Recipe: Delicious 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 18 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cinnamon Rolls

1. Prepare of Dough.
2. Prepare .25 oz of Active Dry Yeast.
3. You need 1 cup of Warm Milk.
4. Prepare .5 cup of Granulated Sugar.
5. You need 1/3 cup of Softened Butter.
6. It's 1 tsp of Salt.
7. You need 2 of Eggs.
8. You need 4 cup of Flour.
9. It's of Filling.
10. Prepare 1 cup of Packed Brown Sugar.
11. You need 3 Tb of Cinnamon.
12. You need 1/3 cup of Melted Butter.
13. It's of Cream Cheese Icing.
14. You need 6 Tb of Melted Butter.
15. It's 1.5 cup of Icing Sugar.
16. You need 1/4 cup of Cream Cheese.
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
18. It's 1/8 tsp of Salt.

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 instructions

1. Dissolve the yeast in warm milk in a 2 cup measuring cup..
2. In a large bowl, combine sugar, butter, salt, eggs, and flour. Mix well..
3. Pour the yeast/milk mixture into the bowl and mix until well incorporated..
4. Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour until the dough has doubled in size..
5. While the dough is rising, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon..
6. Measure and melt the filling butter..
7. Once the dough has risen, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface, until it is approximately 18 x 12 inches. It should be about 1/4 inch thick..
8. Spread the butter over the dough and then spread the cinnamon sugar mixture..
9. Starting from the long edge, roll the dough completely..
10. Cut the roll into 1 1/2 inch slices..
11. Place the cut rolls onto an oiled 13x9 inch pan and let them rise for 30 minutes until doubled in size..
12. Preheat oven to 350°F and bake for 20 mins or until golden brown..
13. While the rolls are baking, mix the icing ingredients together and beat well with an electric mixer..
14. When the rolls are done, spread generously with icing and serve!.

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.