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Mini Cinnamon Rolls
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Mini Cinnamon Rolls

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 24 mini rolls

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1⅓ cups warm water
  • 1 TBS active dry yeast
  • 2 TBS honey
  • cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt

Filling

  • 4 TBS butter completely softened
  • cup sugar
  • cup brown sugar
  • 1 TBS cinnamon

Frosting

  • 2 TBS butter softened
  • 2 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 and lightly grease a muffin pan. Add water, yeast, and honey to the bowl of a stand mixer fitting with a dough hook and stir to combine. Allow to rest for 5 minutes (mixture will rise and foam).
  • Add flour and salt to bowl. Turn the mixer on low and allow to mix until ingredients come together, then increase mixing speed to medium-low for 5 minutes. Remove dough from bowl and allow to rise for 10 minutes on a lightly floured surface.
  • While dough is rising, prepare the filling by whisking together sugars in a bowl.
  • Use a floured rolling pin to roll dough into a 9x15 inch rectangle. Use a pizza cutter to trim off the sides if it isn't perfectly rectangular. Spread softened butter over the surface of the dough. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over the butter.
  • Tightly roll one 15-inch side (the long side) of the dough toward the other 15-inch side to create a long log. Pinch the seam so it closes off the log. Use a very sharp knife or a pizza cutter to cut the ends off and then to cut the log into 24 equal parts. Place each cinnamon roll in the greased muffin tins. Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
  • While cinnamon rolls are baking, prepare the frosting. Cream together butter and cream cheese. Mix in the vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar and mix until combined. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time [I ended up using 6 tablespoons] until frosting reaches a spreadable consistency. When cinnamon rolls are finished baking, drizzle or spread frosting over rolls and serve.

Notes

From: Creme de la Crumb [Annotations from me]
This recipe made a considerable amount of frosting - at least double the amount you need to cover the cinnamon rolls. I would recommend cutting this portion of the recipe in half, or planning something else delicious to use it for!