Cinnamon Rolls
Jeanine Donofrio · loveandlemons.com · 2025 · 12 rolls
Against 364 cinnamon roll recipes
More liquid than 89% of recipes and no egg, unlike 85%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 364 cinnamon roll recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More liquid than 89% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%.
- No egg at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 10 to 18% of the flour weight).
- More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%.
- More yeast than 78% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
Ingredients (14)
- ½ cup warm water (110°F)≈ 119 g
- 1 (¼-ounce) package active dry yeast or instant yeast7 g
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar≈ 4.2 g
- ⅓ cup melted butter (plus more for brushing)≈ 76 g
- ½ cup milk (at room temperature)≈ 122 g
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar≈ 67 g
- 1 teaspoon sea salt≈ 6 g
- 2¾ cups all-purpose flour (plus more for kneading)≈ 344 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ½ cup dark brown sugar≈ 110 g
- 1½ tablespoons cinnamon≈ 12 g
- 1½ cups powdered sugar (sifted)≈ 180 g
- 3 to 4 tablespoons milk≈ 54 g
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1 recipe Cream Cheese Frostingn/a
flour 344 gbatter 744 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.
- Liquid70% · 89th percentile · median 53%
- Butter22% · 76th percentile · median 16%
- Sugar21% · 76th percentile · median 14%
- Egg0% · 7th percentile · median 11%
- Yeast2.1% · 80th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.7% · 88th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 25 minutes
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