Best Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Published: Dec 23, 2015 | Last Updated On: Jun 16, 2022 by Aarthi

Best Cinnamon Rolls Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is made by maida with cinnamon powder topping. These rolls are so soft.

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Best Cinnamon Rolls

I just love cinnamon rolls, i have already shared a whole wheat version. But i wanted to make a basic cinnamon roll recipe always and finally i made it few days back and it was delicious.

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Ingredients for Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 cups + more
Sugar - ¼ cup
Milk - 1 cup or as needed
Dry Yeast - 2 tsp
Egg - 1
Unsalted Butter - ¼ cup
Salt - ½ tsp

For Topping:

Soft Unsalted Butter - ½ cup or as needed
Sugar - ½ cup
Cinnamon Powder - 2 tsp
Raisins a handful

For Icing:

Icing Sugar / Confectioners Sugar - 1 cup
Milk - 2 to 3 tbsp

(MY 1 CUP MEASURES 240 ML)

The rolls were so soft with a buttery,sugary cinnamon interior and a little crusty sugar exterior. Perfect for this time of the year..

This recipe makes a good amount of rolls so it is best for sharing and you will just love it..

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

How to Make Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Take flour, salt in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
Melt butter in a pan, add in milk, sugar and whisk well. Touch and see whether the temp of the milk is luke warm. It has to be very
warm, if it is hot then the yeast will die.
Once the mix is warm, sprinkle over the yeast and set aside for 5 mins. Now it will be all activated.
Now whisk it well and add in egg and whisk well.
Now add in flour and mix to a sticky dough.
Now cover the dough with a plate and let it rise on a warm spot for 1 hour or till it is doubled in size.
Now Make the cinnamon sugar. Mix sugar and cinnamon till it is mixed.Set it aside till use.
Once the dough is risen. Roll it out into a long rectangle. Spread some soft butter over it. Sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar mix and raisans.
Roll it into a thick log. Now cut them into equal slices.
Arrange it in a buttered tray. Cover again and let it rise for a hour.
Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C / 360 Degree F.
Once it is risen, bake it in a preheated oven for 25 to 30 mins.
Remove from oven and make the icing.
Take icing sugar and milk in a bowl and mix well so it forms into a smooth icing.
Drizzle this all over the rolls.
Serve.

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Cinnamon Rolls Recipe Step by Step

Take your ingredients for dough

Take flour in a bowl

add in some salt

mix well

take butter in a pan, i am going to make the dough in this so i used a big pan

melt it down

add in milk

add in sugar

whisk till sugar is melted

this is the important stage, touch the milk to check the temperature..The milk has to be luke warm.
If it is hot then it will kill the yeast..so make sure the milk is very very warm

Now sprinkle over yeast..this is dry yeast

now set this aside for 5 mins so the yeast is activated

whisk this well

add in 1 egg

whisk again

now add in flour mix in

the dough has to be sticky..The more stickier the dough
the more soft the buns will become

Cover it and let it rise for 1 hour

now it is rised well

knead it well

cover it and chill it in fridge over night..you can skip this and use it right away

now make cinnamon sugar..take sugar in a bowl

add in cinnamon

mix well and set aside

i took the dough out the next day

rolled it out

i rolled it into a long rectangle

add some soft butter over it

spread it evenly

sprinkle with the sugar mix

sprinkle over some raisin

now start rolling

roll it out

now it is done

pinch the edges

done

cut it in half

look at that beauty

cut it in four

cut it into rounds

i greased a 9 inch cake pan with butter

arrange it in

cover with plastic wrap and let it rise

now bake this

done

Take icing sugar in a bowl

Add some milk

Mix it up

It should be little runny

drizzle with the icing

let it sit for few mins

Enjoy

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Khadija Aliya

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Hi Aarthi,
You and ur work is amazing and above all the way u explain step by step seems like in a class no confusions ever.
May God bless u always and gives u the strength to educate people the same way.

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Unknown

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Hi...I am a new home Baker and your blog has become an ultimate destination for me to search recipe and I find everything so easy...also read your posts in hbg.just a small doubt in this.can I follow the same method without egg? Thanks in advance.

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Aarthi

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@Unknownyes u can skip the egg

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Megha Gaurav Sainger

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At what temperature it should be baked in microwave and in what mode

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Megha Gaurav Sainger

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At what mode to be baked in microwave

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- Aarthi
  
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  you have to bake at 180 degree C in convection mode
  
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Ramya K

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I tried this today and it turned out good! Thanks for posting!

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Hail Damage Claims

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Hi, your bread looks delicious!!! I only have wholewheat bread flour. Will it work about the same or will it be more dense… Let me know what you think.

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Sukanya

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Hi Aarthi , I have a little confusion. After melting the butter , do we have to keep the heat on while mixing the milk ?? At what point , do we take the milk off the heat ??

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