Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls
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Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls {kind of} with Maple Glaze rich and buttery cinnamon rolls are topped with a delicious maple glaze, easy recipe instructions.
The are kind of sort of The Pioneer Woman’s Cinnamon Rolls….but not really.
Ok, what the heck does that mean?
Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls {kind of} with Maple Glaze
Well, I wanted to make her cinnamon rolls, but let’s be honest there is little difference in the basic dough recipe for cinnamon rolls. Since I was intimated by yeast breads for years and it took me trying a couple of different Cinnamon Roll recipes to find one I liked, that worked, that was easy. I made my cinnamon roll recipe and topped it with The Pioneer Woman’s Maple Glaze…except I changed that too…. Ok, just never mind. Obviously these are MY Cinnamon Rolls. Whatev! They. Are. Fab. and you should go make them now…..after your peruse my blog of course!!
The one thing you should know about this, or any, dough that uses yeast, you cannot rush the process. Yes, you must be patient and let the yeast do it’s thing in its own time. (There is nothing I hate worse than being patient, but these rolls are worth it.) Don’t think heating the water hotter will make the yeast rise faster, it’ll just kill the yeast. Carefully measure the temperature with a thermometer instead of monitoring by touch. This was my biggest problem when I started making dough. Either my water was too hot or too cold.
After the rolls are made and risen the last time, you can cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate a day or two. Sit them out and allow to come to room temperature before baking.
The Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls {kind of} with Maple Glaze
Ingredients
- Dough
- 2 ½ teaspoon active dry yeast
- ½ cup warm water between 120 and 130 degrees
- ½ cup scalded milk just before boils
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 eggs
- 4 c all purpose flour
- Filling
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup brown sugar
- Glaze
- 4 cup powdered sugar (aka confectioners)
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 5 Tablespoon butter melted
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
Instructions
- In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Set aside.
- In a large bowl mix milk, sugar, melted butter, salt and egg. Add 2 cups of flour and mix until smooth. Add yeast mixture; mix. Add remaining flour and mix with a dough hook until smooth.
- Knead on a lightly floured surface 5 to 10 minutes.
- Grease a glass bowl and place dough inside.
- Cover and allow to sit in a warm area.
- Allow to double in size. This will take approximately 2 ½ hours.
- When doubled in size, punch down.
- Roll out onto a floured surface.
- Roll into a 15x9-inch rectangle.
- Spread butter over dough
- Cover with brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Beginning on the long side roll dough
- Pinch dough to seal.
- Cut into 16 slices.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bottom of two 8x8 inch pans or 8 inch round pan with non-stick spray.
- Place rolls close together in the pan. Let rise until dough has doubled. About 45 minutes. Bake 20 minutes or until browned.
- Sift powdered sugar into a bowl, add milk, butter and maple syrup. Stir until smooth. Pour over warm rolls. Serve immediately
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
These look amazing! Pinned!
Thanks so much, Jess! Thanks for visiting.
Oh my goodness these look and sound amazing! And look at all your whole list of cinnamon remix options! Wow, definitely giving these a try.
Thank you!!! Can you tell I like Cinnamon rolls? 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
They look delicious and I love the maple glaze. Can’t wait to try them his weekend. My family will love them. Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome, thanks for stopping by.
Love these!
You are making me hungry….! =D
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Melissa@My recent favorite books
Thanks so much, Melissa! They were yummy! Headed to your blog now!
Looks delicious, Paula! Cinnamon Rolls are another thing which I never have success with {maybe your recipe will inspire me to at least try once more!} Thanks for sharing at our ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS party 🙂
Linda, I couldn’t make yeast breads for years, and one day I was not going to quit until I did it! This recipe works for me and my pizza dough is very simple too.
I don’t care what you call them, they look delicious Paula!!!
hehe, thank you LIsa! I really liked them.
I’ve had the Pioneer Woman’s Cinnamon Rolls and their pretty good. I’m going to give your version a try this weekend. Thanks for partying with me at Fluster Creative Muster.
Robin
Fluster Buster
NOM! Maple Glaze = Yummy. I’m defo on board with this.
oh thank you! They were delish, I def had to run extra miles to get them off!
These look wonderful!!! That glaze sounds delicious!!! What a great idea to make a maple glaze for cinnamon rolls – sounds like the PERFECT combination!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, I really liked it and thought I was stuff on the basic glaze as my fav!
Oh yummy! I don’t know why I don’t make cinnamon rolls more often! I love the maple glaze!
Thank you and I DO know why I don’t make them very often, because it’s like crack and I can’t stop eating them until they’re all gone! LOL! Seriously, my husband will eat half of one and neither boy likes them, so I end up eating them all. :/
Where is the cinnamon? This sounds great but I would love to know how much cinnamon to use.
oh my goodness, I can’t believe I omitted the cinnamon! I used 1 tablespoon and spread it over the brown sugar in step 2. I’ll correct the recipe now.