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Maple Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon rolls topped with maple frosting. Check out the step-by-step photos and tips above the recipe.
Course
Breakfast
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
40
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
Servings
12
rolls
Calories
388
kcal
Author
Kate @ I Heart Eating
Ingredients
DOUGH
1/3
cup
milk¹
3
tablespoons
granulated sugar
1/4
cup
butter
3 ½
teaspoons
instant yeast²
3/4
cup
warm water
105F – 115F
3
cups
all-purpose flour³
1/2
teaspoon
salt
FILLING
3/4
cup
brown sugar
packed
1/4
cup
granulated sugar
1
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1/4
teaspoon
maple flavor
1/4
cup
butter
softened
FROSTING
1 ½
cups
sifted powdered sugar
1/4
cup
butter
melted
1/4
cup
pure maple syrup
1/2
tsp
vanilla extract or maple flavor⁴
1-4
tablespoons
milk
US Customary
-
Metric
Instructions
Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan; set aside.
In a small saucepan, stir milk, sugar, and butter together. Heat over low heat just until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Cool to about 100-105 F.
Pour the milk mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer.
Add the yeast and warm water.
Add 2 cups flour and salt to yeast mixture. Using a dough hook, mix on low speed for about 1 minute.
With the mixer still going, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Mix about 1 ½ minutes, or until dough starts to clean the sides of the bowl.
Knead on low speed for about 2 more minutes, or until dough is smooth and elastic – the dough will still be slightly sticky to the touch.
Place dough in a greased bowl, turning it to grease the top. Cover the dough with a clean, dry dish towel.
Let it rise in a warm place, free from draft, for about 10 minutes.
Turn the dough onto a floured surface, and roll into a 12x16-inch rectangle.
Stir filling ingredients together, and spread over dough. Since the filling is a little crumbly, I gently press it into the dough to help it stick.
Roll up lengthwise, pinching seam to seal.
Cut into 12 pieces, and place in prepared baking dish. I use a serrated knife to cut the dough.
Cover the baking dish with the dish towel, and let the dough rise for about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 F.
Bake at 20-25 minutes, or until the rolls are golden brown.
While the rolls are baking, prepare the frosting.
To prepare the frosting, whisk powdered sugar, butter, maple syrup, and vanilla or maple flavor together in a medium bowl.
Whisk in enough milk to make desired consistency. I leave the frosting on the thicker side because it melts when it's spread on the warm rolls.
Let rolls cool in pan for 5 minutes.
Spread rolls with frosting while warm.
Notes
Milk:
Anything from skim milk to whole milk will work. Whole milk will make the dough richer, and skim milk will give you a leaner dough.
Yeast:
If you're using active dry yeast, let the yeast sit for 5-10 minutes, or until foamy, after step 4. Then, continue with the recipe as-written.
Flour:
I recommend either weighing the flour or aerating, spooning, and leveling the flour. Too much flour will give you a dry, heavy dough.
Maple flavor:
Using maple flavor will give you a stronger maple flavor to the frosting. You can also use half vanilla, half maple flavor.
Nutrition values are estimates.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
roll
|
Calories:
388
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
65
g
|
Protein:
5
g
|
Fat:
12
g
|
Saturated Fat:
7
g
|
Cholesterol:
31
mg
|
Sodium:
209
mg
|
Potassium:
109
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
39
g
|
Vitamin A:
365
IU
|
Calcium:
39
mg
|
Iron:
1.6
mg