Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
This Homemade Cinnamon Roll recipe is SO easy!! Plus, you can use the same recipe to make bread! If fact, I usually do both. And, start to finish it takes less than 2.5 hours! Bonus: there is no kneading of the bread dough!
For a picture tutorial of how to get the dough, check out the No Knead Bread Recipe.
- Once you get the dough made, place it on a floured counter and roll it out until 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick (I usually do this in two batches, my counter isn’t big enough to do it all in one… Or I make 1/2 bread and 1/ cinnamon rolls)
- Slice butter into 1/4 in thick patties, and place on dough
- Mix cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle all of it over dough (should be pretty thick)
- Roll up dough, and cut into 1/2 inch slices
- Place in greased baking pan
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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
For Dough
- 5 Cups hot water hotter than bathwater, but not scalding
- 4 Tablespoons of yeast
- 1 Cup oil
- 6 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 Tablespoons salt
- 8-10 Cups of flour plus extra for rolling dough out
For Cinnamon Mixture
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 sticks butter 1 cup
- 1 TBSP Cinnamon
For Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ½ cup butter softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
For Dough
- Add 5 cups hot water to a HUGE bowl
- Sprinkle 4 TBSP yeast (Dry Active, not Quick Rising) into the water
- Add 1 cup oil
- Sprinkle 6 TBSP Sugar over yeast water to activate it.
- Wait until it gets all bubbly
- Add 2 TBSP salt
- Add 6 cups of flour, and stir until well blended, then add flour a cup at a time for 3 more cups, then 1/2 cup at a time until a sticky ball forms.
- It will take between 9 and 10 cups of flour
- Cover and wait 10 minutes.
- Stir around the bowl once, digging from the bottom and folding it over onto the middle.
- Cover and wait 10 minutes (for a total of 6 stirs)
For Cinnamon Rolls
- Place dough on floured counter and roll it out until 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick (I usually do this in two batches, my counter isn't big enough
- Slice butter into 1/4 in thick patties, and place on dough
- Mix cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle all of it over dough (should be pretty thick)
- Roll up dough and cut into 1/2 to 1 inch thick slices.
- Place in greased baking dish
- Let rise 30 minutes.
- While it is rising, pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. (mine takes 10 minutes, so I turn it on after the rolls have risen for 20 minutes)
- Bake at 350°F/175°C for 30 minutes
Frosting
- Mix Cream Cheese and butter until well combined
- Add Sugar and vanilla and mix well
- Stir in milk until you get your desired consistency (a little goes a long way)
- Frost cooled cinnamon rolls and enjoy!
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YES. I’d like a cinnamon roll and the Miss Petite lunching on one! She is so cute…
curious how many does this make seems like a lot for all that flour and butter.
The whole batch? 3-4 9×11 pyrex pans, depending on how thick you make them. 12-15 in a pan, so 36-60, depending on size.
I almost always make 3 loaves of bread, and a thing of cinnamon rolls… 🙂 Unless I’m cooking for a party!
Thank you. I am looking forward to making these they seem so much easier than a lot of other recipes.
Just wondering if you use regular flour or bread flour? Thank you!
regular flour 🙂