Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 37.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	90%	59%
fat	59%	43%
total sugar	180%	88%
egg	0%	12%
yeast	3%	2%
salt	2%	2%
dairy	87%	64%
flour strength	1.0	1.0

Where it stands out

• #2 of 37 for gooeyness
• #2 of 37 for sweetness perceived
• #3 of 37 for richness
• #5 of 37 for fluffiness

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

118 g	1/2 cup hot water (100-110oF, $0.00)
6 g	2 tsp dry yeast (instant yeast or bread machine yeast both work $0.38)
25 g	2 Tbsp granulated sugar ($0.12)
28 g	2 Tbsp salted butter (melted, $0.25)
81 g	1/3 cup whole milk ($0.06)
240 g	2 cups all-purpose flour (more or less as needed, $0.36)
3 g	1/2 tsp salt ($0.02)
85 g	6 Tbsp salted butter ( room temperature, $0.75)
106 g	1/2 cup brown sugar ($0.24)
8 g	1 Tbsp cinnamon ($0.30)
1 g	1/8 tsp salt ($0.01)
113 g	4 oz. cream cheese (room temperature, $1.39)
28 g	2 Tbsp salted butter (room temperature, $0.25)
15 g	1 Tbsp whole milk ($0.03)
2 g	1/2 tsp vanilla extract ($0.32)
300 g	1 1/2 cups powdered sugar ($0.48)

Method: 13 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“This is the first cinnamon bun recipe that worked for me. Usually my dough is so tough but not with these. So easy to make and the dough is so soft that it makes the best cinnamon bun ever. Not a fan of mixing the butter brown sugar and cinnamon together an” — a cook, 5.0★

“Great recipe! My husband, who's in his 70s, said these are the best cinnamon rolls he's ever had. Soft, fluffy, warm from the oven. I like mixing my butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together like this, have done it myself before but haven't seen a recipe call” — a cook, 5.0★