Recipe: Perfect Homemade cinnamon rolls w/ cream cheese frosting

Homemade cinnamon rolls w/ cream cheese frosting. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Place the cream cheese and butter in a bowl and use a fork to mash the two together. Make sure they're both softened to room temperature, otherwise the icing will be lumpy.

Combine water and milk powder with electric mixer until milk dissolves. Sprinkle on as much brown sugar and cinnamon as desired and use your hands to spread it out and mix it with the butter. With clean dry hands, roll the dough tightly into a large tube starting at the wide side. You can have Homemade cinnamon rolls w/ cream cheese frosting using 18 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Homemade cinnamon rolls w/ cream cheese frosting

1. You need of Dough.
2. You need 1/4 oz of yeast.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of warm water.
4. You need 1/2 cup of scalded milk.
5. It's 1/4 cup of sugar.
6. You need 1/3 cup of butter.
7. You need 1 tsp of salt.
8. It's 1 of egg.
9. You need 3 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour.
10. Prepare of Filling.
11. Prepare 1/2 cup of butter, melted. Plus a little extra for pan..
12. You need 3/4 cup of sugar, plus more for pan..
13. It's 2 tbsp of ground cinnamon.
14. It's of Frosting.
15. Prepare 4 oz of cream cheese, softened.
16. You need 4 oz of butter, softened.
17. Prepare 2 cup of powdered sugar.
18. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

Pinch the dough shut to seal. Cut into individual rolls and place on a baking sheet or in a greased pie plate. In the meantime, make the frosting by beating together the softened cream cheese, butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt. One rolls are browned, remove from the oven and slather with frosting.

Homemade cinnamon rolls w/ cream cheese frosting instructions

1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside..
2. In a large bowl, mix milk, sugar, melted butter, salt and egg. Add 2 cups of flour and mix until smooth..
3. Mix in yeast mixture..
4. Mix in remaining flour until dough in easy to handle..
5. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for 5-10 minutes. Or use a mixer with a dough hook, on low speed for 5 minutes..
6. Place in well grease bowl, cover, and let sit for 90 minutes. The dough should have doubled in size..
7. Once ready, punch dough down. Roll out onto a floured surface into a 15x9 rectangle..
8. Spread the 1/2 cup melted butter all over the dough. Mix cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle on melted butter on dough..
9. Beginning at the 15 inch side, role up dough and pinch edge together to seal. Cut into 12-15 slices..
10. Coat the bottom of the baking pan with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Place cinnamon rolls close together in pan but they don't have to touch..
11. Cover and let sit for 45 minutes, until dough is doubled..
12. Bake at 350 for about 25-30 minutes or until nicely browned..
13. While those are baking, mix softened cream cheese, softened butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla in mixer on medium speed for about 2 minutes. It works best to add the powdered sugar a cup at a time. And if you want thinner frosting, you can add a little milk while mixing..
14. Once cinnamon rolls are done baking, spread cream cheese frosting on warm rolls. Let stand for about 30 minutes..
15. Enjoy!.

Mix in the vanilla and milk, then gradually mix in the confectioners' sugar and salt until smooth and fluffy. Just combine softened ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend until smooth. You can drizzle it over your cinnamon rolls, pound cakes, muffins, scones and more. Then use a spreader to smooth it on. Combine cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar and heavy cream in a stand mixer or mixing bowl.