Cinnamon rolls need no introduction. They are the ultimate sweet treat for breakfast or dessert, drizzled with sweet cream and loaded with cinnamon and brown sugar. The irresistible and sinful aroma of the rolls can turn any day into pure bliss. At the moment I am personally intoxicated on cinnamon rolls and I must warn you that anyone who even dares touch my rolls much less steal them will unleash the fury of a cinnamon roll addict.
I can remember waking up to the smell of cinnamon rolls on Sunday morning before church and thinking, Oh Glorious Day! I would literally jump out of bed so I could be the first one to the table. You see, I don’t know if you have a favorite position of your roll or biscuit in the pan but my favorite one’s are those in the middle of the circle. They never get crusty and are always just a tad bit chewier and gooey than the rest. So you see each Sunday morning I got my exercise in by dashing to the table so that I could then scarf down anywhere from 3-5 cinnamon rolls. Yes- 3-5 rolls all by myself. Thank God my metabolism was good and that I had a wonderful mom who made plenty of them to go around!
Honestly, I am a Pillsbury freak when it comes to cinnamon rolls. Don’t give me Cinnabon or those rolls you find in the mall- give me Pillsbury Dang It! Now, I know how to make cinnamon rolls and I have my tried and true recipes for them but seriously, I would take a Pillsbury cinnamon roll with that cream cheese over any homemade version any day- Well… that is until now! At one point in my life my day merely consisted of trying to find and make the best cinnamon roll ever. One that surpassed Pillsbury and was preferably easy. Through countless tries I had yet to fall in love with that special one and I eventually gave up for a year or so. That is when I heard about the Pioneer Woman’s version. It was that one lonely recipe out in the world that I had yet to accomplish. This past weekend I thought if anyone can do a cinnamon roll it would be this woman and once again, I was right! (That is right about the Pioneer Woman- not about myself! LOL).
The rolls are big and chewy and just bursting with butter, cinnamon and brown sugar! They are light and sweet and the dough is so much easier to make than most I have done. Seriously, the best rolls in the entire world. To add to the package- the recipe makes enough for you to have a pan for breakfast and still freeze 2 more pans for a rainy day or any day for that matter! Top them off with a rich decadent vanilla glaze (she used maple and coffee in hers but Come On! That wouldn’t be a true cinnamon roll now would it?).
If you are in the market for a hands down mouth-watering sweet and delicious cinnamon roll then look no further my friends. After dozens of recipes I can attest that these are BY FAR the best things in the world! Go For It! Prove me Wrong! 🙂
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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls with a Sweet Vanilla Cream Glaze
Rolls from Pioneer Woman and Glaze from yours truly!- 1 quart Whole Milk
- 1 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 packages Active Dry Yeast, 0.25 Ounce Packets
- 8 cups (Plus 1 Cup Extra, Separated) All-purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon (heaping) Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon (scant) Baking Soda
- 1 Tablespoon (heaping) Salt
- Plenty Of Melted Butter
- 2 cups Sugar
- Generous Sprinkling Of Cinnamon
Sweet Vanilla Cream Glaze:
- 1 bag Powdered Sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup Milk
Directions:
Mix the milk, vegetable oil and sugar in a pan. Scald the mixture (heat until just before the boiling point). Turn off heat and leave to cool 45 minutes to 1 hour. When the mixture is lukewarm to warm, but NOT hot, sprinkle in both packages of Active Dry Yeast. Let this sit for a minute. Then add 8 cups of all-purpose flour. Stir mixture together. Cover and let rise for at least an hour.
After rising for at least an hour, add 1 more cup of flour, the baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir mixture together. (At this point, you could cover the dough and put it in the fridge until you need it – overnight or even a day or two, if necessary. Just keep your eye on it and if it starts to overflow out of the pan, just punch it down).
When ready to prepare rolls: Sprinkle rolling surface generously with flour. Take half the dough and form a rough rectangle. Then roll the dough thin, maintaining a general rectangular shape. Drizzle 1/2 to 1 cup melted butter over the dough. Now sprinkle 1 cup of sugar over the butter followed by a generous sprinkling of cinnamon.
Now, starting at the opposite end, begin rolling the dough in a neat line toward you. Keep the roll relatively tight as you go. Next, pinch the seam of the roll to seal it.
Spread 1 tablespoon of melted butter in a seven inch round foil cake or pie pan. Then begin cutting the rolls approximately ¾ to 1 inch thick and laying them in the buttered pans.
Repeat this process with the other half of the dough. Let the rolls rise for 20 to 30 minutes, then bake at 400 degrees (see note below) until light golden brown, about 15 to 18 minutes.
For the frosting, mix together all ingredients listed and stir well until smooth. It should be thick but pourable. Taste and adjust as needed. Generously drizzle over the warm rolls. Go crazy and don’t skimp on the frosting.
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Wow, those look amazing! I want one right now! Thanks for the great recipe. 🙂
These would make me jump out of bed too and I would have to fight you for the middle piece!
Looks amazing! I want one now 🙂
I intend to completely ignore your post today. I WILL NOT copy the recipe. I WILL NOT make the cinnamon rolls. I WILL NOT eat the cinnamon rolls! Fortunately, however, I have enough will power to overcome my will power!!
Best,
Bonnie
I agree, cinnamon rolls might help with world peace! Yours look delicious!
If I ate cinnamon rolls every Sunday…oh my, look out! I totally agree on the middle ones being the best! And I agree that this is the best indulgent breakfast treat ever! Your rolls raised and baked up perfectly…I think I can smell them right now!
Yum…love a good cinnamon roll!! My husband always goes for that middle one too! 🙂
Ummmm, delicious! I love cinnamon.
Oh MY these are the definition of decadence!! Now I am craving ooey gooey cinnamon-y goodness…but I promise I’ll listen to you, and I won’t settle for Cinnabon!!
O no u didnt!!!! but O yes you did…..OMG girl this is one of those finger licking good recipes that will make you slap ya Momma! Yum. I know my family is all in for this one. Active dry yeast is on the grocery list, if I hadnt known I was out I would be making them now. Thanks for sharing. Im loving you craving right now by the way! Hope you are feeling well and everything is going great.
Looks awesome, the recipe is little different from what I am familiar with. I would be curious to try this.
Wow! These look so good! Would be wonderful if someone could make these for me and I’ll wake up to the fabulous smell! Hehe! Looks so delicious and would be great with a cup of hot black coffee!
wow, your cinnamon rolls look so good! you’re really funny, i have never thought there’s a favourite spot in the baking pan ..i dont think i have one!
I’d just love to have a piece of one of these…Who am I kidding?! I’d love to have the whole pan 🙂
Those look HEAVENLY! I am SO starving right now 🙂
Seriously—those look out of this world delicious. I am a sucker for cinnamon rolls. I mean, they’re just so good! Good job on this because they look fantastically good! 🙂
Of course I’m in the market for a mouth watering sweet like this. WHO ISN’T???
My absolute favorite pastry! I sure wish I had one right now with my coffee. They look delicious!
I’ve never made cinnamon rolls from scratch! The smell they bring to the house…..just amazing. And your dough looks fantastic. I must try these next time we have guests over the weekend
I love cinnamon bread but haven’t try with vanilla glaze. Yours look delicious, yummy.
Thanks for the follow, I’m following you too.
I still have never made these, not a huge sweet tooth. I really need to one morning for Katherine though, she’d just love them. I probably would too, just tough having something like that in a house of two!
You found my weakness! I absolutely love cinnamon rolls and Ree’s are incredible. You did a beautiful job with them – your rolls look as lovely as they are tasty! Thanks for sharing this recipe with the Hearth and Soul Hop.
I wanted to let you know that April of the 21rst Century Housewife has a Brunch linky: http://www.21stcenturyhousewife.com/index/Blog/Entries/2011/7/13_Lets_Do_Brunch.html
Your cinnamon rolls would make a great addition to her party!
I am melting… They look so gorgeous! Thanks for the lovely recipe that I am going to share with my sister in law!
Yum! These are my favorite 🙂
I think I may be the only person who likes the crusty edge pieces. We would be a perfect match. My husband LOVES cinnamon rolls and he would take Pillsbury out of a tube any day but, I would love to top them. Thank you my friend!
It’s lucky I’m the only person around right now because I just licked my monitor just to see if I could taste the bun…sadly I could not and now I will have to make these glorious cinnamon bun olympic gold medalists!!
Oh, these are sooooo wrong! In such a fabulously delicious way. Oh my heavens, I am in love with your cinnamon rolls. YUM!
Jessica, this is such a “WOW” recipe for cinnamon rolls. My husband said that if I don’t make these, he’s going to be so ticked off! He’s a sweets addict and we’re always preparing what we both think are super recipes. This is a super, dooper winner that we’ll save and try (when the heat dies down a little!) I hope that you share this on this week’s Fresh Food Friday! Hugs!
Cinnamon anything I adore and these look just so tasty.Just incredible!
My mom didn’t bake, so we never had those at home. However, the place up the street had the best sticky buns ever. I still dream about them… 🙂
If I could lick the screen I would…yum!
Did someone say homemade cinnamon rolls??? Looking for my invite. haha
How on earth did you know that I’m craving cinnamon rolls at this exact moment? Oh what I would do to live near you so I could just pop in and steal one. Or five.
I am crazy about cinnamon rolls and your looks fantastic!
Oh boy! I am droolling at this now. The texture.. the color everything looks so perfect. I wish i was your neighbor 😉
Okay, you have officially tapped in to my ultimate weakness… these look fab. My brother, sister, and me used to fight over the center one, so my poor mama started using an extra large cake pan so there would be atleast 4 or 5 in the middle section. You know, our school cafeteria, in Goodwill, makes some pretty decent ones, I must say. I could easily eat 5 or 10 of these things at this moment.
can i please have 1! thanks
I have made these cinnamon rolls, and yes they are delicious! I did make the maple/coffee frosting and it was awesome. 🙂 Yours with the vanilla frosting look equally tempting. They do freeze well! 🙂
I love this recipe! There is nothing better than homemade cinnamon rolls in the morning 🙂
Those look so good with that thick frosting! My elementary school used to serve them on chili day. Now I want these rolls and chili!
Wow, I love cinnamon rolls. Every roll you make is the same size and so neat. I’ve never freeze them, good idea to leave for rainy days!
I want to make these so bad! Why is everyone on a diet around me?
Jessica… You & I are clearly in the same frame-of-mind. This is yet another recipe that I’ve seen before, and have recently been dyyyyyying to make. I’d love to provide my kids with the same memory as you experienced… waking up to the cinnamon-ny aroma… dashing to the table. Ahhhh… BLISS.
I’m starring this so that I can also make it within the next couple of days… Thank you!
Well I have to try these–a combined recipe from my two favorite food bloggers? Awesome! And I’m a middle cinnamon roll kind of girl myself 😉
What a decadent and yummy way to start a day with a nice cup of coffee.
Sam
I’m so intimidated by the idea of making my own cinnamon rolls, but these are seriously impressive looking! My parents love them, so this is going to be my project one weekend morning 🙂
Love cinnamon rolls. Have to be the lat meal I would request. Yes, i realize it is not a meal to most but to me it is:) can’t wait to try this version
YUM! I am in love with your recipe. It looks amazing
Why do you do this to me??? 🙂 j/k They look so delicious! I definitely want to try this recipe out on a Saturday evening so my hubby and I can enjoy them before church Sunday morning! Thanks!
So Jessica, you’re bringing some over to my house? I’d rather serve those than pancakes for dinner tonight!
This has to be my favorite breakfast food or treat in the world. I have yet to make a homemade version though so I can’t wait to try out your recipe
this is really great, looks so delicious and so creamy…love it!
Chewy gooey is the way cinnamon rolls were meant to be. I swear it. these look amazing!
These look incredible!!! I wish I had some right now. My grandma used to make a wonderful cinnamon roll. I’m going to have to get that recipe from my mom and try it with your glaze. (Not that Pioneer Woman’s rolls wouldn’t be awesome – just haven’t had my grandma’s recipe in a while. 🙂 )
““`middle of the circle.
That’s my Fave, too. I remember I got into lots of trouble because
my mom made cinn rolls and I ate the middles out of ALL of them!
about 2 dozen!!!—we still make them together….we shall try these. xxx
I gained 5 pounds just reading the recipe. These look fabulous!
I love the middle pieces too! Fabulous looking cinnamon rolls! That glaze looks soooo good! How I wish I had these for breakfast today… Great post 🙂
HI Jessica!
I LOVE cinnamon rolls ! And I will have to make these when my relatives come over from Italy this August!
They love American breakfast with espresso! Thanks… you make wonderful dishes!!
Anna 🙂
These look absolutely heavenly. I have made homemade cinnamon rolls but it has been a while. I may have to give it a try again soon. So I have a question for all of you pros – when do you freeze? before you slice, bake and before glaze or after glaze? just curious….
Just in time for me to finally catch up with your blog! Tuesday I am going to a tea and chat party with the gals. I will be brave and make these to take. However I still can’t eat the fun stuff like this yet. But I can give them to others. Will share your blog with the ladies. Thank you.
who can say no to cinnamon rolls that to homemade. fabulous. Thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul hop.
I haven’t had a cinnamon roll in so long, I’m just about drooling over your photographs! Wow, those look wonderful! Thank you for sharing the recipe, and your memories, with Let’s Do Brunch. I’ll have to give these a try, they look so good!
I still believe, that hands down, these are the most beautiful cinnamon buns I’ve seen on the web. I’m so glad that they were featured on one of the foodie blog hops…..they beat me to it, cuz boy, I sure wanted to feature them (and you) this week. Thank you for your kindness in linking this up last week on Fresh Food Friday! Your weekly participation is so appreciated! Hugs!
wow this is funny cuz earlier today I went to the grocery store and bought Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls and thought to myself “I like these better than any homemade, bakery, or Cinnabon cinnamon rolls.” And I really DO. I LOVE Pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Whats Ironic about this is I had this whole “pillsbury cinnamon rolls r the best” thought prosses TODAY just before coming across this blog entry of yours. Now im really curious about these…So do U promise these are really better than pillsbury???
Goodness, I have had Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls recipe bookmarked to make for ages. You’ve now convinced me I need to move them to the top of the list. Yours look gorgeous!!
Sue xo
This looks so lovely, I just have to try it myself!
Here is my contribution for Cookbook Sundays:
http://shelikesbento.blogspot.com/2011/10/weekend-cooking-quick-fix-vegan-by.html
YUM! Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe with Cookbook Sunday @ Moms Sunday Cafe. Hope to see you again in November!
How much is “1 bag of powder sugar”??
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