There are certain treats that probably no one will be able to resist. The puff pastry rolls with cinnamon, i.e. cinnamon rolls, are without a doubt one of them. Because of the puff pastry, they are also quite quick and easy to make. But if you're looking for some delicious alternatives with the same unique flavor, you'll find them here. Here's how you can prepare cinnamon rolls in a different way:
All ingredients in one cake as an alternative
If you make a cinnamon roll cake, you save yourself the hassle of spreading, rolling and cutting the dough that is necessary for the roll shapes. Instead, you mix a dough, which you then put into a baking pan with a cinnamon filling and finally into the oven.
For the dough:
- 360 g Flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 200g sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 360 ml milk
- 2 Owner
- 2 TL Vanilleextrakt
- 115g melted butter
For the filling:
- 230 g soft butter
- 220g brown sugar
- 2 EL MEHL
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
Cinnamon roll glaze without cream cheese:
- 250g powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp milk
- 1 TL Vanilleextrakt
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
- For the dough, mix all the ingredients except the butter in a bowl.
- Once everything is well incorporated, slowly pour in the melted butter while stirring.
- Grease a baking tray (22 x 33 cm) and spread the dough into it.
- Prepare the cinnamon filling by simply mixing all the ingredients.
- Distribute this filling over the dough (you can also put two thirds of the dough in the tray, spread the filling on top and the remaining dough on top).
- Bake the cake for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Take the cake out of the oven.
- Prepare the icing and spread it over the cinnamon roll cake while it is still warm.
American style cinnamon toast with frosting
Would you like a quick breakfast or a sweet snack? How about a cinnamon toast that you can combine with any ingredients like raisins or nuts?
For 2 toasts:
- 1 – 2 THE Butter
- 50g sugar
- 1 ½ – 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 – 2 tbsp nuts, raisins or fruit
For the glaze
- 60g powdered sugar
- 1 – 2 tbsp milk
Preheat the oven to broil (or use a toaster with a broiler).
- First spread the butter on the two slices of toast.
- Mix cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the slices.
- Distribute any snacks like nuts or raisins.
- Toast the toast in the oven or grill.
- Mix milk and powdered sugar for the glaze and drizzle over the toast.
Swedish cinnamon rolls – something different than a wreath
This wreath tastes like the classic cinnamon rolls, but looks particularly attractive due to its wreath shape. Asa kind of plucked cake variantYou can serve the cinnamon rolls in a different way with Sunday coffee or on a special occasion. This is the recipe for a cinnamon roll wreath with frosting:
For the dough:
- 240 ml milk
- 2 packets of instant yeast
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 100g sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 115g softened butter
- 1 large egg
- 2 yolks of large eggs
- 480 g Flour
For the filling:
- 110g brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 8 tbsp softened butter
Frosting with cream cheese:
- 115g cream cheese
- 60 g soft butter
- 400g sugar
- ½ TL Vanilleextrakt
- 1 pinch of salt
Prepare the dough
- Warm the milk to 40 degrees (no hotter, otherwise the yeast bacteria will die).
- Add the brown sugar and yeast, mix, pour the mixture into a bowl (where you will make the rest of the dough) and set aside for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the sugar, butter, egg and egg yolks and then half of the flour.
- Now continue working with the dough hook of the hand mixer: Add the remaining flour and knead the dough for 6 minutes.
- Form it into a ball, lightly oil a bowl and let the dough ball rise, covered, for about 2 hours.
- Then sprinkle some flour on your work surface and roll out the dough into a rectangle (45 x 30 cm).
This is how the cinnamon filling is made and spread over the dough
- Mix cinnamon and sugar.
- Brush the dough with the butter and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over it.
- Roll the dough lengthwise.
- Cut the dough along one of the outer sides (about ¾ of the width) so that the individual snails remain connected to each other on the other side.
- Line a baking pan with baking paper and place the cut roll on top. Form a ring with the ends pressed together, with the cuts on the outside.
- Cover the dough ring with a clean kitchen towel and let it rise for 45 to 60 minutes.
Cinnamon rolls with a difference – Bake the Swedish wreath
- Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and remove the butter and cream cheese from the refrigerator to allow them to soften.
- Bake the dough ring for 30 to 35 minutes (be careful not to let the top brown too quickly while the inside remains raw).
- Prepare the frosting by first creaming the butter and cream cheese and then incorporating half of the powdered sugar.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar, salt and vanilla.
- Top the completely cooled cinnamon roll wreath with it.
A quick recipe for when you're hungry in between meals, this version of cinnamon rolls is a little differentfrom the cup. Simply baked in the microwave, you can enjoy the delicious dessert at any time.
For the dough:
- 1 large egg
- 1 TL Vanilleextrakt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 180g pancake mix
- Flour for dusting
- Baking spray or fat
- 2 tsp water
For the filling:
- 1 THE BUTTER
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Beat egg, vanilla, sugar and milk and stir in pancake mixture. Knead a dough and roll it out (20 x 15 cm). Prepare the filling by mixing the ingredients and spreading them over the dough. Roll it up lengthwise and cut the roll in half. Grease the cups.
Place one roll half and a teaspoon of water in one cup and bake on medium for 1 minute and 45 seconds. Only then do you prepare and close the other cup. If you wish, you can use a glaze from thePrepare recipes aboveand top the snails with it
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