Cinnabon Cinnamon Buns Copycat Recipe

Have you ever woken up at 4am thinking, "man... I wish I lived near a Cinnabon?" Well, if that's you at all, you NEED to print this recipe off.

Full disclosure here - this is not my recipe. I'm just in love with it to the point that I had to share it with everyone and give credit to the amazing blogger that posted it. She has changed my life in a cinnamony, delicious way. The original recipe can be found here. Besides the recipe, The Clever Housewife also has a picture tutorial which is great if you've never made cinnamon buns before or if you just want to verify that yours look right (or if you want to look at a little food porn while your breadmaker does all the work for you). If nothing else, you should click the link and follow her because I've made a few of her recipes and they're all good. She also has a Facebook page and posts great deals. Basically - just follow the woman. Anyone who makes a cinnamon roll recipe like this deserves some love.

If you just can't wait another minute to click on the link, here's the text version of the recipe:

Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Prep time:  1 hour 45 mins

Cook time:  15 mins

Total time:  2 hours

Serves: 15

 

Ingredients

• 4 Tbs melted butter
• 4 Tbs water
• ½ box instant vanilla pudding (half of the 3.4 oz box)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 Tbs sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 cups bread flour (will still taste good with all-purpose flour)
• 2½ tsp yeast
• ½ softened butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Frosting:

• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• 1½ cups powdered sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 1½ tsp milk

Instructions

1. Place the first 9 ingredients in the bread machine (butter through yeast).
2. Set bread machine for the dough cycle (should be about 1.5 hours). Knead and let rise several times if not using a bread machine.
3. Remove dough from bread machine and roll out to a 17″x10″ rectangle.
4. Spread softened butter over dough and sprinkle with brown sugar & cinnamon.
5. Roll dough from long end, like a jellyroll.
6. Pinch ends to close.
7. Slice rolled dough into ½” slices. This is easy to do using unflavored dental floss.
8. Place rolls into greased pan and let rise until doubled. This works best if you cover pan with a clean towel and place on top of the oven while it preheats.
9. Bake rolls at 350°, for 15-20 minutes, until golden.
10. Mix all frosting ingredients until smooth.Spread on warm rolls.