Copycat Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll Recipe
We love Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls. I found a recipe that I loved and claimed to be the cinnabon recipe. Lucky for me I then married “John from Cinnabon.” Yes that was my husbands job as a teenager. He has confirmed that the frosting and filling recipe is the same. I did cut down on the butter in a few places, but no worries it doesn’t effect the flavor at all!
Here is the recipe:
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Dough
½ c warm water
2 eggs
2 pkgs yeast
2Tbsp sugar
3 ½ oz instant vanilla pudding
1 tsp salt
½ c melted butter
6 c flour
Filling
½ c butter
2 c brown sugar
4 tsp cinnamon
Frosting
8 oz cream cheese
½ c butter
1 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 c powdered sugar
Mix water yeast, and sugar and let proof for 5 minutes.
Mix pudding according to directions and add butter, eggs, salt, sugar, and mix well. Add to yeast mixture and blend, gradually adding flour and knead until smooth. Place in a large greased bowl and let rise for an hour. Punch down and roll out onto a floured surface.
Melt butter and spread over the top. Mix the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of the butter evenly. Roll up tight and cut into 2-inch intervals. Place on greased cookie sheet or 9×13 pan and let rise again until doubled (or put in refrigerator and let sit overnight). Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or golden brown.
Cream the cream cheese and the butter. Add milk and vanilla and mix well. Whip in sugar until mixed thoroughly. Frost.
*These can be frozen and saved. After you place them in 9×13 pans cover the top with greased saran wrap and place in freezer before allowing them to rise a second time. The night before you want to eat them just put them in the fridge to thaw overnight. Then bake as directed in the morning.
Enjoy!
grace epping
I have made these several times, great recipe, yes you premake the pudding with 2 cups of milk.
Pam Dana
Thank you! It’s for sure a family favorite!
Hope
I will ask the same question as Jacki from January 2018 regarding the pudding. 2cups of milk in the pudding then added to mixture?? Didn’t see any response to her question.
Jacki
I have the same question! Do you actually make the pudding with 2 c. milk???
Kiki3579
So you actually make pudding before mixing it into the dough or do you just add the dry mix?