Cinnamon rolls to make at home, easy step by step

Although it looks like a classic american recipethe truth is that the cinnamon rolls They first appeared in the year 1920 in Sweden, where today they have their own day of celebration, on October 4.

Throughout the 20th century, during the war period, there were many Swedes who immigrated to the United States taking the precious recipe for buns with them. The Americans adapted the recipe by changing the cardamom for cinnamon, increasing the size of the buns and adding an extra frosting to get the cinnamon rolls we know today.

Today, the cinnamon rolls can be seen in the windows of some bakeries and stores specializing exclusively in these buns in which all kinds of sweet and even salty varieties are offered.

As you will see below, making cinnamon rolls at home is not that difficult, it just requires a little time and patience while we wait for the dough to rise, the rest is a piece of cake.

Cinnamon roll or cinnamon rollsofia de la torre

recipe information

    • Preparation time: 30 minutes
    • cooking time: 30 minutes (plus the fermentation times of the dough)
    • total time: 1 hour
    • rations: 12
    • Category: cake shop
    • type of cuisine: American
    • Calories per serving (kcal):250

Ingredients for cinnamon rolls

For the mass:

    • 300 g of all-purpose wheat flour
    • 40g sugar
    • 7 g dry baker’s yeast
    • 150 ml of milk
    • 1 egg
    • 40 g butter at room temperature

For the filling:

    • 60 g butter at room temperature
    • 50g brown sugar
    • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

For him frosting of cream cheese:

    • 150g cream cheese
    • 30g icing sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste

Ingredients for cinnamon rollssofia de la torre

How to make cinnamon rolls (cinnamon rolls)

For mass, mix in the mixer bowl 300 g of sifted all-purpose flour with 40 g of sugar. If we don’t have a robot to knead with, we can make the mixture in a bowl and knead it by hand.

Add sugar to the cinnamon roll doughsofia de la torre

Add 7 g of dry baker’s yeast to the bowl.

Add yeast to the cinnamon roll doughsofia de la torre

Pour 150 ml of milk at room temperature into the bowl and mix the ingredients lightly to start forming the dough.

Pour milk into the cinnamon roll doughsofia de la torre

Add 1 egg at room temperature to the dough and knead so that all the ingredients are integrated.

Add egg to the cinnamon roll doughsofia de la torre

Add, little by little in batches, 40g of butter at room temperature and work the dough with the hook of the robot mixer at medium speed, for 10 minutes.

Add butter to the cinnamon roll doughsofia de la torre

Transfer the dough to a bowl greased with oil, cover it and let it rest for a first fermentation in a warm place for approximately 2 hours or until it doubles its volume.

Let the dough for the cinnamon rolls fermentsofia de la torre

While the dough ferments, prepare the filling. To do this we mix 60 g of butter at room temperature with 50 g of brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder. Once done, we reserve it in a cool place, but not in the fridge.

Prepare the filling for the cinnamon rollssofia de la torre

We also prepare the frosting of cheese mixing 150 g of cream cheese with 30 g of sifted icing sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla paste. we booked the frosting in the fridge.

Prepare the frosting for the cinnamon rollssofia de la torre

After fermentation, we degas the dough and stretch it in the shape of a rectangle on a floured surface. Next, we spread the butter and cinnamon filling over the entire surface of the dough.

Extend the filling of the cinnamon rollssofia de la torre

Roll up the stuffed dough and cut it into 12 portions with the help of a piece of kitchen string.

Cut the portions of the cinnamon rollssofia de la torre

We take the portions to a round dish covered with baking paper and place the rolls in it, leaving some space between them. Afterwards, we cover them with a cloth and let the dough rest again so that it ferments a second time for 30 or 40 minutes.

Let the cinnamon rolls risesofia de la torre

Preheat the oven to 200 ºC with heat up and down, and bake the cinnamon rolls for 30 minutes.

Bake the cinnamon rollssofia de la torre

We wait at least 1 hour until the rolls are cold and then we cover them with the frosting that we had reserved in the fridge. After this, we would have them ready.

Cover the cinnamon rolls with frostingsofia de la torre

The cinnamon rolls They are delicious freshly made, but if they are left over, they are perfect if we heat them for a few seconds in the microwave.

homemade cinnamon rollsofia de la torre

Easy preparation summary

    1. Mix the flour and sugar for the dough
    1. We add the yeast
    1. we pour the milk
    1. We add the egg
    1. Add the butter and knead for 10 minutes.
    1. Let the dough rest for 2 hours
    1. Prepare the filling of the buns by mixing the ingredients of this
    1. We prepare the frosting mixing the ingredients of this
    1. Degas the already fermented dough, stretch it and spread it with the filling
    1. Roll up the dough and form the roll-shaped portions
    1. Let the rolls ferment
    1. Bake them for 30 minutes at 200 ºC
    1. Let them cool and cover them with the frosting
    1. We serve the cinnamon rolls freshly made or reheated in the microwave

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