Easy Mini Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
An amazing tasty Easy Mini Cinnamon Rolls Recipe to bake. Homemade small cinnamon buns made from scratch for snack or appetizers.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Total Time: To rise 180 min Total 240 min
- Yield: 40
- Category: appetizer or snack, desserts
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
Dough
- 1/2 cup (120g) Luke warm milk
- 2 Tablespoons of luke warm water
- 1/2 Tablespoon of active dry yeast
- 3 Tablespoons of unsalted melted butter. (not warm)
- 1 Large egg
- 2 Tablespoons of brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons of sugar(white)
- 1 1/2 Cups of flour
- 3/4 Cup of bread flour
- 1/4 Teaspoon of salt
Filling
- 3 Tablespoons of melted unsalted butter
- 1 Tablespoon of cinnamon
- 6 Tablespoons of brown sugar
Instructions
- In a bowl of a mixer or large bowl. Mix the milk and water then add the yeast.
- Allow the yeast to dissolve for about 5 minutes until it bubbles (shows it is active) Then stir in the butter egg and all sugars until smooth and dissolved.
- In another small bowl combine both flours and salt(bread and normal flour) Place half of the flour mixture in the liquid ingredients and mix well then add the rest and mix further until a dough is formed.(using a mixer with a dough hook.) this should take about 7 minutes until the dough is slightly sticky but smooth. If the dough does not easily come of the bowl sides then your dough mixture is to wet. Then add a tablespoon of flour and mix further. Until its correct.
- Once the dough is done place in a lightly greased bowl and cover with plastic and leave to rise for about 1 1/2 hours until it has doubled in size.
- When the dough has risen then empty it out on a lightly floured surface and cut the dough in half. Roll out the half with a rolling pin in a rectangular shape that should measure about 6″ x 22″. paste the melted butter of the rolled out rectangular dough. Spread the mixed cinnamon sugar mixture over the buttered dough evenly.
- Then starting from one end roll the dough tightly up until the end and pinch the edges closed. Then cut the roll into 1 ” pieces that should make 20. Lightly grease a mini muffin pan and place the cut cinnamon rolls facing up in them.
- Then repeat this process with the other half of the dough.
- Cover the mini muffin pans with plastic to rise again for about 40 minutes.
- While waiting for the finish of the rise Preheat the oven to 350 Deg. F (175 Deg.C)
- Bake in the oven for about 15+17 minutes. The edges will show a light golden brown.
Notes
A Thick cream cheese frosting can be made with 4 oz cream cheese(room temp) and 1/4 cup melted butter and 1 cup of powdered sugar with 2 tblsp of milk.
or make a glaze with sugar and 2 cups of powdered sugar 1/4 cup of milk and 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence.
Another alternative for the cinnamon sugar, you can use chocolate spread with nuts or nutella.