Cinnamon Rolls

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 cinnamon rolls

Against 364 cinnamon roll recipes

No egg, unlike 85% of recipes and less sugar than 88%.

How it compares

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

No egg at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 10 to 18% of the flour weight).
Less sugar than 88% of recipes: 8.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%.
More salt than 91% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about twice as much.
Butter in the middle half of recipes: 21% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%.

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

3 cups (360g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour360 g
1/4 cup (28g) King Arthur Baker's Special Dry Milk or nonfat dry milk28 g
1/4 cup (46g) potato flour or 1/2 cup (43g) dried potato flakes (instant mashed potatoes)46 g
3 tablespoons (35g) granulated sugar35 g
1 1/4 teaspoons (8g) table salt8 g
2 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast or active dry yeast≈ 8 g
6 tablespoons (85g) unsalted butter, at room temperature85 g
7/8 to 1 1/8 cups (198g to 255g) water, lukewarm*198 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar50 g
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 3.9 g
2 teaspoons King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour≈ 5 g
2 teaspoons milk, to brush on dough≈ 10 g
1 1/4 cups (142g) confectioners' sugar142 g
1/2 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 2.1 g
4 to 5 tablespoons (57g to 71g) heavy cream or 2 to 3 tablespoons (28g to 43g) milk, enough to make a soft, spreadable icing57 g

flour 406 gbatter 768 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.