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Cinnamon Rolls in an Hour

Here's how I make fresh cinnamon rolls from scratch with cream cheese frosting in only an hour.

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword Cinnamon Rolls
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12 rolls
Calories 474 kcal
Creator Merissa

Ingredients

Cinnamon Roll Dough

  • 1 cup warm water not too hot!
  • 3/4 cup milk also warmed, but not hot
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 3 Tablespoons instant yeast
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 5-6 cups all purpose or bread flour
  • 6 Tablespoons butter melted, for filling
  • 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon for filling
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar for filling

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 6 ounces cream cheese room temp
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Start by mixing together your wet ingredients, including the yeast so that it can get working. It's very important that your milk and water is not too hot or it will kill off your yeast and the rolls will not rise.

  2. Add in your dry ingredients and mix in the flour slowly. You may need a little more or a little less based on your elevation. I stay on the lower end of the amount of flour because we are at a higher elevation. Give the dough about 10 minutes to sit while you gather more ingredients and prepare your pan for the oven. If you haven't already, turn on your oven and preheat it.
  3. Roll out your dough to make a large rectangle. I don't measure this but it's probably around 18 inches long by 12 inches wide. You will be cutting 12 cinnamon rolls out of this dough. The dough is somewhat stiff and harder to work with so a rolling pin is best to roll it out.
  4. Spread your melted butter over the top of your dough. Do not spread it all the way to the edges.
  5. Sprinkle the cinnamon and brown sugar mixture over the butter. Again, do not go all the way to the edges.
  6. Roll up the dough from the bottom to the top. Don't squish it down too hard or the filling might come back out!
  7. Cut the roll of dough into 12 pieces and place them in a greased 9x13 (or similar size) baking pan with sides. Do not put them right next to each other in the pan, give them a little space to rise.

  8. Place the cinnamon roll pan in the oven at 350 degrees and bake until the tops of the rolls are golden brown. (about 30 minutes) While they are baking, you can make the cream cheese frosting.

  9. Combine all the frosting ingredients in a clean bowl and beat it together with hand mixers. It's very hard to get this frosting nice and smooth without them. The cream cheese also needs to be at room temp to get the right texture.
  10. Beat the frosting until smooth.
  11. Remove the cinnamon rolls from the oven. They should have risen nicely while baking. Let them cool for a few minutes before you put the frosting on top.
  12. You can frost each roll individually or you can just spread the cream cheese frosting over the whole pan like it do. These are best warm and straight from the oven!
  13. I'm not sure it gets better than this on a Saturday morning!
Nutrition Facts
Cinnamon Rolls in an Hour
Amount Per Serving
Calories 474 Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat 12g18%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Trans Fat 0.4g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 56mg19%
Sodium 396mg17%
Potassium 182mg5%
Carbohydrates 82g27%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 42g47%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 372IU7%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 122mg12%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.