Scrumptiously Sweet Cinnamon Rolls

This is honestly one of my favorite recipes. My wonderful step mom gave me her recipe and after a few tweaks I have turned into our traditional holiday breakfast treat/weekend treat/midnight snack.

 

Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cinnamon roll dough:

• 3 tsp yeast
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 4 cups flour

Cinnamon Smear:

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 Tbsp Cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 8oz. cream cheese
• 1 stick butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp lemon juice

In a large bowl mix sugar, yeast and milk. Allow to sit for 5 min. Next mix in the vanilla, cinnamon, eggs, butter, and salt. It won't look very pretty but it will taste so yummy once it is baked.

Messy mix

Mix in the flour until it is no longer sticky. Allow the dough to rest in a warm place until the dough has doubled in size. This is the part where I like to cheat a little, I preheat my oven to 200 degrees F and then turn it off once heated and place the dough in the oven. Using this method the dough has usually doubled in an hour.



non- sticky dough





dough has doubled in size.

Place the dough onto a floured surface and roll out into a rectangular shape. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9x13 casserole pan.

In a small bowl mix up the cinnamon smear. Once the smear is completely mixed, try to spread an even layer on top of the dough.

brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon.... YUM!

cinnamon smear on the dough

This next step takes a bit of finesse, but roll the bottom edge of the dough up to the top so that you have a long log of dough. Then taking a serrated knife cut 12 equal pieces, depending on the size of your log. Mine tend to be about 1 1/2- 2 inches thick.

 Place pieces into the greased casserole dish and place into the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until they are golden brown on top.

 Allow them to cool for several minutes before frosting or the frosting will just melt off.


golden brown cinnamon rolls

While the rolls are cooling, make the frosting but creaming the butter and cream cheese together.

 

 Next mix in the vanilla and lemon juice. Finally add the powdered sugar until it has a smooth whipped texture.

 

 Now for the best part, top the cinnamon rolls with the frosting. These scrumptious treats are so hard to resist and go great with a tall glass of ice cold milk.