Your Holiday Brunch Is Better with Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients (17)

• 4 tbsp. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more for baking pan≈ 57 g
• 1 c. whole milk≈ 244 g
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar≈ 100 g
• 1 large egg≈ 50 g
• 1 1/4 oz. package rapid-rise yeast (about 2 1/4 teaspoons)7 g
• 1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
• 3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for work surface≈ 438 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 3/4 c. packed light brown sugar≈ 165 g
• 2 tbsp. ground cinnamon≈ 16 g
• 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 11 g
• 1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 114 g
• 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped170 g
• 3/4 c. confectioners’ sugar≈ 90 g
• 2 tbsp. whole milk≈ 31 g
• 2 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted≈ 28 g
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
• 1/4 tsp. kosher salt≈ 1 g

flour 438 gbatter 899 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 364 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

• Liquid56% · 58th percentile · median 53%
• Butter13% · 26th percentile · median 16%
• Sugar23% · 78th percentile · median 14%
• Egg11% · 49th percentile · median 11%
• Yeast1.6% · 50th percentile · median 1.6%
• Salt0.9% · 46th percentile · median 1%

Oven

Temperature

375°F / 190°C

median 350°F

Time

25 to 30 minutes

median 25 minutes