • ½ teaspoons Vanilla
  • ½ teaspoons Lemon Juice
  • ⅛ teaspoons Salt

Preparation

To make the dough, place milk, eggs, melted butter, bread flour, salt, sugar, and yeast in the bread machine. Set machine on dough cycle.

In the meantime, prepare the filling. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, soft butter, and corn syrup.

When dough is ready, roll it into a rectangle on a floured surface. Spread on the brown sugar mixture (filling) to within 1/2 inch of edges. Roll up, starting at a short edge. Use dental floss to cut the dough into about 12 rolls. Place in greased pan(s) with adequate sides to catch the goo.

Cover with a hot, wet dish towel and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake rolls for 15 to 20 minutes until done in the center.

Combine frosting ingredients (cream cheese, soft butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, and salt).

When rolls are done, immediately frost with half the frosting. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes, then apply the remainder of the frosting.

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monikakey on 11.26.2010

These rolls are delicious and definitely don’t need the corn syrup. (I posted a full review here, too, but forgot to mention I didn’t use corn syrup.)

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melodyj on 3.30.2010

I loved this recipe. We made them last night. This time I learned and mixed the ingredients before putting them in the bread machine. For some reason my bread machine doesn’t mix well when there is so much in the way of wet ingredients. They could have used another minute or two of baking but they are heavenly. Love the cream cheese frosting. Next time I plan to throw some walnuts or pecans into the filling.

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czken on 10.8.2009

I cut the ingredients list in half and yielded nine good sized rolls in a 9×9 pan. I used AP flour and regular active dry yeast. I baked mine for 17 minutes and probably should have pulled them out at 15 min. This is my first try at cinnamon rolls and I am very, very pleased with the results.
This is a great recipe that is easy to follow and execute. Dental floss; you’re a genius. The trick of spreading half the frosting when hot and the remainder after cooling is brilliant!
I know I’ll be using this recipe more often than I ought to…

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kristinsweetness on 10.2.2009

Yep, I use bread machine yeast. Don’t worry at all ~ the recipe turns out perfectly every time!

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bigflavor on 10.2.2009

I definitely recommend using a bread machine as suggested. They really do turn out so much better and you can get the yeast designed for bread machines, if you prefer. Another member on here also has a bread machine recipe for cinnamon rolls and it really is divine. You just can’t go wrong!!

https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/recipes/breads/cinnamon-rolls-with-bread-machine-dough/?nr

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monikakey on 11.26.2010

Delicious! I just pulled these out of the oven and half the pan is already gone…

I gave this a 4 rather than 5 because the dough was tough and dry and didn’t seem to rise very well. But then when the rolls were baking, it rose just fine. The rolls are delicious right now and I hope they’re still good a couple days from now. (If they last that long!) I think next time I won’t use as much flour as what’s called for and hope to have a more tender bread.

Instead of doing the cream cheese frosting, I used a trick my mom has done for years: sprinkle brown sugar in the bottom of the pan, put a little slab of butter in the pan, and place the rolls on those butter slabs. Then drizzle some heavy cream (or half/half or whole milk) over the rolls. Not too much, though!

This gives the rolls a gooey, sweet topping. Yum.

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