Who is up for a Cinnabun that will knock your socks off? We had a family brunch a while back and I could not resist making these fresh out of the oven when the guests arrived. Believe it or not I forgot to actually post these and when I was going through my pictures, I realized that I never shared these with you.
The pictures are not great cause these were made before I began researching and learning ” How to take amazing food pictures“.
These actually were not that difficult to make and they tasted delicious. They literally disappeared minutes after being removed from the oven.
Follow along and let me know what you think.
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup warm water
- 1/4 Cup butter, melted
- 1/2 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 Cup warm milk
- 1 Egg, room temperature
- 1 Tbsp. white sugar
- 1/2 Tsp. salt
- 4 Cups bread flour
- 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
- 1/4 Cup butter, softened
- 1 Cup brown sugar
- 4 Tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 Cup butter, softened
- 1 Cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 Tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 Tsp. milk
Method
- In the pan of your bread machine, combine water, melted butter, vanilla pudding, warm milk, egg, 1 tablespoon sugar, salt, bread flour and yeast. Set machine to Dough cycle; press Start.
- When Dough cycle has finished, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a 17×10 inch rectangle. Spread with softened butter. In a small bowl, stir together brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over dough.
- Roll up dough, beginning with long side. Slice into 16 one inch slices and place in 9×13 buttered pan.
- Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes. While rolls bake, stir together cream cheese, softened butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and milk. Remove rolls from oven and top with frosting.
- ENJOY!
Zesty Tip: When working with dough, have a well floured surface and be quick. Do not over work the dough as it will become tough.
Well as you know the weekend is almost upon us. The Jamaican excitement is winding down and I am coming home Saturday night. Be sure to stay tuned for a Monday recap of the journey and hopefully some decent pics. Have a great weekend.
Take care
zesty
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Look at all that warm cinnamon goodness! I want one now…no maybe two!
How is it that your “bad” pictures still look better than a lot of my “good” ones?? Oh, right… I only have 4 windows in my whole house. Those look amazing!!!
I think next year I might try your cinnabun recipe instead of the one I do in my classroom. Thanks for all the great food, my students and I have enjoyed trying them out in cooking class.
I have tried a recipe like this with pudding in it before. And yes they are so good. And I think you pictures are pretty good.
JEEPERS, Zesty! Those look FABULOUS!!! Whenever I make cinnamon rolls they come out so-so. I am always torn between trying to a little healthy and good cinnamon rolls. I am curious how the pudding packages changs the flavor of the rolls. Crap!…now I am going to have to make these.
fantastic
Those cinnabuns look so good and chewy and sweet and just plain amazing! Your are such a great cook Zesty!
I’m so glad I got over my fear of working with yeast because those sound incredible!!
OOooo those look screen-licking good! Yes, I really did just say that.
What great pictures. I am making chocolate rolls on Sunday come take a look. Yours look great.
Drool! I have been looking for a winning Cinnamon Bun recipe and haven’t found it yet. So I will let you know if yours tops the cake..er bun. =) Thanks!
I’m making overnight sticky buns tonight. Can’t wait. Those are looking good.
Gosh that looks delicious.
i can’t even tell you how long i have looked for a good cinnabun recipe that uses a bread machine….thank you!
These look amazing! Can you tell me how to adjust the instructions so I can make these without a bread machine?
These look so super delicious. *drools all over self*
Those look sooooooooooo amazing!! Oh how I would love one right now!
Thanks for sharing!
My dear God….why to you do this to me??? lol.
I love that you included the bread machine directions for these – it makes them so much more accessible for those of us with busy schedules. Have you tried making them the night before and then leaving them in the fridge to rise overnight? I’ve had success with this method in the past so breakfast is ready more quickly int he morning.
I make cinnamon rolls for breakfast every Christmas and I think this will be the recipe for this year. I will of course have to test them out (repeatedly) before the holidays
I could eat one right now!!!
I made these this week and they were amazing! Oh my, so much better than Cinnabon…I have a question though. I am having a huge family reunion and I’d like to make these and freeze them so we can have them for breakfast one morning, but I don’t want to have to get up at the crack of dawn to make them. So, can you freeze them and cook them later? Would you have to let them rise before they are baked? These truly are amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
@Lynne – I would recommend freezing them in the ready to bake state and then letting them thaw slightly before going in the oven.
I didn’t have a bread machine so kneaded the dough, let it sit and finished the recipe. I also didn’t have cream cheese and used a plain butter cream frosting. The very best cinnamon rolls I have ever made! Family loves them. Thanks!
I already talked about how much we loved theses and that they seem to be quite flexible since I don’t have a bread machine but I just found out that this recipe is more flexible than I thought. While writing down the recipe I realized that I used a whole box of pudding mix and it didn’t have any negative affect. Wow, good and flexible, a perfect recipe!
@Shari – That is great news! So glad you enjoyed them!