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The Best Cinnamon Roll Recipe

sugarspunrun.com · 2026 · 12 cinnamon rolls

Against 364 cinnamon roll recipes

More salt than 97% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 97% of recipes: 2.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about twice as much.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 19% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%.
Liquid: 60%, 68th percentileButter: 14%, 33rd percentileSugar: 19%, 71st percentileEgg: 9.3%, 34th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 38th percentileSalt: 2.2%, 98th percentileLiquidButterSugarEggYeastSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (21)

  • ⅔ cup whole milk≈ 163 g
  • ¼ cup bread flour≈ 32 g
  • ⅓ cup whole milk≈ 81 g
  • ⅓ cup water≈ 79 g
  • 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast≈ 8 g
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar≈ 4.2 g
  • ½ cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
  • Flour paste/tangzhong (from above)n/a
  • 1 egg + 1 large egg yolk≈ 50 g
  • 4 cups bread flour ((plus additional if needed))≈ 508 g
  • 2 teaspoons table salt ((or fine sea salt))≈ 12 g
  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter (softened and cut into 5 pieces)≈ 76 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 4 Tablespoons salted butter (softened)≈ 57 g
  • ½ cup light brown sugar ( firmly packed)≈ 110 g
  • 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon≈ 8 g
  • ¼ teaspoon table salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 oz cream cheese (softened)57 g
  • 2 Tablespoons salted butter (softened)≈ 28 g
  • 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
  • 1 Tablespoon milk≈ 15 g
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g

flour 540 gbatter 1113 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.

  • Liquid60% · 68th percentile
  • Butter14% · 33rd percentile
  • Sugar19% · 71st percentile
  • Egg9.3% · 34th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 38th percentile
  • Salt2.2% · 98th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
30 minutes
median 25 minutes

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