Soft And Buttery Walnut Cinnamon Rolls
This is a quick and easy recipe for making instant classic, home-style warm cinnamon rolls using a soft, quick rising dough. The dough is slightly sweet, so yeasty and incredibly soft and buttery. More importantly its unbelievably super easy and fast to make by hand. It is a soft dough that you can't go wrong with!
- Prep time
- 1 hr 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3/4 cup milk (room temperature)
- 1/4 cup butter (soften, 57g)
- 3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (, 406g)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast (, 7g)
- 1/4 cup sugar (, 55g)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 egg
- 1 cup brown sugar (, 175g)
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon (ground )
- 1/2 cup butter (soften, 113g)
- 1/2 cup walnuts (toasted and chopped, 65g)
Instructions
- 1
Place 3/4 cup milk into a small saucepan over medium heat until bubbles appear. Add 1/4 cup of butter. Stir until it melts. Then remove it from the heat. Set the pan aside to allow mixture to cool until LUKEWARM.
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, place 2 1/4 cup of flour. Add sugar, salt and yeast. Stir these dry ingredients well. Then add water, egg and LUKEWARM milk mixture. Stir the mixture well. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition.
- 3
When the dough has begin to pull together into a ball, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead dough for about 5 minutes or until smooth.
- 4
Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let it rest for 10 minutes. It won't really rise in this step, it just needs a chance to let the gluten settle.
- 5
While the dough is resting, lightly greased 12 muffin cups. You can also bake these in a 9 x 13 baking pan. Then place brown sugar, ground cinnamon and soften butter in a medium size bowl. Beat the cinnamon sugar mixture until its combined well. Set aside.
- 6
Roll the dough into a 12x9 inch rectangle. Then spread the sugar cinnamon mixture on top of the rectangle. Spread it until its about 1 inch from the edges. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts. (Or raisins). Roll up the dough and pinch the seam to seal it.
- 7
Cut into 12 equal size rolls and place each roll, cut size up into a muffin cup. If you are using a baking pan, let the rolls touch each other in the pan.
- 8
Cover the rolls with a damp towel and let them rise until double in size, about 30 minutes. While the rolls are rising, preheat oven to 190 degree C (375 degree F).
- 9
Place the rolls in the oven. Make sure to place a baking sheet underneath to catch any drips. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until browned. Remove muffin pan to wire rack to cool 5 minutes. Then remove rolls from muffin cups to cool. Serve warm.
- 10
If you bake the rolls in a 9x13 inch pan, you need to increase the baking time to 25 - 30 minutes. You can also make a cream cheese icing to spread over the rolls.