Mini Cinnamon Rolls
Fluffy mini bite-sized cinnamon rolls with a 5-ingredient dough made from scratch in just 30 minutes, all topped with the best cream cheese frosting.
Servings:24 servings
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cups warm water
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 3 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
Filling
- 4 tablespoons butter, completely softened
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Frosting
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 and lightly grease a muffin pan. Add water, yeast, and honey to the bowl of a stand mixer fitting with a dough hook and stir to combine. Allow to rest for 5 minutes (mixture will rise and foam).
- Add flour and salt to bowl. Turn the mixer on low and allow to mix until ingredients come together, then increase mixing speed to medium-low for 5 minutes. Remove dough from bowl and allow to rise for 10 minutes on a lightly floured surface.
- While dough is rising, prepare the filling by whisking together sugars in a bowl.
- Use a floured rolling pin to roll dough into a 9x15 inch rectangle. Use a pizza cutter to trim off the sides if it isn't perfectly rectangular. Spread softened butter over the surface of the dough. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over the butter.
- Tightly roll one 15-inch side (the long side) of the dough toward the other 15-inch side to create a long log. Pinch the seam so it closes off the log. Use a very sharp knife or a pizza cutter to cut the ends off and then to cut the log into 24 equal parts. Place each cinnamon roll in the greased muffin tins. Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
- While cinnamon rolls are baking, prepare the frosting. Cream together butter and cream cheese. Mix in the vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar and mix until combined. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time until frosting reaches a spreadable consistency. When cinnamon rolls are finished baking, drizzle or spread frosting over rolls and serve.
Notes
Store in airtight container at room temperature up to three days.
Nutrition
Calories: 165 kcal, Carbohydrates: 37 g, Protein: 2 g, Fat: 1 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 3 mg, Sodium: 110 mg, Potassium: 36 mg, Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 22 g, Vitamin A: 39 IU, Vitamin C: 1 mg, Calcium: 16 mg, Iron: 1 mg