Name: Best Cinnamon Rolls Recipe (Better than Cinnabon)!
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 160 min
Yield: 12, 12 Cinnamon Rolls
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 cup whole milk ((warm, 105 degrees F)); ½ cup + 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar ((divided)); 1 Tablespoon Active dry yeast; 2 large eggs ((room temperature)); 6 Tablespoons salted butter ((melted)); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 4 to 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 cup brown sugar ((packed)); 2 ½ Tablespoons ground cinnamon; 6 Tablespoons salted butter ((softened)); 8 ounces cream cheese ((softened)); ¼ cup salted butter ((softened)); 2 cups powdered sugar; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt

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Best Cinnamon Rolls Recipe (Better than Cinnabon)!

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 12 · 2h 40m total

Servings

Calories

27% of a 2,000 cal day

549KCAL

Protein

8g16% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat24g

30%

Saturated14g

71%

Unsaturated10g

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Total Carbs77g

28%

Fiber2g

Total Sugars41g

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incl. Added Sugars39g

78%

Starch34g

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Sodium433mg

19%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Yeasted cinnamon rolls with gooey centers and cream cheese frosting. Soft and indulgent, made from scratch with overnight rise option for convenience.

Ingredients

12 SERVINGS

1 cupwhole milk
0.56 cupgranulated sugar — 9 tbsp
1 tbspActive dry yeast
2large eggs — room temperature
6 tbspsalted butter — melted
1 tsppure vanilla extract
4–4½ cupsall-purpose flour
1 tspfine sea salt
1 tspground cinnamon
1 cupbrown sugar — packed
2½ tbspground cinnamon
6 tbspsalted butter — softened
8 ozcream cheese — softened
¼ cupsalted butter — softened
2 cupspowdered sugar
½ tsppure vanilla extract
⅛ tspfine sea salt

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Method

2h 40m total

Read the method on Joy Food SunshineLaura Sandford’s original page

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