This sandwich recipe has been handed down through my family for many years, and after I persuaded my husband to try it, it quickly became his favorite. Brown sugar has been added to an ordinary grilled cheese sandwich.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 rolls |
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- ⅓ cup margarine, melted
- 4 ½ cups bread flour
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons bread machine yeast
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 (3 ounce) package Neufchatel cheese, softened
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place milk, eggs, margarine, bread flour, white sugar, and yeast in the pan of bread machine in recommended order by manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface after it has doubled in size. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Roll dough into a 16×21-inch rectangle. Spread dough with 2 tablespoons butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9×13-inch baking pan. Cover and let rest until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
- Beat together Neufchatel cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioner’s sugar, and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 303 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Cholesterol | 53 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 153 mg |
| Sugars | 42 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
My family and friends love these cinnamon rolls! I changed it a bit by only making half of the frosting and adding less cinnamon to the cinnamon/brown sugar mixture.
How the heck are these healthier!?! Use full fat, use butter and enjoy the TREAT! I’ve had better and they certainly are not healthier. Margarine is garbage and toxic.
It was ok. Not much “healthier” really. One person rated this recipe 5 stars without even having made the dough – but used store-bought frozen bread…if you’re not going to make the actual recipe or change it up so much that it’s not the actual recipe, please do not post your false results. Silly.
I could not have used the full 4.5 cups of flour without ruining it.
so good!
I just got done maling the “clone” cinnabon omg this is right on .From one cook to another “JOB WELL DONE” Thank You So Much Laura
my dough seemed a little tough and I’ve made the Clone of a Cinnabon recipe many times with great success…..shouldn’t there be some salt in this recipe??
I loved how these came out! The only thing I did differently, was use Fage greek yogurt instead of cream cheese(didn’t have any) in the icing. It had the perfect texture and flavor! Also used a little vanilla Natural Bliss creamer to make it the right consistency for us….Yummo!
Cinnamon rolls never disappoint, and this recipe is no different. I don’t use a bread machine, so I proofed the yeast in the milk, added the rest of the ingredients, with the exception of the flour which I added a cup of at a time using my KA mixer. I don’t use margarine, only butter, and I added chopped walnuts and raisins to the filling – it’s the law in this house. Baking time was 20 minutes.
Excellent! I cut corners by using Rhodes frozen whole wheat bread loaf and using 2/3 the cinnamon/brown sugar mix inside. There was plenty of sugar already for the Rhodes size loaf … Turned out gooey and delicious.