Yields:
15 Servings
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 3 Hr
Cook Time:
35 Mins
Total Time:
3 Hr 35 Mins
Making delicious cinnamon rolls at home is easy with the help of a stand mixer with paddle & dough attachments – even without a bread machine. Only thing required is a little time & patience for the dough to rise 🙂 If you plan ahead, you can even make the rolls and keep them refrigerated until you are ready to bake & serve.
Ingredients
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For the Dough:
- For the Filling:
- For Icing/Glaze
Instructions
- Warm the milk, add sugar & yeast and mix well. Now add in the melted butter and vanilla extract & stir well.
- Take 2 & 1/2 cups of flour in a stand mixer bowl & add in the above mix. With the paddle attachment on, mix the contents well until you get a smooth consistency. Now add in eggs, one at a time, until blended.
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Remove the paddle attachment & put the dough hook on the stand mixer. Now add in the remaining 2 & 1/2 cups flour to the bowl and knead everything together until it resembles a soft dough. If needed, you can add in a little more flour (about 2 tbsp,) to the mix. Knead for a good 5 to 6 minutes.
- Take out the kneaded dough into a bowl, brush with some melted butter all over, cover & leave it to rest for about 2 hours, until the dough rises.
- When the dough has risen, take it out & give it a pat all over (knocking it down) and leave it to rest for another 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk together melted butter, brown sugar & ground cinnamon in a glass bowl.
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Now, place the dough on a clean surface, and dusting a little flour all over, roll the dough into a big rectangle about 18 by 12 inches. Leaving a little edge ( about 1 inch) on top, brush the cinnamon filling generously all over the rectangle. Now starting at one long end, roll the entire thing into a long cigar shaped roll, brushing the top parts with some melted butter. Butter the sides of the roll all over as well. Now with a sharp knife, cut the log into round slices (about 12 to 16 slices or about 2" each)
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Place the slices on a baking tray and leave it to rest for a while uncovered. (At this stage, you may even take the rolls & freeze it for baking later).
- Preheat your oven to 350 F. Now bake the cinnamon roll for about 30 to 35 minutes.
- While the rolls are baking, make the icing by stirring together all the glaze ingredients.
- Once baked, drizzle the glaze over the rolls & serve.