Per the requests I got after my last cinnamon roll post, here is the recipe for my tried-and-true vanilla pudding cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting. The vanilla pudding is simply added to the dough to make it extremely soft and pliable - and oh, does it ever. (No surprise, this recipe comes direct from my Aunt Marilyn whose recipes have made a great showing on this blog already.) I made these last week and it confirmed my feelings: I am in love with these cinnamon rolls. The dough is so extremely tender and soft, it will blow your mind, and the cream cheese goodness of the frosting is beyond delicious. The filling is made up of brown sugar and cinnamon and it gives a great richness to the standard cinnamon and white sugar combo. Oh my, these really are so good. I'm glad several of you requested the recipe because it gave me a chance to make them and reaffirm my vow to continue making them - it also gave me a great excuse to eat about 13 of them.
Vanilla Pudding Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
from A. Marilyn
Rolls:
½ cup warm water
2 tablespoons active dry yeast
2 tablespoons sugar
3 ½ ounce package instant vanilla pudding
½ cup butter, melted
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
6+ cups flour
1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
2 cups brown sugar
4 teaspoons cinnamon
Frosting:
8 ounces cream cheese
½ cup butter, softened to room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups confectioner’s sugar
2-3 tablespoons milk
In a small bowl combine water, yeast and sugar. Stir until dissolved. Set aside. In large bowl, take pudding mix and prepare according to package directions. Add butter, eggs and salt. Mix well. Then add yeast mixture. Blend. Gradually add flour; knead until smooth. Do not overflour the dough! It should be very soft but not sticky. Place in a greased bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled. Then roll out on floured board to 34 X 21 inches in size. Take 1 cup soft butter and spread over surface. In bowl, mix 2 cups brown sugar and 4 teaspoons cinnamon. Sprinkle over the top. Roll up very tightly. With knife put a notch every 1 1/2 inches. Cut with thread or serrated knife. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Cover and let rise until double again. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Remove when they start to turn golden (don’t overbake). Frost warm rolls with cream cheese frosting (combine butter and cream cheese and mix well, then add vanilla and sugar and mix again, then add milk for desired consistency). Makes about 24 very large rolls.
66 comments:
Cant wait to try these! The cinnamon roll is my all time favorite sinful thing to eat. I believe I have an addiction.... hey btw, did you get my email last week?
I must leave this blog post immediately or I shall have to abandon my diet for these wonderful looking cinnamon rolls. I'm bookmarking this one to make for holidays this year!!
Oooo I love that you put pudding in it! I bet these are the best! Anything covered in cream cheese icing is a definite winner!
OMG! I am drooling over my keyboard right now! Yum!
Oh man, your rolls look terrific. I'm going to have to make cinnamon rolls soon!
NICE!! I have a weakness for cinnamon rolls!!!
I am a complete cinnamon roll glutton. This version sounds really, really good to me so, as with everything else you make, I'm sure I'll have to make it very soon! How are you doing?
My thighs, my thighs! Oh wait, that's My eyes, my eyes! Either one and that roll looks sinful!!
i love anything with cinnamon and vanilla! yum!
you should try out for the next food network star...you are so good at describing the food in a way that makes me hungry!
Hi, I often look to your blog for awesome recipes. I want to make these cinnamon rolls tomorrow. We have a friend I was going to make some goodies for tomorrow and these are the winner. However, I was trying to figure out if 1/2C. of water is all the recipes really calls for or if that is a typo. I can't imagine with 6 cups of flour is all you need is a 1/2C. of water. If you could post and let me know that would be fabulous.
Thanks!!
Anonymous - yes, the 1/2 cup water is correct, but that is because you actually mix the vanilla pudding according to the package directions before mixing it with the other dough ingredients, so you have the additional liquid of the milk in the pudding adding to the dough and helping absorb the 6 cups flour. Does that make sense? I guess, officially, the milk called for on the pudding package should be added into the ingredient list of the recipe. I can't remember how much exactly it calls for on the pudding package, but it should be about 2 cups of milk. Let me know if you have any other questions. I hope they turn out for you!
Thanks for posting these! The addition of pudding is so intriging. I am excited to try them out! YUM!
Oh my goodness, these look so good I think I may faint!
i think i'm in love with all cinnamon rolls, but if there are everything you say they are, i may stop all those other affairs. :)
I have been wating for this recipe ever since you posted about it a while ago. THANK YOU!
Thanks for clarifying on my water question. I really should have read first the directions before just jumping to that conclusion. I should never question your cooking b/c all your recipes come out great!!
Thanks!!
These look sooo yummy!! I'll have to make them soon! You have so many yummy looking recipes with things that I usually have on hand! I love that!
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Seriously - can I just hire you to come and cook for me until I find the energy to do it myself again? These sound soooo good!
OMG! I'm in love with these too! I can almost smell them baking in the oven. Note to self.... Must make these!
okay i was just about to make these... and 2 tablespoons of yeast really? I mean I have no room to question... but that just seems like so much. can you confirm that for me?
Thanks!!!
Eagerly wait to bake!!
Monica
Monica - yes, the 2 tablespoons of yeast is correct. I promise it doesn't make them too "yeasty" but it does help them rise quickly. Let me know if you have any other questions!
wow, thanks for the quick response!!! I'm making them NOW. I'll be sure to post some pictures on my blog when it's all done!
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Monica
I keep wanting to make cinnamon, but haven't as of yet. These look delicious. I'll have to star these for a particularly sinful moment.
Okay... They are baking as I speak (type).
They look good, but I think my beginner level in baking may have "messed" up the cinnamon rolls. I've posted pics at my blog... Just waiting for the final picture!
I don't know what I did wrong but they were VERY runny when I put the filling in. I think I would use less butter next time.
Thanks!
Monica
Monica - did you melt the butter before spreading it on the dough? If so, that may have made the filling extra runny. I only ever use softened butter to spread on the dough before adding the cinnamon and sugar - it helps keep everything together before baking. I'll check out your blog for pictures!
Mmm, wow. I wrote in my blog the other week, that I am on a cinnamon roll quest. I have found one I like but now I think I have to try this recipe up against it. :)
I've added vanilla pudding mix to cookie dough, and those are awesome, I can only imagine how these turn out! I will have to find out, soon!
I am so excited to try this recipe! Could you please tell us the approximate wait time for the dough, and later the rolls, to double in size? Thank you!
Geri - great question. I've never timed it exactly...but my kitchen is usually right around 70 to 72 degrees and the first rise (in the bowl) takes about an hour and 15 minutes and the rise for the rolls in the pan is right around 45 minutes to an hour. A lot of that will depend on the temperature of your kitchen (and how big you like your rolls to rise) but there is quite a bit of yeast in the recipe, so the rising time should be fairly "quick" as far as yeast doughs go. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Thank you, Melanie. I was trying to calculate what time to get up to have these rolls ready for my family in the morning. I am SO excited for the weekend -- fresh cinnamon rolls for breakfast!
Hi! I have been planning on making these for several days and I was just wondering a few things. So by prepare the pudding you mean I need to cook it and let it set for 1/2 hour-1 hour? Or do I just add the milk to the pudding mix and not cook it at all? Thanks!
Hillary - I probably need to be more specific in the recipe but when buying a vanilla pudding mix, don't buy the cook and serve, buy the non-cook vanilla pudding (the one where you just add cold milk to the mix). All you will need to do then is add the milk to the pudding mix, stir together, and add to the rest of the ingredients. Let me know if you have other questions!
OK, Ryan just said said he wanted to make cinnamon rolls this weekend. We've never done it and this looks like a really tasty recipe. I hope I can wait, I'm licking the screen.
Thanks for posting these Melanie, we really liked these. I think I may have found THE one recipe! You can read about them on my blog :)
I just made these today and they were fantastic! My husbands adjective for them- AMAZING! Your recipes never disappoint! Thanks
Elizabeth - I love it when people check back in and let me know they have made and loved a recipe, so thanks for letting me know! Your comment made my day.
I am making these rolls for work on Monday. Do you think it's possible to make the dough on Sunday night and put the rolls in the fridge overnight? If so, would I have to change the rising times at all, or can they just go from fridge to oven? Thanks so much - I can't wait to have these!
Darrin and Britta - I've thought several times I wanted to try the night-before method and put the rolls in the fridge, but I have never actually tried it. I think it will work just fine but if you put them in the fridge right after you shape them into rolls, I would take them out of the fridge the next morning in time to come to room temperature and rise like normal. They'll probably still rise a bit in the fridge overnight so maybe taking them out an hour before baking would work? Sorry I don't have an official answer but that would be my recommendation. Be sure to let me know what you do so I can use your expertise!
I found your blog while searching for an icing recipe for some cinnamon rolls I made tonight. The rolls were almost done baking, when my husband asked where the icing was. :)
I've added sugar free pudding (just the dry mix) to chocolate chip cookies and that was good. Thank you for the icing recipe it helped make a Thursday night special. - Suzanne
Hi Suzanne - I'm glad the icing recipe helped out a bit! I've heard that adding pudding mix to several things (cake mixes, cookies, etc.) make them even more delicious - it sounds like you've tried that out with cookies already!
I finally got around to making these tonight - they are so fluffy and delicious! Definitely a keeper. Thanks so much for another winning recipe!
Darrin and Britta - hey, thanks for checking back in and letting me know these turned out for you. Just knowing you made a batch makes me start craving them again!
Thanks! I had a similar recipe but it wanted the dough made in a bread machine which I don't have. These turned out amazing and my kids had so much fun helping! Thanks- I can't wait to try some of your other recipes!!
PS - so glad you liked these cinnamon rolls. I don't have a bread maker either so I'm always looking for bread recipes that don't require one. Anyway, thanks for checking in and letting me know you made these and enjoyed them!
I just made these tonight. They're really good. Quite guilt inducing. But very good! I'm going to pawn them off on my colleagues tomorrow because keeping them in my house would be trouble. I'm going to post about them later this week. Thanks to you and Aunt Marilyn for the delicious recipe.
Psychgrad - thanks for letting me know you made and enjoyed these. I agree on the guilt-inducing thing. Sorry about that. Looking forward to seeing your post about them!
I came across your blog and can I just say I am In love with your baking and cooking! I have made these yummy rolls twice in a week. Once for my husbands sales meeting last Friday and then again last night for my Bro In Law and his family. I just ate one and said to my husband " I can't believe I made these!" They are heaven on a plate. Thanks so much i am sure I will be making these for years to come. Keep the recipies coming :)
Natalie
Natalie - thanks for your comment, it was so nice! I'm very glad you liked these cinnamon rolls. They are a huge hit at my house, too. Thanks for checking in!
I loved this recipe!!!! It was so easy and SO delicious!! Thank so much.
Anonymous - glad you liked this recipe...thanks for letting me know!
Okay, so I am not sure if I should thank you or be very upset. These are hands down the best cinnamon rolls I have ever tasted (sorry Grandma!!). I can't believe they turned out so great on my first try!! You are very right about the pudding, it makes a huge difference! Now, about the upset part. I think I have gained 6 pounds today. However, it is obviously not your fault that I have no self control and cannot stop eating them!!
Thank you SO much for the recipe. I stumbled on to you blog and now I am afraid I am hooked!!
Anonymous - all I can say is we must be kindred spirits since I don't have self-control when it comes to eating, either! I'm so glad you liked these rolls.
Wow! You were not kidding when you said 24 very large rolls. I made these for a meeting at my work and one girl went for seconds and tried for thirds, but I told her no. Another girl texted me and said "that cinnamon roll was AMAZING!!" The cream cheese frosting is the best I've made. I was just eating it off a spoon at one point.
fmandds - I laughed when you wrote that you told your coworker no for thirds. Too funny. I'm glad you liked these - I can eat the cream cheese frosting by the spoonful, too.
I want to make these for when my mom visits this week...but I'm wondering about the instant pudding. I have two boxes of the jello instant kind, and the small box is 1oz, the big box is 1.5oz. Should I really use enough to make 3.5oz?? Thanks for the help!
Anonymous - I'm wondering if you have the right kind of pudding. I just pulled a box out of my pantry to check the size. It is a small box of instant pudding mix and it is 3.4 oz (96 grams). The instructions say to add 2 cups milk to the dry pudding mix. Look on your boxes of pudding and use whichever box calls for only 2 cups milk. I'm not sure why the measurements are different on the pudding boxes - it is hard to know if we are talking about the same product so let me know if you still have questions!
made these today, so yum. linking your recipe on my blog! thanks.
jt - so glad you liked these. Thanks for letting me know!
hey there - i was the one w/the pudding question...turned out we had accidentally bought the sugar-free kind. i got the regular pudding today and am just finishing up my batch of rolls now - maybe we don't have to make dinner afterall!!
Anonymous - thanks for checking back in. I'm glad to know the reason for the confusion. Anyway, I hope you liked the cinnamon rolls!
I've been thinking about making these for awhile and I finally did last night. They were great! I refrigerated them overnight b/f the final rising. It took about 1 hour this morning in a warm place to double in size prior to baking them. I also used 2 13x9 inch baking pans, not cookie sheets and they worked great. The recipe turned out fabulously and I'm sure it will become my go-to cinnamon roll recipe. Thanks!
Anonymous - I'm so glad you liked these! Great tip for letting them do the final rise in the fridge overnight. I'm definitely going to have to store that tip away for the future. Thanks!
I've been meaning to comment about these cinnamon rolls for awhile now, but your email about the cookbook giveaway gave me the "final push" I needed :). These are, without a doubt, the best cinnamon rolls I have ever had! I came across your blog when I did a search for cream cheese frosting and I am oh so very glad I did. The recipe made a little more than my husband and I could eat on our own, so we brought a few over to my in-laws' house. My mother in-law absolutely loves them. I made them again for her birthday in February, and I'm planning on making them for Mother's Day. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this wonderful recipe!!
Kia - wow! With as many times as you will have made these, you should be the expert! You can answer any questions anybody else has. :) I'm so glad you (and your mother-in-law) liked them!
i had a pregnancy craving for cinnamon rolls and tried these. they made so many i took some to playgroup and got lots of compliments and requests for the recipe, i'll be sending them here. they were yummy! next to my mom's it's my 2nd favorite recipe. thanks!
Stephanie - I'm all about helping with pregnancy cravings. I know how they go. :) I'm glad that this hit the spot and were a hit at playgroup. Thanks for letting me know!
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