Winning at Life Soft Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients (18)

• 1 cup very warm milk (hot to touch but not boiling)≈ 244 g
• 1/4 cup sugar≈ 50 g
• 2 1/4 tsp instant/active dry/ traditional yeast≈ 7 g
• 1 egg≈ 50 g
• 1/4 cup melted butter≈ 57 g
• 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
• 3.5 cups all purpose flour≈ 438 g
• grating of nutmeg (optional)n/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 5 tbsp melted butter≈ 71 g
• 3/4 cup brown sugar (packed, dark brown works best)≈ 165 g
• 2.5 tbsp cinnamon (if you're a cinnamon fan then you can go up to 3)≈ 20 g
• 2 tsp cardamom powder (optional)≈ 5 g
• 1/4 tsp salt≈ 1.5 g
• 4 oz cream cheese113 g
• 1.5 tbsp butter≈ 21 g
• 1 cup icing sugar≈ 120 g
• 1/2 tsp vanilla≈ 2.1 g
• 2 tbsp milk≈ 31 g

flour 438 gbatter 848 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%
• Sugar11% · 29th percentile · median 14%
• Egg11% · 49th percentile · median 11%
• Yeast1.6% · 50th percentile · median 1.6%
• Salt0.7% · 35th percentile · median 1%

Oven

Temperature

250°F / 120°C

median 350°F

Time

5 to 10 minutes

median 25 minutes