preparation time: 20 minutes
cooking time: 20 minutes
total time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:

– 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, divided

Ingredients for the dough:

– 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed
– 2 tbsp white sugar
– 2 tbsp baking powder
– 1 tsp kosher salt
– 3 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
– 2/3 cup whole milk

Ingredients for the filling:

– 1/4 cup white sugar
– 1/4 cup light brown sugar
– 2 tsp ground cinnamon

Ingredients for the cream cheese frosting:

– 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
– 115gr cream cheese, softened
– ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
– ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Brush a 20cm square baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the melted butter.
2. To make the dough, whisk flour, white sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Work 3 tablespoons softened butter into flour mixture using your hands until butter is lentil-sized.
3. Pour milk into flour-butter mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until a soft dough forms.
4. Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface and roll dough into a 25cm x 25cm square. Brush surface of dough with remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter.
5. To make the filling whisk ¼ cup white sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cinnamon-sugar mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar over butter-brushed dough.
6. Roll dough around filling to form a log; cut log into 9 rolls about 1-inch wide; place rolls, cut-side up, in the prepared baking dish.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until rolls are puffed and lightly golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
8. To make the frosting, beat confectioners’ sugar, cream cheese, 1/4 cup softened butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until frosting is smooth.
9. Top hot cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting.