Easy Cinnamon Rolls (Adapted from All Recipes) - Makes 18
Dough:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 TB white sugar
- 2 teasp baking powder
- 1 teasp salt
- 3 TB butter, softened
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 egg
Filling:
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 TB ground cinnamon
Frosting:
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
- ½ teasp vanilla extract
- Brush a 9-inch square baking dish with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
- Make the dough: Whisk flour, 2 tablespoons white sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Work 3 tablespoons softened butter into flour mixture using your hands.
- Beat milk and egg together in another bowl; pour into flour-butter mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until a soft dough forms.
- Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and roll dough into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle.
- Brush surface of dough with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
- Make the filling: Whisk ½ cup white sugar, ½ cup brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
- Sprinkle ½ of the cinnamon sugar mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar over butter-brushed dough.
- Roll dough around filling to form a log; cut log into 18 rolls and place rolls in the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until rolls are set, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Make the frosting: Beat confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until frosting is smooth.
- Top hot cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting. (Since it was Easter, I added some rainbow sprinkles for added pizzazz! Feel free to skip that, if you don't have any - or top with other sprinkles, chopped nuts, extra cinnamon, or whatever you fancy.)
- Serve and enjoy!