Recipe: Perfect Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls. Find recipes and step-by-step help for making easy, sweet cinnamon rolls from scratch. We have overnight cinnamon rolls, bacon-wrapped cinnamon rolls, and more. Cinnabon wouldn't hand over the recipe for those famous cinnamon rolls, so Food Network Kitchens whipped up some pretty sweet imitations.

The dough I ultimately created is best made over two days. Not only does this break up the work, but I think the flavor from a slow-risen dough tastes better. This cinnamon roll recipe makes the absolute best, gooiest cinnamon rolls for the follwoing reasons: The rolls touch each other while baking. You can have Cinnamon Rolls using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cinnamon Rolls

1. You need of Dough.
2. Prepare 2 cups of milk.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of white sugar.
4. You need 1/2 cup of butter.
5. You need 2 tsp of instant dry yeast.
6. You need of Additional 1 cup flour.
7. You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
8. You need 2 tsp of salt.
9. Prepare of Filling.
10. Prepare 3/4 cup of butter.
11. It's 2 tbsp of cinnamon powder.
12. You need 3/4 cup of brown sugar.
13. You need of Flosting.
14. You need 2 tbsp of butter.
15. You need 4 tbsp of milk.
16. It's 1 cup of powdered sugar.

After the cinnamon rolls rise they will be touching each other on all sides (except for the part pointing to the outside of the pan). ***This is the original Cinnamon Roll recipe! All other sweet roll recipe variations that I do come from this. Let's start by making the dough. After you've rolled the dough, spread the cinnamon filling on top and roll-up jelly-roll style.

Cinnamon Rolls step by step

1. Melt butter in a pan. Add milk and sugar. Mix until sugar is dissolved and remove from heat..
2. Add the yeast and leave for 10 minutes..
3. Add 4 cups of flour into the mixture and combine..
4. Let the dough rise for an hour..
5. While waiting for the dough to rise, prepare the filling by combining the brown sugar, butter and cinnamon powder..
6. Combine the extra cup of flour to the dough, baking powder and salt and add to the dough..
7. Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes until smooth..
8. Shape into a rectangle and evenly spread the filling..
9. Roll the dough into a cylindrical shape and cut into small sizes..
10. Place in a greased pan and rest for another 30 minutes..
11. Bake for 25 minutes on 180° celcius..

Cut into as many rolls as you'd like. Cut into as many rolls as you'd like. These cinnamon rolls can easily be made ahead. For best results, choose one of the following two methods. OVERNIGHT INSTRUCTIONS: After you've rolled and cut your cinnamon rolls and placed them into your lightly greased baking pan, cover with plastic wrap and place in your refrigerator.