Buns on a wooden table. There is a glass form with buns on the table. The buns are covered with glaze-icing.

Dessert+Yeast baking

My Cinnabon Recipe

Prep Time: 2 hrs 30 min / Cook Time: 30 min / Total Time: 3 hrs

Who doesn’t love the Cinnabon at the malls? Just walking by their stores and smelling these Cinnabon baking, drives me up the walls. It’s tough to keep on walking and not stop and spend $5 on a Cinnabon. But... For me - they have too much sugar in the recipe. That is why I've decided to "invent" my own similar to the original, but a healthier option for these buns.

Author and photographs: Olga

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You have got to try this Cinnabon recipe. The first time I made these rolls, I thought of how much money I could save by making my own! Be careful! Buns are addictive and you will want to bake them again and again.

My Cinnabon Recipe

Yield: 1 tray

Ingredients

Cinnabon's dought

180 ml milk
35 gr sugar
12 g fresh yeast (4 g dry)
330 gr flour (preferably 180 gr strong and 150 gr regular)
40 gr eggs (1 small egg (or 2 yolks))
50 gr butter
5 gr salt

Filler for buns

70 gr sugar
2 tbsp cinnamon
50 gr butter

Also Needed:

1 yolk
2 tbsp milk

To cover the top (optional)

100 gr cream cheese (or the fattest sour cream)
2 tbsp powdered sugar
vanilla

Instructions

Mix warm milk with sugar and yeast, and add 1/3 flour - so that the dough becomes like thick sour cream. Set aside for 15 minutes (during this time the mass will begin to foam, which means the yeast is alive) Add remaining flour, room temperature egg, soft draining butter, and salt. Mix the dough until smooth, cover it with a film, and put it in a warm, damp place for 45 minutes-1 hour until the mass doubles. Then - on a surface dusted with flour, roll the dough into a rectangle, brush with butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Roll into a roll and cut into equal buns. It is convenient to do this with a buttered knife - then it does not stick to the dough. Leave the buns to proof in a warm place for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 180 gr. Before baking, grease the buns with a mixture of yolk and milk. Bake approx. 30-35 minutes. Cover the still-hot buns with a mixture of cream cheese and powdered sugar.