Mom's Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls
Nothing says "Good Morning" like waking up to a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls. My mom has perfected the art of cinnamon rolls. Perfectly fluffy yet gooey-with the most delicious icing on top. Warm or cold, these are the best things EVER! This recipe is actually my moms dinner roll recipe that she makes into cinnamon rolls. So if you're looking for a great dinner roll recipe, use this one! (minus the cinnamon and sugar, or course)
Ingredients
Dough
- ½ cup butter salted
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup water warm (115°-120°)
- 3 tbsp active dry yeast heaping
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp salt
- 7-8 cups flour divided
- 3 eggs beaten
Cinnamon Sugar Filling
- ½ cup butter salted, melted
- 2 cups sugar
- ⅛-¼ cup cinnamon Mix with sugar-set aside
Vanilla Icing
- 2 tbsp butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla high quality
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp milk more or less depending on desired consistency
Instructions
Dough
- Combine milk and butter in small sauce pan. Warm on medium heat until butter is melted and mixture is close to reaching a boiling state. Let cool to 115°-120° degrees.
- In your warm water, add yeast and 2 tbsp sugar. Mix with whisk, cover and let rest until doubled in size. Once its bubbling, you know the yeast is working! (If no bubbles are forming after a few minutes, start over with yeast!)
- While milk is coolng, and yeast is rising, add ½ cup sugar, salt, 4 cups flour, and eggs to the bowl of a stand mixer fittled with the dough hook. Mix slightly.
- Add yeast mixture and warm milk. Mix well, stopping once to scrape the sides of the bowl. Mix again until well blended.
- Let rest for 15 minutes.
- Add 3-4 more cups of flour ½ cup at a time. mixing in between additions. YOu know youre dine adding flour when dough start to come together and pull away from the side of the bowl. (it will be slightly sticky)
- Spray a large bowl with cooking spray, and place dough inside. Cover with a cloth and let rise for 1 hour.
- Once risen, punch dough down and let rise another 30-40 minutes. Once risen, punch down again and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Flour your clean counter top. Divide dough in half and place half on floured surface. Roll out into rectangle shape about ¼ inch thick. Brush ½ melted butter on rolled out dough. Sprinkle ½ of cinnamon mixture on top. Tightly roll dough (start rolling with the long side of the rectangle-the roll will be long!)pinch seam closed. Slice into 1½-2 inch slices. Repeat with other half of dough.
- Pre heat oven to 350° F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Place rolls about 2 inches apart. Let rolls rise 20-30 minutes. Bake for 17 minutes, or until edges start to lightly brown.
Vanilla Icing
- Mix all ingredients until smooth.
- Once rolls are coled to room temp. spread icing all over rolls!
- Serve room temp, or slightly warm! ENJOY!
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