Deliciously smoky. I was addicted after a friend cooked it for me.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Chill Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 cinnamon rolls |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups self-rising flour, plus more for kneading
- 1 cup whole-milk plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, divided
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Combine self-rising flour and yogurt in a medium mixing bowl, stirring, until it begins to form a ball.
- Place dough ball on a lightly floured silicone mat or pastry board and knead a few times, until the dough is smooth. Add more flour if the dough sticks to the work surface.
- Lightly flour a rolling pin and roll dough out to a rectangle about 7 inches wide and 12 inches long, adding flour to the rolling pin if it sticks to the dough.
- Brush rolled dough with 1 tablespoon melted butter.
- Combine cinnamon and salt in a small bowl. Sprinkle over the buttered dough. Evenly distribute brown sugar over the dough rectangle, and follow with the chopped pecans.
- Begin rolling the dough at one end, continuing until all the cinnamon and nuts are rolled inside the dough, until you form a log about 4 inches across and 7 inches long.
- Wrap the dough roll in parchment paper and place in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a pie pan with parchment paper, or grease the bottom of the pan.
- Cut the dough into 6 rolls using a bench scraper or sharp knife.
- Place in the prepared pan, in a ring, with the rolls touching each other. Brush the tops of the rolls with the remaining melted butter.
- Bake in preheated oven until the tops are lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
- While the rolls are in the oven, stir confectioners’ sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl until all the sugar is dissolved. Add a bit more milk if the glaze is too thick. Add a bit more sugar if the glaze is too thin.
- Drizzle optional glaze over the rolls, if desired, and serve warm.
Reviews
Love this recipe and how easy it is to make! I did roll it in the parchment, and chilled the dough. This is a critical step, don’t skip it! Also, I baked these a little TOO hot. If you have a convection over, or are at higher altitude, please adjust your oven to reflect it! This recipe is delicious – and the right amounts of cinnamon, brown sugar, butter – and even the glaze – calculated to perfection to create a delightful taste of pure YUM! Excellent recipe!
I chose this particular two-ingredient dough cinnamon roll recipe because it had pecans in it. It did NOT disappoint! It was a little difficult rolling out the dough, probably due to not having as much elasticity as I’m used to. Perhaps practice is all that’s needed. I followed the recipe except for adding 1 oz cream cheese to the icing ingredients, only because that’s my preference for cinnamon rolls.