Perfect Cinnamon Rolls With Cream Cheese Frosting
photo by Valeria T.

- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
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For the dough
- 1 teaspoon yeast
- 1⁄4 cup lukewarm water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 cup lukewarm milk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla sugar or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 60 g melted unsalted butter
- 1⁄2 tablespoon salt
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- sunflower oil
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For the filling
- 200 g brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons cinnamon
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For the frosting
- 100 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 100 g cream cheese
- 200 g powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla sugar or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 180 Celsius/ 350 Fahrenheit.
- In a bowl with lukewarm water dissolve sugar then add yeast and leave for 5 minutes.
- Melt the butter.
- In a different bowl mix together milk, butter, egg, vanilla and egg and add the yeast mixture.
- Slowly add flour and mix with your hands to create a dough.
- Once the dough is homogenized, put it in a bowl and coat with a little bit of oil. Leave in the fridge for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour roll out the dough into a square. Spread dough with butter-cinnamon-sugar filling.
- Roll up dough and cut the tips.
- Cut into 12 equal size rolls and place them in a baking pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
- Combine together butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla, mix well and put in the fridge.
- Once the rolls are baked leave them to cool and spread with frosting.
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