Cinnamon rolls, what can I say, it’s just one of those sweet things that you can’t resist especially when you’re at a mall because…there’s always a Cinnabon at one of those shopping centers.
But instead of buying it with the price of $5.79 ( $6.34 after tax ) why not make it yourself at home with only $0.89 which is the fraction of the cost? The ingredients are easy to find and all you need is some time and you can have one of the best cinnamon rolls you’ll ever have.
In this video we are going to put the homemade Cinnabon cinnamon roll up against Cinnabon and find out which one tastes better, and to make it more interesting we’re also throwing in the Pillsbury Grands! Cinnamon roll made by Cinnabon’s cinnamon just to see which one is the best and has the best value. Get your coffee ready, there’s going to be a ton of cinnamon rolls.
Intro 0:06
Dough 1:31
Cinnamon sugar 3:49
Shaping cinnamon rolls 5:14
Cream cheese frosting 7:58
Baking cinnamon rolls 8:54
Taste test 10:54
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Recipe
Makes 6 large 2.5 inch cinnamon rolls
Dough:
1/2 cup or 120 g milk
6 Tablespoons or 84 g butter
1/2 cup or 124 g yogurt
1 large egg
1/2 cup or 95 g sugar
2 tsp or 6 g instant yeast
2 Tablespoons or 20 g malt powder
2 t or 6 g salt
About 1 3/4 cups or 270 g bread flour
About 1 3/4 cups or 270 g AP flour
Cinnamon sugar:
Makes 1 1/2 cups
1 1/2 cup or 350 g dark brown sugar
1.5 T or 12 g Korintje cinnamon
1.5 T or 12 g Vietnamese cinnamon ( Costco brand is Vietnamese )
1/2 t salt
1 stick or 4 oz margarine ( for filling )
Frosting: ( makes 1/2 pint )
4 oz cream cheese
1 Tablespoon or 14 g margarine
1 Tablespoon or 14 g butter
5 oz powdered sugar
2 T milk or cream
1teaspoon imitation vanilla flavor
2 teaspoons lemon juice
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24 Comments
3:16 caught me off guard
Cinnabon also has Allspice in their rolls. It gives an extra spicy kick to it.
How important is the malt powder? I don’t have it. Thank you!
You need to add the cost of labor to the home made roll. That's part of what makes the higher priced roll to cost so much.
Hello… cinnamon rolls looks super…about the ingredients I'm doubtful about the "2 T milk or cream " in the frosting part… 2T means??.. hope to hear from you soon.. wanted to tryout your recipe.. cinnamon roll is my family's all time favourite ‼️ thanks and Merry Christmas ‼️
I need to make 18 to 24 for a large gathering. Can I cook 2 batches of 12 in a larger pan? Would the cooking time and temp need to change? Thanks for the helpful video!
No knead rolls
I suspect that your texture challenge is about the cook time and temperature. Cinnabon are intentionally under-done-ish. They are pulled when they are in the 165F-190F range. May have to adjust the cook time and temp in order to accomplish both that center temp range AND a golden top.
Can't believe so few views. This was a wonderful video, can't wait to try. Thank you for making this. I make music videos and know how much time and work go into this.
maybe someone already addressed this; if so, please pardon me. But the pillsbury is less than half the volume of the other ones, so it actually costs a lot more money than the diy — maybe 3x. idk, that greatly reduces its value to me. sure, convenience is a big factor IF you have to go out shopping for the Cinnabon; but there's UberEATS & Door Dash. for me, I can't get over the chemical, "weird shortening" flavor in the tube doughs: I'd only buy the stuff in the tubes if a kid specified it as a treat (like my nephew wanted Grands for his birthday breakfast).
all of that said, really engrossing video with a lot of interesting & useful info. THANKS!
I’ll pass on the fake butter ants won’t even eat it so humans should not use Fake butter yuck
Great Video🎉🎉🎉
Allspice is key to add to cinnamon to get the Cinnabon flavor. Also try bread flour next time for the chewiness that you want to achieve.
Additionally, you can mimic the gooey texture by adding some heavy cream, cinnamon, brown sugar mixture and pour directly over your rolls after they achieve the final rise then bake covered.
Cinnamon rolls are a specialty in my family for generations.
Good job that you use margarine for the spread because that's the authentic way. With that in mind what do you think of using butter-flavored Crisco instead of margarine? It has an even higher melting point.
I've watched a couple of other videos where they try to "copy" the cinnabon rolls and both videos had a 12 bun recipe,
and recommended after the second proof, before putting in the oven to pour a 1/2 cup of milk evenly over the 12 rolls.
They say that this is the "secret" ingredient. Another video recommended 1/2 cup of whole cream as the secret ingredient.
Is it worth it in this case?
oooooo I wanna make this so bad it looks so good 🥺 great video thanks!!
Cocoa pwdr ratio trick
lately ive been seeing a tip to add heavy cream to the buns before you bake along side a topping of melted brown sugar butter. Also, to top on the decadence, im kinda inspired by a thin and thick frosting combo: a thin layer of the cream cheese frosting to coat most of the roll, then an additional thick smear of cream cheese frosting as the final topping.
You did an amazing job. I loved watching this .
Wow I knew they Tasted a little Different BuT StiLL Supper YuMMaLisHeS !!😊
what is the brand of your
margarine? Thanks
I like a fluffier bready cinnamon roll. I like cinnabon, but it is chewier dough.
The homemade one looks so good sound so now I wasn't thinking about. It but since I looked at your video. I'm thinking about trying to make some cinnamon rose.
In a in a nice coffee cake will be good in the morning. Christmas morning Do you do coffee cakes
I believe that the mistake was using bread flour. It’s just too heavy.
Margarine?! Garbage food ingredient not worth it just for authenticity.