Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

crazyforcrust.com · 2022 · 12 small rolls or 6 larger

Against 364 cinnamon roll recipes

Less sugar than 99% of recipes and more yeast than 99%.

How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 364 cinnamon roll recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less sugar than 99% of recipes: 3.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%, under a third as much.
More yeast than 99% of recipes: 4.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 3 times as much.
No egg at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 10 to 18% of the flour weight).
Less butter than 86% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

½ cup (118ml) warm water ((30 seconds in the microwave; think hot bathwater))≈ 119 g
1 tablespoon (13g) granulated sugar13 g
1 tablespoon active dry yeast ((measured out from 2 packets))≈ 9 g
½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
3 tablespoons (42g) unsalted butter ((very soft but not melted))42 g
1 ½ cups (186g) all-purpose flour186 g
1 ½ cups (186g) all-purpose flour (, divided)186 g
1 packet (7g) instant yeast (Rapid Rise Yeast)7 g
½ cup (118ml) water≈ 119 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 372 gbatter 683 g

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

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

Nearest by baker's percentages: liquid, butter, sugar, egg, yeast, salt.