Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
Complexity: easily
Servings: 12

These decadent cinnamon rolls are topped with a rich cream cheese frosting and filled with a rich, spiced filling of nuts and dark brown sugar. You'll fall in love! They're easy to make at home and are so much better than store-bought Cinnabons.

Ingredients:

Yeast dough

• 2 and 1/4 tsp (1 packet 7 g) active dry yeast
• 3 cups premium flour + extra for dusting the work surface
• 2 tbsp melted butter + extra for greasing the bowl and pan
• 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• Additionally: baking dish measuring 22x32 cm.

Filling

• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 110 g (8 tbsp) melted unsalted butter

Thick cream cheese frosting

• 110 g softened cream cheese
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup milk

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1

• Yeast dough:

  
  
  
  Place the yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer, add 1 cup of warm water and stir.
Step 2
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  Fit the mixer with a dough hook and add flour, butter, granulated sugar, salt and egg.
Step 3
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  Knead on medium-low speed until the dough forms a ball that pulls easily away from the sides of the bowl, about 4 minutes.
Step 4
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  Grease a large bowl with oil and transfer the dough to the bowl.
  
  
Step 5
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  Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until the dough has doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
Step 6
• Preheat oven to 190°C. Grease a 22x32 cm baking dish.
  
  

  Walnut and cinnamon filling:

Step 7
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  In a medium bowl, combine nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and butter.
Step 8
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  On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough into a 40x30cm rectangle.
  
  
Step 9
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  Spread the filling over the surface of the dough, leaving 1 cm from the edge.
Step 10
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  Starting from one of the long sides, roll the dough into a roll.
Step 11
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  Then cut into 12 buns.
Step 12
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  Place the buns, cut side up, in four rows in the prepared baking dish.
  
  
Step 13
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  Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place until the dough has almost doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
Step 14
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  Bake the buns until golden brown on top, about 20 minutes.
Step 15
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  Spread glaze over warm cinnamon rolls.
Step 16
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  Serve the buns warm.
  
  

  Thick cream cheese frosting:

  
  
  
Step 17
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  Beat the cream cheese with a mixer.
Step 18
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  Add powdered sugar and milk and mix until smooth.

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Author of the recipe - Nancy Fuller is an American chef, businesswoman, and host from Claverack, New York.