Perfect Cinnamon Rolls With Cream Cheese Frosting

Submitted by Valeria T.

"Make these delicious cinnamon rolls and have everyone talking about them! The cream cheese frosting is super yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 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

• For the filling

• 200 g brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons cinnamon

• 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

1. Preheat oven to 180 Celsius/ 350 Fahrenheit.
2. In a bowl with lukewarm water dissolve sugar then add yeast and leave for 5 minutes.
3. Melt the butter.
4. In a different bowl mix together milk, butter, egg, vanilla and egg and add the yeast mixture.
5. Slowly add flour and mix with your hands to create a dough.
6. 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.
7. After 1 hour roll out the dough into a square. Spread dough with butter-cinnamon-sugar filling.
8. Roll up dough and cut the tips.
9. Cut into 12 equal size rolls and place them in a baking pan.
10. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
11. Combine together butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla, mix well and put in the fridge.
12. Once the rolls are baked leave them to cool and spread with frosting.