Quick Cinnamon Rolls
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
18
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Ingredients for - Quick Cinnamon Rolls

1. Butter, melted, divided -
2. All-purpose flour, plus more as needed - 2 cups
3. White sugar - 2 tablespoons
4. Baking powder - 2 teaspoons
5. Salt - 1 teaspoon
6. Butter, softened - 3 tablespoons
7. Milk - ¾ cup
8. Egg - 1
9. White sugar - ½ cup
10. Brown sugar - ½ cup
11. Ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon
12. Confectioners' sugar - 1 cup
13. Cream cheese, softened - 4 ounces
14. Butter, softened - ¼ cup
15. Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Quick Cinnamon Rolls

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Brush a 9-inch square baking dish with 2 tablespoons of the melted butter. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

2. Stage

To make the dough: Whisk flour, 2 tablespoons white sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Work 3 tablespoons softened butter into flour mixture using your hands. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

3. Stage

Beat milk and egg together in another bowl; pour into flour-butter mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until a soft dough forms. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4. Stage

Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface and roll dough into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle. Brush surface of dough with remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter.

5. Stage

To make the filling: Whisk 1/2 cup white sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar over butter-brushed dough. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

6. Stage

Roll dough around filling to form a log; cut log into 18 rolls and place rolls in the prepared baking dish. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

7. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until rolls are set, 20 to 25 minutes.

8. Stage

To make the frosting: Beat confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, 1/4 cup softened butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until frosting is smooth.

9. Stage

Top hot cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS