Best 3 Cinnabon Knockoff Recipes

CLONE OF A CINNABON

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
• After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Roll dough into a 16x21-inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.

COPYCAT CINNABON' FOR THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in your machine in order recommended by your machine's manufacturer.
• Place the pan in your machine.
• Select the dough cycle and press start.
• When cycle is finished, remove the dough, knead enough to punch down and roll to 17X10.
• Combine first three filling ingredients and mix well.
• Heat in microwave 10 seconds to make it spreadable.
• Spread over rolled out dough with rubber spatula.
• Get as close to the edges as possible.
• Sprinkle nuts or raisins over dough.
• Starting with widest end, roll the dough into tight log.
• Cut into 1/2-1" slices.
• Place in a lightly greased baking dish with sides.
• Put in warm draft free place and allow them to raise until double.
• (I turn my oven on warm and place them inside. When the temperature light goes off, turn off the oven. I let them rise 20-30 minutes this way. Take out to heat oven to baking temp.) Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.
• When the rolls are done top with frosting of your choice.
• Note: For a real treat replace raisins in the filling with chopped dried cherries, blueberries or strawberries.
• Yield: A full 9x13 pan.

CINNABON'S CINNAMON ROLL CLONE

Steps:

• Combine water, yeast and sugar in large mixing bowl; let stand 5 minutes.
• Add butter to cooling milk to soften.
• When cool, add milk mixture to yeast mixture and stir well.
• Add eggs and salt and stir again.
• Add all-purpose flour; mix well.
• Add raisins.
• Add 2 1/2 cups of the whole wheat pastry flour.
• Mix until dough is quite sticky and begins to leave sides of bowl.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup of remaining whole wheat pastry flour onto board.
• Knead dough about 10 minutes until dough is smooth, adding more flour if needed. (Dough should still be soft and almost sticky.)
• Shape dough into a ball and place in large greased bowl, turning to grease top.
• Cover with damp towel and let rise until double in bulk, about 45 minutes.
• Turn dough onto large floured board.
• Roll out into a 24 x 20-inch rectangle. (Dough will be thin).
• Filling: Mix together melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Spread entire rectangle of dough with mixture.
• Sprinkle with walnuts.
• Roll rectangle tightly from long side.
• Make sure you end with seam side on bottom.
• Shape with hands to make uniform in size from end to end.
• With very sharp knife (or a long piece of dental floss) cut roll into 16 equal slices.
• Place side by side in two well greased 13 x 9 x 3-inch metal baking pans.
• Cover with warm, damp towel and let rise in warm place for 30 to 40 minutes until almost doubled in size.
• Bake at 350°F until nicely browned and filling is bubbly, about 35 minutes.
• When you remove from oven, invert onto serving platter or baking sheet to allow syrup to drip from pan onto rolls.