Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
About this recipe
These Overnight Cinnamon Rolls are the perfect blend of buttery dough and sweet cinnamon filling, making them a delightful treat for breakfast. The best part? You can prepare them the night before and bake them fresh in the morning, ensuring a warm, gooey experience right out of the oven.
Sally's Baking Recipes has crafted a recipe that yields big, fluffy rolls topped with a tangy cream cheese icing, making them a crowd-pleaser for any occasion.
Ingredient notes
- Use 1 cup of milk, warmed to the touch, for the dough.
- The butter should be melted before adding it to the milk mixture.
- If you don't have brown sugar, you can substitute it with an equal amount of granulated sugar, but the flavor will differ.
Tips from Sally's Baking Recipes’s video
- Let the milk mixture cool slightly before adding the yeast to avoid killing it.
- Knead the dough for about 5 minutes until it becomes smooth and elastic; this is key for a good rise.
- Make sure to roll the dough tightly into a log to ensure the rolls hold their shape when cut.
Good to know
- How long does it take for the dough to rise?
- The dough should rise in a warm place until doubled in size, which takes about 1 hour.
- Can I prepare the rolls in advance?
- Yes, you can prepare the rolls the night before and refrigerate them overnight before baking.
No life story here — the video and the recipe are the whole point. All credit to Sally's Baking Recipes: watch the original on YouTube.
The recipe
Ingredients
Steps
- 1
Warm the milk in a saucepan until it's warm to the touch, then add melted butter and sugar.
- 2
Sprinkle the yeast over the warm milk mixture and let it sit for about 5 minutes until foamy.
- 3
In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt, then add the yeast mixture and egg. Mix until a dough forms.
- 4
Knead the dough on a floured surface for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- 5
Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover it, and let it rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- 6
Roll out the dough on a floured surface into a rectangle.
- 7
Spread the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture over the dough evenly.
- 8
Roll the dough tightly into a log and cut into rolls.
- 9
Place the rolls in a greased pan, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
- 10
In the morning, preheat the oven and bake the rolls until golden brown.
- 11
Prepare the cream cheese icing by mixing cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Spread over warm rolls.
Heads up — we had to guess a little:
- The quantities for the ingredients were inferred based on typical cinnamon roll recipes.
Credit where it’s due: this recipe was transcribed from Sally's Baking Recipes’s original video on YouTube. Follow them there — it’s their dish.
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