Who wants a mall bought Cinnabon made in your very own kitchen?
Ingredients
1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2 eggs, room temperature
⅓ cup unsalted butter, at room temp.
4½ cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup white sugar
2½ teaspoons bread machine yeast
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
⅓ cup butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter, softened
1½ cups confectioners’ sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine room temp butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Step aside.
Roll dough into a 16×21 inch rectangle. Spread the butter/sugar/cinnamon mixture over the surface of the dough. Press it down into the dough evenly.
Roll-up the dough lengthwise and cut into 12 rolls.
Place rolls in a lightly greased pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, ¼ cup butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.
NOTE FOR NON-BREAD MACHINE FRIENDS: For the dough, heat the milk, butter, and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat to just below a boil. Set aside and cool to warm (110 degrees - you could stick your finger in and it feels cozy, not hot) then, and only then, whisk in your eggs. Sprinkle the yeast on the warm milk and let them get to know one another for about a minute. No touch.
Combine 4½ cups of the flour with the salt. Add to the milk/yeast mixture. If your dough is still too sticky, gradually stir in enough flour to make the soft dough. Cover, then set aside in a toasty, non-drafty place. Mine is the back burner of the cooktop. Once the dough has risen, or doubled in size you are ready to go on to the next steps listed above.
Recipe by Sugar and Spice at https://kathleenssugarandspice.com/2013/01/06/the-cinnamon-rolls-recipe/