House Favorite Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls

The center of the cinnamon rolls is probably your favorite part. The sweet, gooey, cinnamon-slathered bite that is soft and pull-apart. You waited all the time for this bite, or, like many of us, you only took one bite and threw away the rest. !

What if every bite was light, buttery, and sweet? What if each taste was buttery, sweet, and creamy? What if it was covered in a smooth, silky cream cheese glaze that seeped into every warm cinnamony pocket available? Yes. Yes. Bye-bye to the hard, dry outer bare bits without ice! We are here for the brioche, and we will never turn back.

All of your holiday brunches just got more delicious.

Ingredients You Need For Cinnamon Rolls

You’ll need patience, time, and Butter to make these dreamy pillows. These are the main ingredients, but you’ll also need some other things.

  • eggs
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  • Honey
  • White, brown, and powdered sugar
  • Cinnamon
  • vanilla
  • cream cheese
  • Butter (butter lovers: this is your time to shine!

Butter is important. Our humble opinion is that the brioche dough is essential to making this perfect cinnamon bun (but it’s not just our humble opinion…this is the best cinnamon roll! The brioche is key. It is soft, sweet and fluffy. It’s made to be soaked with cinnamon, sugar, and a warm glaze.

Homemade cinnamon roll dough is possible!

It’s much easier than you might think.

The brioche we use is ultra-pillowy and soft. Also, it’s ridiculously simple. You know I don’t have time to make complicated bread recipes. For all your (slightly hard) work, you will be rewarded with fluffy bread dough and incredible bread scents. Hard work = 30 seconds of stirring.

You only need to:

  1. In a bowl, combine water and.
  2. Combine all other ingredients with a wooden spatula. The dough will be sticky, loose, and messy.
  3. Cover her loosely and allow it to restart at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours.
  4. Place the dough in the refrigerator: After the dough doubles in size, place the covered bowl in the fridge to store for at least one night so that the dough can chill and become more manageable.

You can do it!

Brioche dough: What else can you make?

This dough can be used multiple times if you like the texture. This is a favorite around here when it comes to baking delicious, pillowy, plush baked goods.

What are some of my favorite ways to use leftover dough?

  • The Gooey Caramel Monkey bread is a must-have for brunch! )
  • Raspberry Cream Cheese Christmas Tea Ring
  • Ricotta Berry French toast Casserole – French toast for a Crowd! )

Cinnamon Rolls: How to make the perfect cinnamon rolls

Here are some steps. It takes a bit of planning, time, and love to make the holidays special. But what are holidays without planning, time, and love? We promise that all of your hard work will be rewarded. BIG TIME.

  1. Prepare the brioche. It is a process that should be done overnight. Then, you’ll cover the dough loosely, add honey, Butter, and sugar, and let it double in size. Then, put her in the refrigerator and go to sleep. After chilling, the brioche is much easier to handle because of… ahem… Butter.
  2. On the morning of, Combine your filling, cinnamon, sugars, and melted Butter. You can add some orange zest, cardamom, or cocoa if you want to be fancy. !
  3. Roll out the dough. In the morning, when you are ready, roll it into a large rectangular shape.
  4. Roll the dough up. Spread your filling on the dough, and roll it starting at the short end. Trim the uneven edges (but do not leave them! Toss them into a ramekin and bake them, or make small cinnamon twists. Give them to the kids to bake with. Place the pieces in your pan after cutting them into eight equal pieces. Let them rest for another 45 minutes in a preheated oven.
  5. Bake. Bake for 22 minutes after they have risen. Start the warmest, coziest, and merriest kitchen aromas!

Let’s Talk Cream Cheese Icing.

There’s still more to come. It’s a light, fluffy, but not too thin cream cheese glaze that covers and drips on everything. Icing? Glaze? Frosting? Why do we live? This is the perfect example of a reason to live.

There are a few tips and tricks to help you avoid a glaze that lumps. You’ll need an electric mixer for this. The longer and faster you whip the frosting, the fluffier it will be.

Flavor Variations on the Cream Cheese Glaze

If you feel like it, you can also have fun here.

  • Maybe a little maple syrup to glaze the glaze?
  • What about a swizzle or two of honey on the brioche to bring out its honey flavor?
  • You can add some orange zest to your filling, or you could use a little orange juice as a glaze for an extra citrusy flavor.

Play with them, customize them, and make them again.

We don’t know what you could do wrong! Even if there are some lumps. I can attest to the fact that we all ate these cinnamon rolls without a care in the world and with no regrets.

Ingredients

Cinnamon roll Brioche Dough

  •  1/2 lukewarm Water, Not hot water
  •  One teaspoon of Instant yeast
  •  One teaspoon Kosher Salt
  •  1/2 Butter, melted
  •  Two eggs
  •  Three tablespoons Honey
  •  2 1/2 + extra for dusting

Cinnamon Roll Filling:

  •  Three tablespoons melted butter
  •  Five tablespoons of White sugar
  •  Five tablespoons Brown sugar
  •  One teaspoon Cinnamon

Cream Cheese Frosting

  •  2 Ounces cream cheese, Soften
  •  2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Soften
  •  1/3 Powdered Sugar
  •  2 Tablespoons milk More as required
  •  1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  •  Small pinch of salt

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