Yield: 9
Skill level: Moderate
Show mom you love her this Mother's Day with delicious homemade cinnamon rolls! Made with chunks of Autumn Glory apples and a whole lot of love, these will surely win mom's heart. The apples add that extra touch of homemade style goodness that you just can't get out of a can!
Ingredients
For the dough
- ½ cup whole milk
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- ¼ oz packet of active dry yeast
- 1 egg
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
For the filling
- 3 cups finely diced Autumn Glory apples
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup light brown sugar
For the frosting
- 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
Directions
- On the stove top, warm milk in a small saucepan over low heat. Do not allow the milk to get hot, just warmed.
- Immediately remove from heat and combine with yeast in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Let sit for approximately 7 minutes until yeast is active and bubbly.
- Add egg, butter, salt and sugar. Mix to combine.
- Slowly add in flour, working with a spatula/your hands as necessary until you have a ball of dough formed. Alternatively, you could use a stand mixer and dough hook attachment for this and knead on low speed for several minutes.
- Cover dough with cling wrap and allow to rise for at least 25 min. or until doubled in size.
- While dough rises start making your filling. Dice apples, and place in a medium-sized pot over medium-heat. Add butter, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar to pot. Allow to cook for approximately 7 minutes stirring often until apples are well coated and cooked. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- After allowing dough to fully rise, transfer to a lightly floured surface and begin spreading out in a rectangular shape with a rolling pin. Get dough as close to a 10 x 20 rectangle as possible.
- Transfer almost all the filling* to the center of your rolled out dough and spread out as evenly as possible (leaving a small cleared edge all around). *save a couple tablespoons of the filling for the post-baking sauce mixture.
- Carefully roll dough into a log, pinching as you go to seal as much as possible.
- Cut roll into 9 slices (each approximately 2 inches) and place rolls in a 9 x 9 dish, greased on bottom and up the sides.
- Cover dish with cling wrap and let your rolls rise for another 25 minutes or so. During this time, pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees. Once time rolls have risen and oven is pre-heated, bake rolls for approximately 15 minutes. or until lightly browned. If you like a deeper browned roll, continue to cook for a couple extra minutes.
- While cinnamon rolls bake, make frosting. In a medium-sized mixing bowl combine all frosting ingredients from above. Mix with a hand mixer on increasing speeds until smooth. Then refrigerate until ready to use.
- Once cinnamon rolls are done and out of the oven, spoon a bit of the reserved mixture over top (if it gets too thick, simply thin with a splash of water). Then, frost rolls as shown and sprinkle with additional cinnamon, if desired.
- Serve immediately!
Pro-tip: have your little ones help with the frosting! So easy and a great way for them to be a part!
Recipe created by Lunches and Littles for Superfresh Growers.
