Homemade Cinnamon Rolls- Copycat Cinnabon Recipe

I have been scouring the internet for a good cinnamon roll recipe for a few weeks now. If you are a follower of me on Pinterest then you have seen me pinning recipes left and right! I finally picked one out (via JoCooks) and made them the other day. My husband loves cinnamon rolls more than any other sweet. I wanted to surprise him when he got home from work! I started making these at 3:30 PM and finished around 6 PM. It shouldn't normally take that long, but my dough didn't rise properly so I had to improvise (total user error). They make 8 large rolls and are great the following day as well if you heat them up. Either way, I hope that you try this recipe out because it is worth the time!

 Ingredients:

Dough

• 1 packet of active dry yeast
• 1 cup of warm milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour

Cinnamon Roll Filling

• 1 cup packed brown sugar (I used light brown sugar but dark will do.)
• 3 tbsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 tbsp flour

Cream Cheese Icing

• 6 tbsp butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cup powered sugar
• 1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp salt

Directions:

Dough

1. Dissolve your yeast in the 1 cup of warm milk. Let sit for 10 minutes.
2. In your mixing bowl add the sugar, flour, salt, butter and eggs and combine well.
3. Pour the milk/yeast mix into your mixing bowl and use the dough hook attachment to combine the mixture.
4. Place the dough into an oiled bowl and let rise for 1 hour or until dough is has doubled in size. While the dough is rising, make the cinnamon roll filling.
5. Once dough has rised, roll it out on a floured surface. Make sure you don't roll it out too thin. The rectangle should be 16in x 12in and about 1/4 inch thick.
6. Spread out the cinnamon roll filling evenly over the dough.
7. Roll the dough from top to bottom making sure that you seal the seam.
8. Cut the dough into 1 3/4 inch slices and place into a lightly greased baking pan. 
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 22 minutes or until golden brown.
10. While your rolls are baking make the icing.
11. Ice your rolls as soon as they come out of the oven.

Cinnamon Roll Filling

1. All you have to do is combine the brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and flour in a small bowl. Make sure that you soften the butter first so that it mixes well.

Cream Cheese Icing

1. Combine the ingredients well. Best to use your mixer for this part so that the icing becomes light a fluffy without killing your arm :)