These rolls taste like ones you would find at a fancy bakery and are a fabulous combo of melt in your mouth rolls smothered in a stunningly sweet frosting.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Rise Time10 hourshrs
Total Time1 hourhr20 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast, Quick Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: breakfast, brunch
Servings: 12rolls
Author: Sam
Ingredients
Cinnamon Filling:
1/2cupunsalted buttersoftened to room temperature
3/4cupbrown sugar
2tablespoonsground cinnamon
1/4teaspoonsaltleave out if using salted butter
Dough:
3 1/2 - 3 3/4cupsall-purpose flour
1/2cupsugar
2teaspoonsinstant yeast
1 3/4teaspoonssalt
1/4teaspoonbaking soda
1/2cupunsalted butter
1/2cupmilk
1cupplain Greek yogurt
Frosting:
1/2cupunsalted buttersoftened to room temperature
2teaspoonsvanilla
1 1/4cupspowdered sugar
Instructions
Cinnamon Filling:
In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Once combined beat on medium speed until light and creamy. Put cinnamon filling into a zip top bag and set aside. Wipe out the mixing bowl with a paper towel.
Dough:
To the mixing bowl add flour, sugar, yeast, salt, and baking soda until combined.
In a saucepan over low heat, melt butter, then stir in milk and Greek yogurt until warm, about 80 degrees.
Add butter mixture to flour and mix until mostly combined.
Turn mixer to low speed and knead about 20 minutes, the dough will be smooth and elastic.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rest 90 minutes, or until doubled in size. Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper and set aside.
On a floured surface, roll the dough into a 13-inch square. Cut off a corner of the bag of cinnamon filling and squeeze over the dough. Spread into an even layer and roll into a log.
Slice the log into 12 rolls, by cutting the roll in half and then each half into 6 slices. Add cinnamon rolls to pan, cover and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 while the cinnamon rolls sit at room temperature.
Bake rolls covered for about 45 minutes, rolls will be puffed. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes, rolls will be lightly browned.
Frosting:
While rolls are baking, in the bowl of the stand mixer, combine butter, vanilla, and half of the powdered sugar on low speed. Add the remaining powdered sugar and mix until combined. Increase speed to medium and beat about 3 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
After removing rolls from the oven let sit for about 5 minutes and then spread the fluffy frosting over them and enjoy!
Notes
While your mixer is kneading the dough, don’t get too far away as your mixer can move across the counter and you do not want it to fall off!Adapted from the BraveTart Cookbook.