Grammy's Kitchen · Cinnamon Rolls · Easy Cinnamon Rolls (from scratch)
One of 37 cinnamon rolls recipes we measured
from sallysbakingaddiction.com
945 cooks on sallysbakingaddiction.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 37.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 48% | 59% |
| fat | 40% | 43% |
| total sugar | 87% | 88% |
| egg | 9% | 12% |
| yeast | 1% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| dairy | 68% | 64% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 344 g | 2 and 3/4 cups (344g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled), plus more as needed |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 183 g | 3/4 cup (180ml) whole milk |
| 43 g | 3 Tablespoons (43g) unsalted butter |
| 7 g | 2 and 1/4 teaspoons Platinum Yeast from Red Star or any instant yeast (1 standard packet) |
| 50 g | 1 large egg, at room temperature |
| 43 g | 3 Tablespoons (43g) unsalted butter, extra softened |
| 67 g | 1/3 cup (67g) packed light or dark brown sugar |
| 8 g | 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon |
| 113 g | 4 ounces (113g) full-fat block cream cheese, softened to room temperature |
| 28 g | 2 Tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature |
| 80 g | 2/3 cup (80g) confectioners’ sugar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
Method: 8 steps, published by sallysbakingaddiction.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Excellent cinnamon roll recipe! Absolutely the best! Thank you so much for sharing this. I did 2 things differently, but didn't change any ingredients or the amounts. First, for the dough, I always put the sugar in the milk and butter mix. This gives the sug” — a cook, 5.0★
“Made yesterday and still delicious today! I did leave to rise for 2 1/2 hours after making just the dough simply because I ran out of time before I had to go out for lunch, and then I didn’t realise I was as low on cinnamon as I was so had to also used my mixe” — a cook, 5.0★