Grammy's Kitchen · Cinnamon Rolls · The Best Cinnamon Rolls You'll Ever Eat
One of 37 cinnamon rolls recipes we measured
2,771 cooks on www.ambitiouskitchen.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 | 50% | 59% |
| fat | 43% | 43% |
| total sugar | 77% | 88% |
| egg | 14% | 12% |
| yeast | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| dairy | 81% | 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.
| DOUGH | |
| 180 g | 3/4 cup (180 grams) milk (whole milk or 2% preferred) |
| 7 g | 2 1/4 teaspoons (one 1/4-ounce package) quick-rise (instant) or active dry yeast* |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons (57 grams) salted butter, melted and cooled |
| 50 g | 1 large egg plus 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature |
| 360 g | 3 cups (360 grams) bread flour, plus more as needed |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt |
| Extra-virgin olive oil, for greasing the bowl | |
| FILLING | |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons (57 grams) salted butter, softened |
| 142 g | 2/3 cup (142 grams) packed dark brown sugar |
| 12 g | 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon |
| CREAM CHEESE FROSTING | |
| 112 g | 4 oz (112 grams) cream cheese, softened |
| 85 g | 3/4 cup (85 grams) powdered sugar |
| 43 g | 3 tablespoons salted butter, softened |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 13 steps, published by www.ambitiouskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Have to reply to my own review as I just scrolled down and read some of the others. To clarify: I'm by no means a baker, not even a decent amateur, but I followed this recipe exactly and the buns came own buttery soft, filled with delicious goodness, I used no” — a cook, 5.0★
“I’ve used tons of different cinnamon roll recipes and this is by far the best one! When I first started using this recipe, I found that when I baked the rolls, their centres often tended to be undercooked. I’m not sure if this a problem other people encountere” — a cook, 5.0★