I have never really been much of a fan of homemade cinnamon rolls. Maybe I haven't had the right ones but most of the homemade cinnamon rolls I have had do not have a good ratio of filling to dough and the dough is usually dry. I would much rather just get the 1,000 calorie cinnabon at the airport or in the mall. I mean seriously, how can you resist that smell?!
Anyways, I decided to try this recipe because my husband loves cinnamon rolls, and these definitely taste like a Cinnabon. They are DELICIOUS! And it takes a lot for me to even say a homemade cinnamon roll is good let alone DELICIOUS! Not to mention that this is seriously the EASIEST recipe EVER! The dough is SO easy to work with and not sticky at all. It makes this recipe a breeze.
Ingredients for the Dough
1 cup warm milk (110 degrees)
2 eggs, room temperature
1/3 cup margarine, melted
4 1/2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
Ingredients for the Filling
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, softened
Ingredients for the Frosting
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions
1. Place ingredients for the dough in the pan of a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press start.
2. After the dough cycle is finished, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
3. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
4. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/2 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up down the long way and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls on a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan (3 rolls x 4 rolls, evenly spaced out).
5. Cover and let rise until they rolls nearly double in size and the entire pan is covered with the rolls (about 30 minutes). Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
6. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
7. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and salt until creamy. Spread frosting on warm rolls before frosting.
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