Easy Homemade Cinnamon Buns
These Easy Homemade Cinnamon Buns are easy to make. They are also soft, buttery, fluffy and filled with tons of cinnamon flavour. And they are easy enough to make that you will want to make them again.
Ingredients
Dough
- 1¼ cups warm milk, (98℉)
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp dry active yeast
- ⅓ cup butter, melted and cooled
- 1 egg
- 3⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
Filling
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- ⅓ cup melted butter
Icing
- ¾ cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 2-3 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Dough
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the milk, sugar, and yeast, stirring to combine.
- Allow to rest for 5 minutes to active yeast.
- Add melted butter, egg, flour and salt.
- Using the dough hook, on low speed, mix for 1 minute to combine ingredients.
- After 1 minute, turn up the speed to the next level and allow the mixer to knead the dough for 3-4 minutes. The dough will be slightly sticky and will pull away from the sides easily.
- Turn dough into a slightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and then a tea towel.
- Let rise 2-3 hours in a warm place until doubled in size.
- Once doubled in size, punch dough down and turn it onto a lightly floured surface.
- Press or roll dough into a rectangle of 12 inch wide by 18 inches long.
Filling
- In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together.
- Brush dough with the melted butter, reserving 2 tablespoons of the butter for brushing over rolls before baking
- Sprinkle the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture evenly over the dough.
Assembling the cinnamon buns
- Roll the dough on the long side to make one 12 inch long log.
- Cut the log in half.
- Cut 1 inch slices from each log.
- Lightly grease a 9-inch and 13-inch pan with butter or cooking spray. Or cover bottom of pan with parchment paper.
- Place cinnamon rolls in the pan side by side.
- Cover pan with a tea towel and let rise 20 minutes
- Preheat oven to 375℉ while the rolls rise.
- Brush rolls with the reserved melted butter.
Baking the Buns
- Bake in preheated oven for 22 minutes or until golden brown on top.
- Remove from oven and cool in pan for 2-3 minutes before topping with icing.
Icing
- Whisk powdered sugar, milk and vanilla together to create a drizzle for the buns.
- Pour icing over cinnamon buns and serve.