Extra Fluffy & Gooey Giant Cinnamon Roll with Vanilla Icing
Soft, gooey, and melt in your mouth delicious. This GIANT Cinnamon Roll is the perfect sweet treat to enjoy all year long! Enjoy warm, right out of the oven, with a drizzle of sweet vanilla icing for an indulgent breakfast the whole family will love.
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 397kcal
Ingredients
Sweet Dough
- 2¼ cups all purpose flour
- 5 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1½ teaspoons instant yeast*
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
- 5 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- ⅝ cup whole milk
- 1 large egg room temperature
Filling
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ⅔ cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1½ Tablespoons ground cinnamon
- ⅜ teaspoon salt
- 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- ¼ cup half and half
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Sweet Dough
- Spray a covered container or glass bowl with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Combine flour, sugar, yeast and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook.
- In a small saucepan, heat milk and butter, stirring occasionally, until butter melts.
- Remove from heat and cool to 115℉/46℃.
- With the mixer running on low speed, pour over the dry ingredients.
- Once the dough starts to get tacky, about 1 minute, add the egg.
- Keep mixing on low until the egg is incorporated, about 1 minute.
- Increase speed to medium-high/high and knead for 8-10 minutes, until dough is smooth and is no longer sticking to the bowl.
- Scrape dough into prepared container.
- Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1½ hours. If using a proofing box, add water tray, and proof uncovered at 78℉/26℃.
Filling
- While dough is proofing, combine butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, flour, and vanilla in a small bowl.
- Beat with an electric mixer until blended, about 1-2 minutes. Set aside.
Assembly
- Spray a 12-inch cast iron skillet with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
- Roll into a square that is ⅜-inch thick.
- Spread filling over top of dough, going all the way to the edges.
- Using a pastry cutter, a pizza cutter, or a sharp knife, cut dough into 1¼ inch strips.
- Cut each strip in half.
- Beginning with one strip, roll up jellyroll-style and place in center of prepared pan.
- Take a second strip and, starting where the first one stopped, keep wrapping.
- Repeat until all dough is used.
- Cover pan with plastic wrap.
- Allow to rise in a warm place until dough is noticeably swollen, about 1 hour.
- While dough is proofing, heat oven to 350℉/177℃.
- When dough is proofed, bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown and set.
Icing
- Combine powdered sugar, half and half, and vanilla in a small bowl.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Drizzle or spread over cinnamon roll.
Notes
How To Store:
The best way to store this cinnamon roll is unglazed and in the freezer!
It will keep for up to 3 months. This way, you can easily reheat it in the oven for an almost fresh-baked breakfast treat! Just be sure to get it out of the freezer about 30 minutes prior to reheating, and remember to cover with foil.
If the cinnamon roll already has icing on top, no worries! You can store in the fridge or freezer.
In the fridge, it should keep for about 3-5 days. In the freezer, about a month or so. Just allow to come to room temperature or place one sweet roll in the microwave for 25-30 seconds on high heat (keep in mind that, this way, the icing will melt!).
Our Best Tips To Make This Cinnamon Roll:
- *For this recipe, we use SAF Gold Yeast. If another type of yeast is used, we cannot guarantee it will work.
- Check your yeast and make sure it’s in-date.
- If milk mixture does accidentally boil, don’t worry! You haven’t ruined it. It just takes longer to cool down this way. Just give it time to cool to 120-130 degrees before pouring it into the dry ingredients.
- Don’t have a big enough lidded container to allow the dough to rise? You can put the dough in a glass bowl and cover it with plastic wrap!
- The butter for the filling needs to be room temperature.
- If you want the dough/rolls to proof faster, place them near something warm like the oven! Just don’t put the dough in the oven.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 397kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 191mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 525IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1mg