Cinnamon rolls are the kind of treat where the whole house smells amazing while they bake. Your bread machine takes care of kneading the dough soft and smooth – you just roll it out, spread the cinnamon sugar, roll it up, cut, and bake.
Making a pan on a weekend morning, with the family hovering around waiting for them to come out, is more comforting than the rolls themselves. One note so we’re clear: these are individual, freshly-baked cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting – not the loaf-style cinnamon raisin bread (that’s a different recipe on the site).
Why You’ll Love
- Machine kneads the dough with zero effort, more even than by hand
- Cinnamon-sugar aroma is pure “home”
- Can prep the night before, bake in the morning
- With frosting on top, they’re café-level
Ingredients
- Dough (use the bread machine Dough cycle):
- Warm milk (about 105°F / 40°C) – ¾ cup
- Egg – 1
- Softened butter – 3 tbsp
- Sugar – ¼ cup
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Bread flour – 3 cups
- Active dry yeast – 2¼ tsp (1 standard packet)
- Cinnamon-sugar filling:
- Softened butter – 3 tbsp
- Brown sugar – ½ cup
- Ground cinnamon – 1½ tbsp
- Frosting (optional):
- Cream cheese – 4 oz + powdered sugar – 1 cup + vanilla extract – 1 tsp
Step by Step
- Add to the machine (liquid → flour → yeast), select Dough, let it knead and rise. After 5 minutes, check: soft, slightly tacky ball; if too dry, add 1 tbsp milk.
- When risen, turn the dough out and roll into a roughly 12×16 inch rectangle.
- Spread the softened butter, then the brown-sugar-and-cinnamon mixture.
- Roll up from the long edge, cut into 9–12 pieces, and arrange in a greased pan.
- Cover with a towel and let rise 20–30 minutes (preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C).
- Bake 18–22 minutes until golden. Cool slightly, then frost.
Tips
- Use the Dough cycle, not Bake – the rolls go in the oven; the machine only makes the dough.
- Don’t roll too tight; leave room to rise. A piece of string cuts cleaner rounds than a knife pressing down.
- Wait until the rolls are just warm (not hot) before frosting, or it melts and runs everywhere.
FAQ
Q: No Dough setting on my machine? A: Run Basic for 15 minutes, stop manually, and let it rise.
Q: Can I freeze the unbaked rolls? A: Yes – cut and arrange in the pan, freeze, then bake straight from frozen (add 5 minutes).
Q: Is this the same as the machine’s cinnamon raisin bread? A: No. That one is a full loaf with raisins baked in; these are individual rolls with cream cheese frosting.
If you like the loaf style, see our cinnamon raisin bread machine for the difference, or try a quick bread machine recipe for a faster bake.
Nutrition (per serving): 280 kcal · 5g protein · 42g carbs · 230mg sodium
Time / Yield: Prep 20 min · Dough cycle ~1.5 h · 2nd rise 25 min · Bake 20 min · 9–12 rolls