Grammy's Kitchen · Cinnamon Rolls · Soft Cinnamon Rolls
One of 37 cinnamon rolls recipes we measured
It ranks #35 of 37 for richness among the cinnamon rolls recipes we compared. 453 cooks on www.kingarthurbaking.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 | 69% | 59% |
| fat | 22% | 43% |
| total sugar | 71% | 88% |
| egg | 19% | 12% |
| yeast | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| dairy | 56% | 64% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 71 g | 5 tablespoons (71g) water |
| 71 g | 5 tablespoons (71g) milk, whole preferred |
| 25 g | 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon (25g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour |
| all of the tangzhong (above) | |
| 495 g | 4 cups plus 2 tablespoons (495g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour |
| 21 g | 3 tablespoons (21g) King Arthur Baker's Special Dry Milk or nonfat dry milk |
| 11 g | 1 3/4 teaspoons (11g) table salt |
| 9 g | 1 tablespoon instant yeast |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup (170g) milk, whole preferred, lukewarm |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 85 g | 6 tablespoons (85g) unsalted butter, melted |
| 142 g | 3/4 cup (142g) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, packed |
| 11 g | 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
| 227 g | 2 cups (227g) confectioners' sugar |
| pinch of table salt | |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons (28g) butter, melted |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract |
| 28 g | 2 to 3 tablespoons (28g to 43g) milk or heavy cream, enough to make a thick but spreadable frosting |
Method: 18 steps, published by www.kingarthurbaking.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.