Grammy's Kitchen · Cinnamon Rolls · Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
One of 37 cinnamon rolls recipes we measured
from tastesbetterfromscratch.com
96 cooks on tastesbetterfromscratch.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 | 75% | 59% |
| fat | 36% | 43% |
| total sugar | 154% | 88% |
| egg | 11% | 12% |
| yeast | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| dairy | 100% | 64% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 8 g | 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast* |
| 244 g | 1 cup warm milk |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup granulated sugar (+ 1/2 teaspoon, divided) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 76 g | 1/3 cup unsalted butter (, softened) |
| 450 g | 3 1/2 - 4 cups bread flour (, or all-purpose) |
| 85 g | 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter (, softened) |
| 142 g | 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar |
| 16 g | 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon |
| 113 g | 4 ounces cream cheese (, 1/2 block softened) |
| 500 g | 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar |
| 92 g | 6 Tablespoons milk |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 9 steps, published by tastesbetterfromscratch.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“My kids loved these, but personally, I found they were much too sweet. I couldn't really taste the bun or the cream cheese in the icing, just sugar. I would recommend using half of the sugar both in the filling and in the icing. Other than that, they were li” — a cook, 3.0★
“My rolls taste delicious,but the centre ones are always doughy in the middle. If I cook them longer the outside ones get too dark. I was thinking of going to a larger pan spacing the rolls out. What do you think ?” — a cook, 5.0★