As you open the door and walk into your house filled with the aroma of Home Made Cinnamon Rolls life suddenly gets better. You can bake this recipe with confidence that you will have mouthwatering treats for all in the family.
This recipe is one that I have used for years, not only for family use but for selling at farmers market. I will share tips that have helped me make these better.
Tips for Best Cinnamon Rolls
There are a couple of ingredients that make all sweet dough including Cinnamon Rolls much better. First, always use unsalted butter in recipes. Next, almond extract makes most sweet baked goods better too.
You have to knead the dough in this recipe. The best way to check if the dough has had enough kneading is to make a little indention in the dough with your finger, about a quarter of an inch deep. If the dough quickly bounces back to fill the hole, you have done enough kneading. The dough should be smooth and shiny. This makes the rolls light and fluffy yet dense enough to hold together.
When setting the dough to rise, find an area that is warm and free of draft. I like to cover my dough with a tea towel, some like to cover with plastic wrap to keep the top from drying out.
I like to add a little cloves into my brown sugar cinnamon mixture, that is personal taste. You can experiment and decide what flavors you like best.
Cinnamon Roll Recipe
Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 C Warm Milk 105-115°
- 2 pkt Yeast
- ½ C Butter melted
- ½ C Sugar
- ½ tsp Almond Extract
- 1 tsp Salt
- 4½-5 C All Purpose Flour
- ½ C Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Ground Cloves optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Warm milk to 105-115°, pour into large mixing bowl.
- Add sugar and yeast, mix until yeast dissolves.
- Add melted butter and eggs mix well.
- Add salt and 2½ C flour, mix until smooth.
- Stir in the rest of the flour until easy to handle, should be a soft dough.
- Turn out onto floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
- Put dough into large oiled mixing bowl cover with tea towel and let rise until double.
- Grease 9X13 baking dish.
- Mix brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves together in small bowl.
- Punch down dough and take half of it and roll out into rectangle about ½ inch thick. Sprinkle with brown sugar mixture.
- Roll up jelly roll style and cut into 10 equal slices. Put into greased baking dish.
- Do the same with other half of dough.
- Cover with tea towel and let rise in warm place until double.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until lightly brown on top.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Ice with basic powdered sugar icing while still a little warm.
Powdered Sugar Glaze
Ingredients
- 2 C powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla flavoring
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- 2 Tbs Butter melted
- 3-4 Tbs milk
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Adjust milk to make thinner or thicker glaze.
Bake these delicious Cinnamon Rolls and your whole house will smell wonderful! When you take them out of the oven to cool add the glaze to the top while they are still a bit warm and it will run down into the rolls filling the spaces with mouthwatering sweetness.
I know you will enjoy these Best Cinnamon rolls. You can make adjustments to the icing recipe to your taste or top them with Maple Glaze or Cream Cheese Icing.
Alternate Icings for Cinnamon Rolls
Maple Glaze
Ingredients
- 2 C powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp. maple flavoring
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- 2 Tbs. Butter Melted
- 3-4 Tbs. Milk
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients until smooth. Adjust milk to make desired consistency.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 3 C powdered sugar
- 1 8 oz. Cream Cheese softened
- 2 Tbs Butter melted
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- In a large bowl beat all ingredients until smooth.
- Makes enough to frost a 9X13 cake.
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