Homemade cinnamon rolls browning in the oven just doesn't do anything to make a house smell like a home. This sweet treat will be beloved recipe of mine that I trot out when I want to surprise my family on weekends. Even my husband shouts, "Yay! Cinnamon rolls!" This homemade cinnamon roll recipe might be a little louder than the kids when it comes out of the oven.

Best Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Back in the day when I'd only buy those cans of cinnamon rolls. You know those little things that you push to open with a spoon, and pop you out of your skin? However, since doing this whole wholesome cooking thing, I've discovered you actually can make the best cinnamon roll recipe (of which there are none better), completely using the kind of things you're likely to have in your kitchen right now. You might not be ever scared by that can, but it does take some time.

Cinnamon Roll Ingredients To Make Yourself

• You want to use whole milk, but don't make it hot: warmed is the trick.
• Base of your homemade cinnamon rolls recipe – All purpose flour.
• To sweet, we need sugar – best in granulated form.
• Active dry yeast will enable your rolls to rise.
• Eggs – choose the jumbo kind.
• Melt it up to mix in.
• It's not just a sugary flavor: Vanilla extract
• With cinnamon – they can't be cinnamon rolls without it.
• Light brown sugar, cinnamon, softened butter and cinnamon sugar filling.
• You'll need softened full fat cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter, vanilla extract to make cream cheese frosting for cinnamon rolls.

Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Look, I get it. When you look at this recipe you're thinking this is hard. But it's not! These easy homemade cinnamon rolls only take…20 minutes to prep….and they're sooo worth it! The list of ingredients is long, but it's easy to add everything. For most of the recipe time, you wait for the dough to rise. That even might occur, and you could even go back to sleep while that happened. And overnight cinnamon rolls is real!

How to Make Cinnamon Rolls from Scratch

1. First make the dough to make easy cinnamon rolls. That means warm milk and yeast, and other things.
2. When that mixture gets foamy, add the rest for the dough.
3. At this point, the dough will rise and you'll make the filling for the cinnamon rolls while it does.
4. After this, you'll roll the dough, build the cinnamon rolls then it will rise again.
5. You soon have them ready to bake and make the cream cheese icing — spread on them a few minutes after coming out of the oven.

The Experts' Tips and Tricks to Make Perfect Cinnamon Rolls Every Time

• If you can, make sure your milk is warm, not hot. This gets the yeast to work.
• Don't refrigerate this dough. You want the yeast to bloom. Let it rise somewhere warm.
• Your filling butter should be soft as butter. By doing this your filling is easier to prepare.
• Don't over roll things out, roll out with flour as you go along. You're better off with wet cinnamon rolls, so make sure it is wet.

How to Make Cinnamon Rolls

If you can do cinnamon rolls like this seemingly easy as pie, then you … This is an easy one step by step recipe and it is only a matter of time before everyone is making these. I've gone and broken it down step by step exactly so you can make the dough, fill and roll them, bake it and then eat your cinnamon rolls, and without a mess.

We know it's a cinnamon roll or a cinnamon bun, but how?

Cream cheese cinnamon roll frosting on top. Brown sugar glazed is typical for cinnamon buns, but these are more on the wetter side.

What if you had made cinnamon rolls without yeast?

It doesn't really matter if you don't have yeast, you can substitute it with just baking powder. While the latter is the traditional method of making cinnamon rolls using yeast, it's the most fun and the best method.

Can you use the right flour for cinnamon rolls?

All purpose is the best because it's so versatile. This cinnamon roll recipe is SO good, you will be surprised it turns out like this!

Is All Purpose Flour and Bread Flour the same for Cinnamon Rolls?

Yes, you can. It can tell more fluid, could make your rolls softer if you want…but it absorbs more liquid.

To over knead cinnamon roll dough, can you?

Yes, you can, so that's why I tell you to knead for 5 less minutes to avoid having to develop the gluten that will give you the best texture for cinnamon roll.

What kind of cinnamon for cinnamon rolls?

Cassia and Ceylon type cinnamon is very popular. Cassia is redder, more aromatic flavored, and more so than cinnamon. The Cinnabon brand people use what is famous when making cinnamon buns.

What size should be cut for cinnamon rolls?

It depends how you like your eggs. If you want them gooey, slice ¼ inch thick. If you don't want them to be too thin, make them ¾ inch thick.

Do cinnamon rolls need to be touching when baking?

You will separate them but once they bake up they will touch. That's perfectly normal!

Baking Cinnamon Rolls: How Long

Once you pop these beauties in the oven it should be about 18 to 20 minutes for them to be done. I suppose the hardest thing really is that it smells so good when you live with it.

What do cinnamon rolls tell you that they are done?

Bake them for 18 minutes, and check them. It should be golden to dark brown top. It should be fully baked in the center, and should be not doughy.

So how do you make cinnamon roll glaze from scratch?

Why make the cinnamon roll icing recipe so easy. When you want to make cinnamon rolls and cream cheese icing, you'll mix your cream cheese, butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, and salt with a mixer on medium speed and then it's ready!

What partners with Cinnamon Rolls?

We love coffee and cinnamon rolls together. I also laid out a beautiful spread of seasonal fresh fruits, homemade scrambled eggs, home fries and bacon. They're dessert for breakfast!

What can you do to make cinnamon rolls better?

Restrign your attention to the filling and the icing. This cinnamon roll recipe is packed with plenty of cinnamon and soft butter so it will be the best you've ever made. Also, go full fat for the cream cheese in the cinnamon roll frosting recipe. It's worth it.

My cinnamon rolls aren't fluffy, why?

You cut your rolls too thin. To slice ¾ of an inch thickness, you will need them if you want them fluffy.

Why are my Cinnamon rolls dry?

If your cinnamon rolls are dry, you've probably added too much flour. This recipe requires you to keep to your measurements and not toss that flour down when rolling out the dough.

When it comes to cinnamon rolls, how do you get them to remain moist?

You have to wrap them well. If they sit on the counter, they will get dry unless you keep the air out to keep them moist.

How to Store Cinnamon Rolls

I am one who cans my cinnamon rolls and includes them tightly in foil. But you could also stick them inside a plastic storage bag first, although make sure there is no air left.

How long do Cinnamon Rolls Last?

You don't have to refrigerate your cinnamon rolls at all, but you should eat them within 2 days. And the longer it stays around, they won't taste as good.

Can I Freeze the Cinnamon Rolls?

And if you want to have a sweet ready to go, that's a great trick. Make them but don't decorate them. Then you can throw them in the oven to warm them, then ice them.

How to Reheat Cinnamon Rolls?

They pop in the oven for minutes until they're warm. Alternatively you can warm one at a time in the microwave.