How to Make Cinnamon Rolls - Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option with a similar texture.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water + powdered milk

Almond milk is lower in calories and lactose-free.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey offers natural sweetness with fewer calories.

Peel and chop the Idaho Gold Dust potatoes.

Place potatoes in a saucepan, cover with water, and add coarse salt.

Bring the potatoes to a boil and cook uncovered until very tender.

Mash the potatoes with the leftover water in the pan and add butter, continuing to mash after they've cooled a bit.

Whisk in beaten eggs until the mixture looks like creamy custard.

In an electric mixer, combine brown sugar and warm water, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

Add the yeast to the sugar mixture and let it foam.

Add the creamy potato mixture to the mixer and mix on low until blended.

Begin mixing in flour one cup at a time until a sticky dough forms.

Knead the dough into a ball and place it in an oiled bowl, covering with plastic wrap and a towel to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour in a bowl for the filling, then incorporate cold butter until the mixture resembles sand.

After the dough has risen, roll it out into a 24x16 inch rectangle on a countertop.

Distribute the cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the surface of the dough.

Carefully roll the dough up, enclosing the filling inside.

Cut the rolled dough in half, then cut each half into six even pieces.

Place the rolls onto a tall-sided baking sheet fairly close together and let them rise for another 20 minutes until puffed.

Preheat the oven while the rolls are rising.

Bake the rolls until golden brown, then let them cool slightly before glazing.

For the glaze, whisk together powdered sugar and salt, then add milk, melted butter, and vanilla until the desired consistency is reached.

Drizzle the glaze over the warm rolls.

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