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Overnight Cinnamon Rolls with Fresh Milled Flour

These cinnamon rolls are made the night before and allowed to rise slowly in the fridge overnight. The next morning you take them out while preheating the oven and then bake them for a gooey delicious treat.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 28 minutes
Rising time (including overnight) 12 hours
Course Breakfast
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 240 grams milk
  • 10 grams active dry yeast
  • 55 grams brown sugar
  • 75 grams white sugar
  • 1 T white sugar
  • 585 grams bolted hard wheat flour I used 385 grams hard white and 200 hard red

    *If you don't have fresh milled flour you can use all all purpose or a combination of all purpose and whole wheat.

  • 8 tbsp softened butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt

Cinnamon Roll Filling

  • 4-6 tbsp softened butter
  • 220 grams brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1.5 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp allspice

Frosting

  • 4 tbsp softened butter
  • 170 grams whipped cream cheese
  • 1/4 tsp maple extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 150 grams powder sugar

Instructions
 

  • Bolt flour with fine mesh sieve. I use a 60 mesh.
  • Warm milk and add 1 tablespoon of sugar and yeast. Allow to sit for 5-10 minutes in your stand mixer.
  • Add the softened butter, eggs, and egg yolks. Mix a little. The butter will not full incorporate.
  • Add the rest of the sugar and mix.
  • Mix in the flour and cover. Allow to rest for 15 minutes.
  • After it has rested add the salt and knead the dough until smooth and elastic. This can take 5-10 minutes.
  • Allow to rise until doubled. About one-two hours depending on how warm your house it. It always takes less time in the summer months.
  • Roll dough out into a 12X18 ish rectangle.
  • Spread the softened butter over the dough.
  • Make the toping: Mix the brown sugar and spices together and sprinkle over the top of the butter.
  • Start rolling up the dough from the long end. Then pinch the edge the best you can to seal it.
  • Using a sharp knife or a serrated knife cut the rolls into 12-15 pieces.
  • 2nd rise overnight: Place in a 9 by 13 dish then cover with plastic wrap and tin foil and put in the fridge overnight.
  • The next morning take out the cinnamon rolls, take of the tin foil (leave the plastic wrap) and start to preheat your oven to 375℉. They will puff up a little more, but not much.
  • Once the oven has preheated for about 10 minutes take the plastic wrap off the cinnamon rolls and bake for 22-28 minutes.
  • While they are baking prepare you frosting. Cream the butter and cream cheese together. Then add the maple and vanilla extract. Finally add your powder sugar. I find you get a smoother frosting if you sift the powder sugar.
  • Allow the rolls to cool slightly, then spread the frosting on the rolls when they are warm (not hot).