Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipe | Inherited Recipes

updated photos and content May 7, 2021

Cinnamon Rolls are easily one of my favorite “breakfast” foods, yet because they are so sweet, I do not have them often. I have also searched for a recipe that was easy and fool proof. This is that recipe. This is my favorite cinnamon roll recipe, it is so easy and so delicious, and the result is a very consistent, fluffy, not-too-sweet, cinnamon roll. These cinnamon rolls also make a really great gift! I just got done making 6-dozen cinnamon rolls for this Christmas season!

Ingredients you will need

Recipe Tips & Tricks

If you want super fluffy cinnamon rolls, make sure they are in a warm place when they rise and let them rise for a maximum of 6 hours! 3 hours will do in a pinch, but they will be so fluffy and delicious!

Baking cinnamon rolls in a cast-iron skillet is a really fun, rustic way to bake them, and things just taste better in a cast-iron skillet!

To add some fun and festive flair, I like to add green and red sprinkles to my cinnamon rolls during the holidays!

Baking essentials I used

How to Make Cinnamon Rolls

1. Warm the water for 1 minute in the microwave. Add the yeast to the water and let it activate (it will get bubbly!)

2. In a stand mixer, add the lemon juice, salt, oil, egg, and sugar and mix so those ingredients are combined. Then add the water/yeast mixture.

3. Add the flour into the mixer, and mix until well combined. It should be a soft and sticky dough, but the dough should not be sticking to the sides.

4. Knead in the stand mixture for 4-5 minutes, and knead by hand for another minute.

5. Let the dough rise for an hour.

6. After it has been rising, roll onto a floured surface into a rectangle. Smear with the softened butter, then sprinkle the brown sugar & cinnamon. Use the rolling pin and roll over the dough and sugar one more time. This packs the brown sugar and makes it a little easier when making and cutting the cinnamon rolls.

7. Roll the dough up from the long end, making sure to not stretch it. Then cut into 1-inch chunks and place into a baking dish. Allow the dough to rise again. If you want really fluffy dough, let it rise for 6 hours, but if you don’t have that kind of time 2-3 hours will do!

8. Bake at 350 for 15-17 minutes!

9. Prepare the frosting, by whipping all the ingredients together so it is light and creamy, and frost the cinnamon rolls when they have cooled!

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Easy Cinnamon Rolls

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 16 minutes minutes

Total Time 7 hours hours

Nothing beats an easy cinnamon rolls recipe! This is so simple and makes perfectly delightful cinnamon rolls time after time!

Ingredients

• 1½ cup warm water
• 1 Tbs yeast
• 1 egg
• ½ Tbs salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 4 Tbs olive oil
• 4 ½ cups flour

FILLING

• ½ cup butter (softened)
• 1 ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 ½ Tbs cinnamon

FROSTING

• 1 8oz pkg cream cheese
• ½ cup butter
• 3-4 cups powdered sugar (depending on how thick you like frosting)
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3-4 tbs milk (depending on how thick you like frosting)

Instructions 

• Microwave the water for 1 minute, then add the yeast and let it sit for 5 minutes
• In a stand mixer, add the egg, salt, sugar, oil, lemon juice, and sugar and mix so it is combined. Then add the yeast/water mixture
• Add the flour, and with the dough attachment, mix the ingredients.
• Knead until it is a sticky dough, though it should not stick to the sides. Knead in the mixer for 4-5 minutes. Then knead with your hands for 2-3 minutes.
• Let the dough rise for an hour
• Shape the dough into a rectangle, and spread the butter, then add the brown sugar & cinnamon. Carefully use a rolling pin and roll over the sugar & cinnamon mixture so it is packed down on the dough.
• Roll the dough, starting at the long end, then cut into 1 inch sections and place into baking dish
• Let the dough rise again for 3-6 hours (for super fluffy rolls, use the whole 6 hours)
• Bake for 350 for 15-17 minutes.
• For the frosting, whip all the ingredients together, using 3-4 cups of powdered sugar depending on how think you like your frosting!

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cinnamon, cinnamon rolls

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