CLONE of a Cinnabon: Recipe & Photos

Think of the last time you purchased food and thought, "Wow. I could have made this myself for so much cheaper!"

I had never really thought about that in relation to Cinnabon cinnamon rolls until I was given this CLONE of a Cinnabon recipe. You will want to reach for a pen and paper right about now, because this is about to get good.

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Ingredients:

Dough:

• 1 C warm milk
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1/3 C margarine, melted
• 4 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 C white sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast

Filling:

• 1 C brown sugar, packed
• 2 1/2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1/3 C butter, softened

Frosting:

• 8 oz package of cream cheese softened
• 3/4 C butter, softened
• 4 C confectioner's sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt

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Directions:

1. Place the "dough" ingredients in the pan of your bread machine. Select dough cycle and press start. For my bread machine, this takes about 1.5- 2 hours, and I know the dough is ready when it touches the top window of my machine like you see below.



2. After the dough has doubled in size, pour it onto a slightly floured surface.



3. Cover the dough and let sit for 10 minutes.



4. In a separate bowl, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon from the "filling" ingredients list. Roll dough with a rolling pin into roughly a 16x21 inch rectangle. Cover the dough evenly with the softened butter from the "filling" ingredient list. Then, evenly cover the dough with the brown sugar and cinnamon mix you already combined.



5. Roll up the dough and then cut it into 12 even pieces as seen below.





6. Carefully place your rolls into a lightly greased baking pan and let them sit, covered, for about 30 minutes until they have doubled in size. I usually let them sit in my oven at the absolute lowest setting possible to achieve the best rise. (see below)





After rising:



7. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Bake rolls in the oven for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
8. While rolls are in the oven, make the frosting. Mix together all the ingredients from the "frosting" ingredients list. I usually do this in my Bosch mixer. When the rolls come out of the oven, cover them generously with the delicious frosting mixture right before eating. If you aren't eating these right out of the oven, I would suggest warming them before consuming.

There you have it!

The most delicious cinnamon rolls I have ever tasted! Everyone I share this recipe with says the same thing. I hope you guys will try out the recipe and let me know how it goes!

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