Cinnabon Copycat – Our Christmas Morning Breakfast

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 oz 1 pkg yeast
  • 4 1/2 cups Bread flour or regular flour
  • 1 cup Brown sugar, packed
  • 2 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1 1/2 cups Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 1/8 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup White sugar

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 3 oz Cream cheese
  • 1 cup Milk

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Ingredients

• 1 cup warm milk
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• ⅓ cup butter, melted
• 4½ cups bread flour or regular flour (bread flour makes for a lighter cinnamon roll)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 pkg yeast (1/4 ounce, not instant yeast)
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
• ⅓ cup butter, softened
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 3 cups confectioners sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

Directions

• Microwave milk for 45-60 seconds in the microwave. Dissolve yeast in warm milk in a large bowl. Add sugar, butter, salt, eggs, and flour. Mix well. Knead dough into a large ball, using your hands dusted lightly with flour. Put in a bowl sprayed with cooking spray and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size. *Our house is so cold I have a hard time getting things to rise. If I turn on the oven and then put the rolls on top of the stove, the oven generates enough heat for them to rise.
• In a small bowl, thoroughly combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Spray surface with cooking spray or sprinkle flour on it. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle about ¼ inch thick. Spread dough with ⅓ cup softened butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough starting with the longer side and cut into 12 large rolls (or 18 smaller rolls). Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch glass baking dish (or you may need 2 dishes if you make smaller ones). Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30-60 minutes. If making the night before I let them rise covered with a dish towel on the counter overnight.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 18-20 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread half the frosting on them while they are still warm so that the frosting melts into the roll and the other half after theyve sat for a couple of minutes. Thats what the Cinnabon people do (I asked them). Makes 12-18 rolls.