Grammy's Kitchen · Cinnamon Rolls · Gooey Cinnamon Rolls
One of 37 cinnamon rolls recipes we measured
from handletheheat.com
It ranks #1 of 37 for softness among the cinnamon rolls recipes we compared. 212 cooks on handletheheat.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 37.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 63% | 59% |
| fat | 47% | 43% |
| total sugar | 83% | 88% |
| egg | 28% | 12% |
| yeast | 0% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| dairy | 63% | 64% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 1 cup (227 grams) whole milk |
| 113 g | 1 stick (113 grams) unsalted butter |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup (57 grams) sour cream or plain yogurt, (at room temperature) |
| 1 envelope (2 1/4 teaspoons) instant yeast* | |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar |
| 50 g | 1 large egg, (at room temperature) |
| 100 g | 2 egg yolks, (at room temperature) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 540 g | 4 to 4 1/4 cups (508 to 540 grams) all-purpose flour, (plus more for dusting) |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt |
| 113 g | 1 stick (113 grams) unsalted butter, (completely softened to room temperature) |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup (150 grams) packed light brown sugar |
| 16 g | 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon |
| 1 g | 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 250 g | 2 cups (250 grams) powdered sugar |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup (57 grams) whole milk |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter, (melted) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 21 steps, published by handletheheat.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hi - I’m always on the lookout for the perfect cinnamon roll recipe since I lost my favorite one from a bakery in Carmel, California years ago. I adjusted a few things in your recipe as they didn’t seem quite right to me: 1. the rolls in your photos are” — a cook, 4.0★
“The BEST cinnamon rolls EVERRRRRR!!!!! This is my go-to recipe for our Christmas morning breakfast (and let's be honest, for several other occasions throughout the year...) Do not change anything in the recipe! Do it exactly as Tessa says. They are the sof” — a cook, 5.0★