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Rhodes Bread Dough Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Rhodes Bread Dough Cinnamon Rolls

Author: Laura Bais
Did you know you could make cinnamon rolls with Rhodes Bread Dough? Well, now you know!
4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Rising Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10 servings
Calories 374 kcal

Equipment

  • Baking tray
  • Parchment paper
  • Plastic Wrap
  • Mixer
  • Rolling Pin

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 loaf Rhodes Bread Dough

For the Filling

  • 1 stick Butter
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 5 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
  • ½ tsp Salt

For the Frosting

  • 1 cup Cream Cheese
  • 1 tsp Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • ½ cup Milk

Instructions
 

Preparing the Dough

  • Before you start actually handling the dough, leave it in the fridge to thaw overnight, and then let it sit at room temperature for about an hour or two.

Rolling the Dough

  • Once your dough has thawed, it's time to roll it out. First of all, make sure the rolling surface isn't sticky.
  • After placing the dough on the surface, press it in the middle with your palms and flatten it a bit. Spread it a little and aim for a rectangular shape. Take the rolling pin and start rolling from the middle up and down.
  • Then turn the dough and roll again, from the middle up and down. I prefer to keep my rolling direction vertical, so up and down, but if you want to, you can also try rolling diagonally.

Making the Filling and Filling the Dough

  • Melt a stick of butter and let it cool for a few minutes. During this time, mix cinnamon and brown sugar.
  • Once everything is ready, spread the butter over the dough using a brush. Make sure you cover the entire surface equally. The butter layer should be thin and equally spread.
  • Sprinkle the cinnamon and brown sugar mixture and carefully even it out.

Rolling It In

  • When rolling it in, the crucial thing is to carefully tuck in the edges. Start rolling horizontally, i.e., from the longer sides, so that you get more cinnamon rolls. Once you've made one long roll, use a bread knife to cut the rolls out.
  • I usually make them two fingers thick, and I end up with about ten rolls.
  • Once you've cut out the cinnamon rolls, place them on a parchment paper-covered baking tray and cover them with a plastic wrap.

Letting the Rolls Rise

  • Let the rolls rise for about an hour or until they double in size. Don't touch them, don't change their location, and don't uncover them.
  • If you want to speed up the rising process (which in no circumstance will be significantly shorter than 50 minutes), you can place the tray on a warm surface, such as on top of the fridge, near a heat source, or under direct sunlight.

Making the Frosting

  • To make the frosting, mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl until they homogenize, and then mix again using a mixer. The consistency should be even and pourable.

Preheating the Oven and Baking

  • Preheat the oven to 350 °F, i.e., 175 °C, and pop the rolls inside, uncovered, of course.
  • Let them bake for about 15 -20 minutes. Remove them from the oven and let them cool down for about ten minutes.

Frosting the Rolls

  • Frost them while they are still warm, but not hot, so don't let the rolls sit for over ten minutes before frosting them. Using a spoon, spatula, or frosting gun, you can top the cinnamon rolls with the frosting.
  • That's it! Your cinnamon rolls are ready for you to enjoy them!

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 374kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 5gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 488mgPotassium: 140mgFiber: 3gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 619IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 104mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Baking, Cinnamon rolls with frosting, Rhodes bread dough