Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Pan of cinnamon rolls with white cream cheese icing

Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls

Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Servings: 12
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Ingredients | Dough:
  • 1 cup lukewarm water
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 tsp instant yeast
  • 1/2 cup nonfat dry milk powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 cup unbleached all purpose flour
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
Ingredients | Filling:
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
Ingredients | Icing:
  • 4 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk

Method
 

Directions | Dough:
  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attached, mix together water, sugar, and yeast.
  2. Add flour, dry milk, and salt in batches to yeast mixture until well combined.
  3. Turn the mixer on medium speed until soft dough forms and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
  4. Turn dough out onto floured surface. Knead a few times. Shape dough into a ball and place in large greased bowl.
  5. Cover bowl of dough with plastic wrap and let rise for 2 hours or until dough has doubled in size.
Directions: Filling
  1. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
  2. Once dough has doubled in size, roll dough onto floured surface in a 10x18-inch rectangle.
  3. Brush dough with melted butter.
  4. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture to coat the dough.
  5. Starting with the long side of the dough nearest to you, roll the dough into a long cylinder. Seal the seem. With a serrated knife, cut dough into 12 equal pieces.
  6. Place 12 cinnamon rolls in greased 9x13-inch pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for an hour.
  7. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake cinnamon rolls for 25-30 minutes or until edges are golden. Let cool for 5 minutes before icing.
Directions | Icing:
  1. Mix together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk until well combined and spreadable. You may need to add additional milk to desired spreading consistency.
  2. Spread icing over warm cinnamon rolls.