CINNAMON ROLL FOR ONE

CINNAMON ROLL FOR ONE

This perfectly portioned, pillowy-soft cinnamon roll for one recipe makes one single cinnamon roll just for you! Complete with a gooey, cinnamon-sugar center and luscious cream cheese frosting, this single serve cinnamon roll is the ultimate treat yo-self dessert.

Cinnamon Roll for One

Sometimes you want a cinnamon roll, but you don’t need a whole pan of cinnamon rolls. That

Because this amount of dough is so small it’s much easier to work with and requires less of an arm workout to get all that kneading in. And yet…this single cinnamon roll is just as soft, fluffy and decadent as the

Ingredients for this single serve cinnamon roll

You’ll need all the same ingredients that you’d use in a full batch of homemade cinnamon rolls just in smaller quantities! Don’t be scared by the list of ingredients–they’re mainly pantry staples that you probably already have lying around, and because it’s so small you can use the dregs of your flour bag and that last tablespoon of butter hidden in the back of your fridge!

• All Purpose Flour: All purpose flour is perfect for creating a pillowy soft, tender, slightly bready dough. You can also use bread flour for this single cinnamon roll, just keep in mind it will be a little breadier!
• Granulated Sugar: You’ll need a little granulated sugar to active the yeast and also to sweeten your dough slightly!
• Instant Yeast: We usually use Fleischmann’s Rapid Rise for these homemade cinnamon rolls, but any rapid instant yeast will work here! You can also use regular active yeast and double the rise times!
• Butter: You’ll need butter for both the cinnamon roll dough and the cream cheese glaze!  If all you have on hand is salted butter that will work totally fine too! In the dough you’ll use melted butter and in the cinnamon sugar filling you’ll need room temperature butter, so be sure to leave some butter out on the counter to get it nice and soft!
• Milk: Any kind of milk will work in this recipe, but for a super soft, buttery dough we recommend using whole milk!
• Cinnamon: UH DUH. You’ll need cinnamon for the cinnamon sugar filling! Sometimes when I’m feeling spicy, I put 1 teaspoon in the dough too!
• Brown Sugar: Brown sugar is the perfect, caramel-y, soft sugar to use for your cinnamon sugar filling. You can feel free to use light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, but you we do not recommend subbing it out for granulated sugar–it won’t melt in the same way!
• Pure Vanilla Extract: The amount of vanilla extract in this recipe may be small, but she is mighty! A few teaspoons will take your rolls from good to great!
• Cream Cheese: In my opinion it’s not a cinnamon roll if its not absolutely smothered in cream cheese frosting. It’s imperative that you use room temperature cream cheese to get that nice creamy, smooth consistency.
• Powdered Sugar: You’ll need powdered sugar to sweeten and thicken your cream cheese frosting.