Mini Cinnamon Rolls – My Baking Habit

Your favourite candy rolls simply obtained even higher and extra lovely! These mini cinnamon rolls pack the entire taste you’re keen on right into a miniature dimension, excellent for particular events and vacation brunches.

When you could have children, particularly ladies, you be taught to like miniature stuff actual fast. And that features mini meals.

In any case, who desires a full-size stack of buttermilk pancakes when you can make tiny silver-dollar-size pancakes to your infant?

I like big chewy chocolate chip cookies, however little children are huge followers of mini chocolate chip cookies.

A full-size pie at Thanksgiving? Mini pumpkin pies and mini pecan pies are WAY higher!

And on the holidays, we like to swap out out huge in a single day cinnamon rolls with these lovely mini cinnamon rolls.

Mini cinnamon rolls: excellent for any vacation

These mini cinnamon rolls are enjoyable for a particular weekend breakfast, particularly you probably have little children. However they’re further excellent for holidays and special day brunches.

You realize, these instances once you wish to give your company candy and savory choices and need them to have the ability to strive somewhat of every part.

While you make these mini cinnamon rolls, they’ll take a complete roll and nonetheless have room to strive your ham and cheese quiche, hash brown casserole, winter fruit salad, and ambrosia salad, too.

If you wish to make issues further enjoyable, you may even flip them into an lovely cinnamon roll bar! 

Pop the rolls onto lollipop sticks. As a substitute of spreading the glaze on high of the rolls, set it out in a bowl and let your company high their cinnamon rolls with glaze and the toppings of their selection.

Think about bowls of toffee bits, nuts, candies, or festive sprinkles, all prepared and ready to your company to create the cinnamon roll of their goals. You possibly can rejoice any event! Attempt pink and pink sprinkles for Valentine’s Day, shades of inexperienced for St. Patrick’s Day, fairly gold ones for a bridal bathe, or tiny snowflakes for Christmas.

In any case, there’s no rule that claims your meals can’t be as enjoyable as it’s scrumptious!

Easy methods to make mini cinnamon rolls

In case you’ve by no means made do-it-yourself cinnamon rolls earlier than, they’re undoubtedly not as tough as you might be pondering. In reality, we’re going to use immediate yeast so that you solely must let the dough rise one time, chopping down on the period of time this recipe takes!

In case you aren’t into the concept of creating a yeast dough, you may nonetheless make scrumptious cinnamon rolls by making my cinnamon rolls with heavy cream or puff pastry cinnamon rolls. 

Components you’ll want

For this mini cinnamon roll recipe, you’ll make a yeast dough, cinnamon-sugar filling, and vanilla glaze.

For the dough, you’ll need:

• 2 1/2 to three cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 packet (2 1/4 teaspoons) immediate yeast
• ½ teaspoon superb sea salt
• ¾ cup water
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 giant egg

For this specific recipe, you wish to be sure you seize immediate yeast, typically known as speedy rise yeast. Energetic dry yeast is nice for do-it-yourself doughnuts or caramel apple cinnamon rolls, however we wish the moment stuff for this.

For the filling, you’ll need:

• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons floor cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons room-temperature unsalted butter

Even when you have already got cinnamon sugar available, I recommend making the combination above as a result of it features a greater cinnamon-to-sugar ratio for heaps and plenty of taste.

I like utilizing a powdered sugar glaze for these mini cinnamon rolls, though you can use the cream cheese glaze from my strawberry candy rolls as an alternative. For the powdered sugar glaze, you’ll need:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons room-temperature unsalted butter
• 3 to 4 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Add 1-2 drops of meals coloring if you wish to make a coloured glaze for an occasion or vacation.

Making mini cinnamon rolls

Make the cinnamon roll dough by combining 1 cup of the flour with the sugar, yeast, and salt in a bowl. 

In a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup, microwave the butter and water till heat however not scorching to the contact, about 110° to 115°F on an instant-read thermometer. Don’t fear if the butter doesn’t fully soften.

Add this combination and the egg to the flour combination. Beat at medium velocity for two minutes with a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.

Add 1 extra cup of flour and beat for an additional 2 minutes. End by stirring in simply sufficient of the remaining flour to kind a comfortable dough – you won’t want the entire flour.

Knead the dough on a frivolously floured floor for 6-8 minutes. You need the dough to be clean and elastic, and it ought to spring again when frivolously pressed with two fingers. 

Cowl the dough with a clear towel and let it relaxation for 10 minutes. Whereas the dough rests, whisk collectively the cinnamon and sugar for the filling.

Roll the dough into a protracted, slender rectangle. It must be about 7×24 inches. Unfold the softened butter over the dough, then sprinkle on the cinnamon sugar.

Ranging from the lengthy aspect, roll the dough up tightly and pinch the seams to seal. Lower the roll into 24 items.

Place the rolls cut-side down in a greased 9×13-inch pan or rimmed baking sheet. Cowl once more and let rise in a heat place till doubled in dimension. This may take about 45-60 minutes.

Bake the rolls at 350ºF for 15-18 minutes. Let the mini cinnamon rolls cool for 5-10 minutes earlier than mixing collectively the glaze and drizzling it over the nice and cozy rolls.

Make-ahead suggestions

In case you’re making these mini cinnamon rolls for a brunch or vacation breakfast, you most likely wish to prep them forward of time.

You possibly can simply make these rolls the evening earlier than. Merely make the dough and assemble the rolls, chopping them and inserting them in your pan.

As a substitute of letting the rolls rise in a heat place, cowl them with plastic wrap and place them within the fridge in a single day.

While you’re able to bake them the subsequent morning, allow them to relaxation at room temperature for about half-hour whereas the oven preheats. Bake in line with the recipe instructions. 

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