Quick Cinnamon Rolls

4.43 from 14 votes

You can have yeast dough Cinnamon Rolls in about an hour! These delicious rolls with cinnamon sugar filling and cream cheese glaze make a breakfast to die for!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword easy cinnamon rolls, easy cinnamon rolls recipe, quick cinnamon rolls

Prep Time 40

Cook Time 30

Rising Time 17

Total Time 1 27

Servings

Calories 211

Author Erren Hart

Ingredients

FOR THE DOUGH:

1¼ cups milk hot milk about 110F/ 43C
1 packet instant dry yeast
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg at room temperature
¼ cup butter melted
3-4 cups all-purpose/plain flour
1 teaspoon salt

FOR THE FILLING:

4 tablespoons melted butter plus more for pan
¼ cup light brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

FOR THE GLAZE:

4 tablespoons cream cheese
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

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Instructions

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in a ¼ cup of the hot milk and set aside.
In a large bowl mix milk, sugar, melted butter, salt, and egg.
Add 2 cups of flour and mix until smooth. Add yeast mixture. Mix in remaining flour until dough is easy to handle.
Knead dough on lightly floured surface for 5 minutes. Place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and set aside.

To rise:

Place an 8-ounce cup of hot water into the microwave and heat on high for 3 minutes to moisten the oven.
Remove the mug and place the bowl with the dough into the microwave and heat on it's lowest setting (10% power) for 3 minutes.
Then let the dough rest in the microwave for a further 3 minutes.
Heat the dough (still on it's lowest setting) for another 3 minutes.
then let the dough rest in the microwave for 5 minutes.
When doubled in size, punch down dough.
Roll out on a floured surface into a 15 by 9-inch rectangle.
Spread melted butter all over the dough. Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over buttered dough.
Beginning at the 15-inch side, roll up the dough and pinch edge together to seal. Cut into 10 - 12 slices.
Coat the bottom of a nonmetal baking pan with butter. Place the cinnamon rolls on the pan with a bit of room for the second rise (about 2 inches).
Preheat the oven to 350˚f/175˚c
repeat the rising process in the microwave.
Bake at 350˚f/175˚c for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.

To Glaze:

In a mixing bowl whisk together cream cheese, the melted butter powdered sugar, and 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract.
Add in more milk as needed 1 teaspoon at a time until it is the desired consistency. Spread over slightly cooled rolls.

Notes

Be sure the milk you use is warm (it should be about 110°F/43°C). If it is too hot it will kill the yeast and if it’s too cold, the yeast won’t activate.
Use a room temperature egg in the dough: If you use cold eggs in yeast dough it can affect the yeast activating.
Be sure to flour your kneading and rolling surfaces as well as the rolling pin this helps to prevent the dough from sticking to the surface or the rolling pin.

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