57gramswhite whole wheat flour (or substitute all purpose)1/2 cup
40gramssugar1/4 cup
1tspinstant yeastoptional
9gramssalt1 and 1/2 tsp.
Filling
159gramsbrown sugar, light or dark3/4 cup
2Tball purpose flour
2Tb cinnamonor cut back to 1 Tb. for lighter flavor
1/8tspsalt
1Tbmelted butter
Icing
1 and 1/2cupspowdered sugar
1/2tspvanilla extract
1-2 Tb.milk
Instructions
Mix all the dough ingredients EXCEPT salt together in a stand mixer. This should take a few minutes. Add salt and yeast, but do NOT mix in. Cover and let sit out for 20 minutes.
Mix the dough and salt and yeast together for 1 minute. Knead or mix on low 2-3 minutes.
At this point, you can put the dough in the refridgerator and save it for tomorrow. Or, you can cover and let sit for 4 hours.
If covering and sitting for 4 hours, once per hour pull the dough and fold. Use a wet hand to stretch the dough and avoid sticky dough. You do this four times in the shape of a square. If putting in the fridge, pull out the dough from the fridge and stretch if possible. Allow it to sit and warm up to room temperature which will take 1-2 hours.
While the dough rises, stir all of the filling ingredients together EXCEPT the melted butter. And prepare a 9x13" pan with baking spray or cooking spray.
Roll out the dough gently on a very floured surface. This dough will be super sticky! You need to form about a 14" by 20" rectangle. Brush the melted butter all over the dough except for the top edge. Leave about 1" at the top with no filling or butter. The top edge is the shorter edge, so the rectangle facing you is portrait or long on the side and shorter up top.
Sprinkle the filling onto the rolled dough. Gently press the filling into the dough.
Roll the dough from the short end up to the edge you did not put filling. It should form a log. Pinch it sealed. Using floss or a serrated knife, cut the log in half. Cut each half in half. You should have 4 equal pieces. Each of those pieces you will cut into 3 pieces. Floss may be easier here. Usually a serrated knife works fine, but this dough is very sticky.
Place each roll cut side down into the prepared 9x13" pan. Cover and let rise 2-3 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove the cover and bake the cinnamon rolls 22-25 minutes. Allow to cool slightly.
Prepare the icing: in a small bowl, add the vanilla extract. Mix together. Add the milk little by little until you are happy with the thickness. You could add soft butter or cream cheese if you wanted as well. Spread on warm rolls. Serve immediately.
Store cinnamon rolls covered at room temperature for 1-2 days. After that, I usually put them in the fridge.