Cinnamon Roll Recipe
spendwithpennies.com · 2025 · 15 cinnamon rolls
Against 364 cinnamon roll recipes
More egg than 82% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 364 cinnamon roll recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 82% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 11%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%.
Ingredients (16)
- ¼ cup warm water≈ 59 g
- 1 package active dry yeast (or 2¼ teaspoons)≈ 7 g
- ¾ cup whole milk≈ 183 g
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter≈ 76 g
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar (plus 1 teaspoon)≈ 72 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 3¾ to 4¼ cups all purpose flour (divided)≈ 500 g
- 2 eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 114 g
- 1 cup brown sugar (packed)≈ 220 g
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon≈ 16 g
- 1½ cups powdered sugar (or as needed)≈ 180 g
- 4 ounces cream cheese (softened)113 g
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 57 g
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
- ⅛ teaspoon salt≈ 0.8 g
flour 500 gbatter 1000 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.
- Liquid49% · 34th percentile · median 53%
- Butter15% · 46th percentile · median 16%
- Sugar14% · 52nd percentile · median 14%
- Egg20% · 86th percentile · median 11%
- Yeast1.4% · 38th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.6% · 30th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 20 to 25 minutes
- median 25 minutes
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