Pillowy soft Homemade Cinnamon Rolls with gooey brown sugar and cinnamon swirls topped with a homemade creamy vanilla cream cheese frosting. These rolls are well worth the effort!
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls are pillowy soft and fluffy and swirled with brown sugar and cinnamon and a soft, warm, gooey center. They're topped with homemade sweet vanilla cream cheese frosting.
Warm cream is poured over the rolls just before baking, which gives them a caramel-like sauce on the bottom and the ultimate gooey cinnamon roll texture.
While they are a bit of work to make, they are well worth the effort. They can also be made the night before, or even frozen for months until ready to bake. Which means you can have fresh, homemade cinnamon rolls anytime!
Why Pour Cream on the Cinnamon Rolls?
Pouring warm cream on the rolls helps a few factors. The cream steams the rolls a bit as they bake, keeping them super soft and tender. It also collects on the bottom of the pan with the brown-sugar-and-cinnamon drips and makes a gooey, delicious, caramel-y sauce situation on the bottom of the cinnamon rolls, kind of like Cinnabon's.
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