quick cinnamon rolls

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1/4 cup butter, divided
• dough:
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 egg
• filling:
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• cream cheese frosting:
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar (optional)
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened (optional)
• 1/4 cup butter, softened (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). brush a 9-inch square baking dish with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• whisk flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. work 3 tablespoons softened butter into flour mixture using your hands. beat milk and egg together in another bowl; pour into flour-butter mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until a soft dough forms.
• turn dough out a floured work surface and roll dough into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle. brush surface of dough with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• whisk 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a small bowl. sprinkle 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar over butter-brushed dough. roll dough around filling to form a log; cut log into 18 rolls and place rolls in the prepared baking dish.
• bake in the preheated oven until rolls are set, 20 to 25 minutes.
• beat confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, 1/4 cup softened butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until frosting is smooth. top hot cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting.