Today we are making these super cute and delicious Mini Cinnamon Rolls. This is a small batch cinnamon roll recipe, it makes about 14 mini cinnamon rolls (depends on how big you cut them).
Cinnamon Rolls
1/2 cup warm water, 90-100F (120 grams)
2 1/4 tsp instant yeast (7 grams)
1 tbsp honey or sugar
1 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (191 grams)
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
Cinnamon Filling
1/4 cup granulated sugar (50 grams)
2 tbsp brown sugar (25 grams)
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/4 cup unsalted butter softened (56 grams)
Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 cup cream cheese softened (113 grams)
4 tbsp unsalted butter softened(56 grams)
1 cup powdered sugar (125 grams)
1/4 cup milk of choice
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
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NOTES:
Instant yeast: you can sub for active dry yeast, as long as you first proof the yeast. Mix the yeast, warm water, and sugar in a bowl. Let the mixture sit for 5 to 10 minutes until it blooms. Then add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and proceed normally with the recipe. Rising time might be longer than when using instant yeast.
Butter: sometimes I use melted butter for the filling, and other times I use room temperature. If I have room temperature butter sitting on the counter I will use that instead of melted butter. But if I forgot to remove the butter from the fridge to let it soften, I just melt it in the microwave. The melted butter will make a more “runny” filling that might leak out a bit once it bakes, unless you refrigerate the rolls.
Make ahead: This dough is super versatile. You can make the dough ahead of time two different ways:
-Make the dough, place it in an oiled bowl, and place it in the fridge overnight. Next day, remove it from the fridge, divide it in half, proceed to shape the rolls. Let them rise until puffed, and bake. Rising time might be longer than if you hadn’t refrigerated the dough.
Make the dough, place it in an oiled bowl. Let it rise at room temperature for about 1 hour. Divide the dough in half, roll it out, shape the rolls. Place the rolls on a lightly oiled pan, cover tightly with plastic wrap, place it in the fridge overnight. The next day, remove from the fridge, pre-heat the oven, and let the rolls sit at room temperature for about 1 hour, or until they aren’t cold anymore, and bake.
Freeze: you can also freeze the dough and the filling both as indicated above, but let it thaw in the fridge for a few hours before shaping or baking. The dough will freeze well for 1 to 2 months.
Variations: fill the rolls with jam, instead of the cinnamon filling. For the glaze, you can add citrus zest.
Rising time: to speed up rising time you can use Rapid-Rise yeast, which takes about 10 minutes each rise. Or do the following: pre-heat your oven to 200ºF for about 5 minutes. Turn it off. Cover the bowl with the dough with a damp towel. Place the bowl in the slightly warm oven. Check again in 10 to 15 minutes to see if the dough has risen.
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