- Hey, I'm Alix and I love cinnamon rolls.
I mean, what's not to like?
They're gooey, they're a little crunchy,
they've got a glaze but I've gotta say
cinnamon rolls do take a bit of time and energy to make.
We all have different schedules
but I believe truly that that should not mean
we don't get to eat cinnamon rolls.
So today, I'm gonna show you how to make a four minute,
a 40 minute and a four hour version of a cinnamon roll.
Let's roll.
So we're gonna start with a four minute cinnamon roll.
This one is super easy, super quick.
I'm gonna start with the filling.
It's just melted butter, some brown sugar
and some cinnamon of course.
I'm starting with the filling just so we have it done
by the time we make our dough.
So we've got a little hack here
because it's a four minute cinnamon roll.
I'm gonna be using pancake mix instead of flour
because it's already got it's leavening agent in there
and we can skip a couple steps.
All it takes is an egg, some vanilla, some sugar, some milk.
I'm gonna mix this up.
Now, I'm gonna add in our pancake mix.
Now, again, this isn't a classic cinnamon roll
so don't come for me.
If you want a cinnamon roll in a pinch,
this might just do the trick.
So our dough's looking pretty good.
Get a little bench flour on there
and we're gonna do a little kneading action.
It's pretty cool that pancake mix works in this.
I mean, a lot of people have pancake mix
in their cupboards already.
Once you got a smooth ball, you're good.
So now I'm gonna roll this out.
I'm not a big measurer
but we're going for about an eight by six rectangle.
All right, we're good on rolling.
I'm gonna start spreading the filling over this.
Super easy.
Just try to get it all there evenly.
Now we're gonna roll this up.
I'm gonna try to do it pretty tightly so we get a good swirl
and then kind of just push it along.
We're gonna cut this baby in half.
Oh yeah, that's a swirl.
We're gonna be microwaving this cinnamon roll.
So I just greased these to make sure they come out easy
and now I'm just gonna pop in our little cinnamon rolls.
How cute and for the final step,
I'm gonna pop of teaspoon of water in here.
This just makes sure that it doesn't get too dry.
I'm gonna microwave these for a 1:45 at medium power
and then we'll make our frosting.
Mix some powdered sugar with some milk.
Two ingredients in this, super easy.
That's a great consistency.
Not too thick, not too thin.
We're making good time.
I think I did that in under 10 seconds.
Let's go get our rolls and then we can eat.
All right, we've got our mugs.
They're looking pretty cute.
Now, I'm just gonna pop on some of that glaze.
Yes.
You can't have a cinnamon roll without the glaze.
Four minute cinnamon rolls, there you go.
I mean, they're looking pretty good,
smelling pretty good for a microwave cinnamon roll.
The last thing we've got to do is eat.
I guess you could eat this any way.
You could just eat it with your hands.
I'll just go for the center.
I have to say those taste pretty good
for how little effort they took to make.
The taste is there, it's sweet.
Definitely satisfying if you want a cinnamon roll in a pinch
but if you have a little more time
and want something a little more classic,
I've got the cinnamon roll for you.
So this 40 minute cinnamon roll recipe
is still super approachable
but a little bit closer to the classic.
So I've got my flour already here in the bowl.
I'm just gonna add all of our ingredients.
So we've got milk, melted butter,
an egg, sugar, baking powder, salt
and for our final ingredient, instant yeast.
So instant yeast is pretty cool
because you don't have to wait to activate it
like you would active dry yeast
and it's super foolproof so pretty hard to kill.
Now, we're gonna mix this all up.
So we're looking for like a shaggy dough.
Get a little more muscle in there.
Once it gets a little shaggier, we're ready to knead.
So I'm just gonna pop this onto our surface
and get in there.
The dough should kind of come together
and you'll be able to poke it and it will spring back.
Our dough is looking good.
I'm gonna pop that in our bowl, cover it with a towel
and let it rest while we make our filling.
All right, now onto our filling
which is essentially the same as our four minute filling.
We got our brown sugar, our melted butter and our cinnamon.
When I was a kid, I used to melt butter and sugar
and I would eat it as like an after school snack.
That's why I'm like this, guys.
It was all that butter and sugar that I ate as a kid.
All right, our filling is looking delicious.
Good enough for me to eat but I'll wait.
We're gonna roll out our dough.
First, I'm gonna flour the surface.
So again, I like to eyeball things
but we're going for like a 12 by 16 inch rectangle.
She's looking beautiful.
We should name her.
Her name shall be Cheryl.
All right, our girl Cheryl is looking snatched.
We're gonna slap on some makeup on this girl.
She is going out tonight.
We're just gonna put our filling all over there.
We're gonna roll it up.
Again, I'm going for the tight roll
because the tighter you roll your cinnamon roll,
the better swirl you're gonna have.
So just take your time.
There we go.
All right, we're all rolled up
so now I'm gonna cut my dough into nine equal pieces.
Wow, Cheryl, she's never looked better.
We're gonna pop these in our greased pan.
It's already greased.
Just gonna start with the end.
Just gonna try to squeeze 'em all in here.
All right, they're looking great.
A beautiful swirl layer in there.
I'm gonna pop these in the oven at 375 for 20, 25 minutes
until light golden brown and while they're baking,
I'm gonna make our frosting.
We're making a cream cheese frosting.
Still super easy.
We just got some powered sugar, cream cheese and vanilla.
So this is gonna be a little bit thicker consistency
than the glaze was but we want it to be spreadable.
A nice creamy texture.
All right, delicious.
Now we're ready to frost.
Damn, Cheryl.
She's looking good.
So there's really again no rhyme or reason to this.
I'm just gonna slap on some of that frosting.
You gotta get an even layer on each.
These are still a little warm
so our frosting should kind of melt down
into those swirly whirly crevices.
All right, we're frosty like the snowman.
I'm just gonna take one of these babies out of here.
Look at that.
Oh my God, I'm drooling.
This is more of like your classic delicious cinnamon roll.
Perfect to impress your friends, to share with your friends
and really all you spent was 40 minutes.
Let's taste it
and I think I'm gonna go straight for the center.
Oh my God, guys, this is like heaven.
Mm, that's the stuff right there.
This is all you need.
So obviously this is delicious
but if you wanna see something epic,
stick around for the next one.
The four hour cinnamon roll.
Well, I know what you're thinking.
How can we make a four hour cinnamon roll?
Seems a little excessive.
Well, we're making it giant.
Now, I used to be the queen
of making things giant back in the day.
Sorry, Alvin but today we're gonna get even crazier
with a giant banana walnut cinnamon roll.
I'm so excited, I'm so excited.
We're gonna start with our warm milk,
melted butter and sugar.
I'm just gonna give this a stir.
So our liquids are warm to about 100 to 110 degrees
because we are using active dry yeast
instead of the instant yeast.
The warm temperature will help the yeast to bloom.
If it's too hot, it will kill the yeast.
If it's too cold, it won't bloom.
So I'm gonna spread it in an even thin layer overtop
just so it gets the most surface area.
So now we're gonna let this hang out for a minute
until the yeast gets foamy.
Now I'm gonna add in our flour and mix this all up.
Again, we're looking for that shaggy dough.
So this is gonna be a little bit of a wetter dough
than our last one
because we are doing a double proof method.
This will ensure we get a very fluffy cinnamon roll.
So I am just gonna cover this
and let it sit in a warm spot until it doubles in size.
It is time to make the filling
for this giant banana walnut cinnamon roll.
This is gonna take your cinnamon roll to whole nother level.
All you have to do is melt the butter, brown sugar,
cinnamon and a little salt.
So I'm cooking this until everything kinda cooks down
into a nice saucy kinda thing before I add in our bananas.
I'm gonna add in our bananas.
I love anything banana flavored pretty much.
Banana bread, banana cake, banana cinnamon roll.
If I had a show, it would be called Make it Banana
at this point.
All right, so I'm gonna let this cook down
stirring in between for about five to seven minutes.
We don't want the banana to be completely mush
but we wanna let them break down a little bit.
All right, our filling is ooey, it's gooey.
We still got some of that chunk of banana in there.
Our filling is looking good, smelling even better.
I'm gonna go get the dough
and we are gonna roll out this giant cinnamon roll.
All right, our dough has risen, it's doubled in size.
If you take a close look,
you can see some of those air bubbles in there
and that is from our yeast that was alive.
Good thing I didn't kill it.
So to this dough I'm gonna add salt, some baking powder
and some flour.
So I know this is still feeling a lot like our other recipe
but we're about to get crazy.
Now, I'm just gonna flip this onto our surface
and get to kneading.
So the purpose of kneading
is to develop the gluten in the dough
and that will help us get a very smooth and elastic dough.
You want a nice looking dough ball.
We're just gonna get straight into rolling.
So I'm gonna roll this
to the same dimensions as the last one.
We're looking good.
We are ready to spread our banana filing.
So again, we're just spreading this out in an even layer
and now I'm gonna hit it with some chopped toasted walnuts.
Banana and walnut just goes so well together
and it's nice to have a little bit of a crunch in here.
That is looking great.
I need to cut this into some strips.
So I'm first just gonna cut this in half
and then I'm gonna cut each of those in half.
Okay, so to make this thing giant,
start by rolling this first strip.
Try to again roll it as tightly as possible
so you get that good looking swirl.
All right, I'm just gonna pick up this piece
and roll that into this piece.
Oh man, okay, last one.
We can make it.
Maybe a little messy, that's all right.
Okay, this monster, get it in there.
I have to say, that's looking pretty good.
Honestly, I would eat that
straight out of the pan right now.
All right, so I popped this in a 10 inch cast iron skillet.
I'm gonna cover it with plastic wrap
and pop it in a warm spot to let it rise
and expand to the edge of the pan.
It'll take about 30 minutes.
Oh, man.
This is wild.
I feel like it's my child, like it's a baby.
All right, so I'm gonna bake this at 325
for 45 minutes uncovered
and then 35 minutes covered in foil.
Low and slow.
I know it takes a while
but it's gonna be worth it for this baby.
All right, we are so close to the finish line
I could almost taste it but we've got one more thing to do
and that is our final frosting of the day.
Another cream cheese frosting but even more decadent
'cause we're adding butter to this one.
So to this powdered sugar, I'm gonna add some milk,
some cream cheese, some melted butter then some vanilla.
Again, just gonna mix this up.
So we wanna get this nice and smooth
so that the sugar is all incorporated.
All right, frosting is done.
Our bun is out of the oven.
Welcome to the world, big guy.
So I'm gonna frost this thing of course.
The final touch on this four hour ordeal.
I have to say, four hours flew by.
This is a fun thing to do.
Beautiful and I'm gonna top it finally
with some more of our toasted chopped walnuts.
This is definitely a dish to impress.
And there you have it,
a four hour giant banana walnut cinnamon roll.
It's crazy, it's beautiful.
You got the texture in there from the walnuts.
You got the gooeyness from the banana caramel filling.
You've got the cinnamon roll.
You got everything and now all that's left to do is eat.
Moment of truth.
Ooh.
I'm speechless.
It actually looks very beautiful I must say.
Okay.
Oh my God, guys.
This is gonna be my wedding cake.
It's perfect.
You get every element that you love of a cinnamon roll
but then that banana flavor pops right in there to say hello
and you're like, where have you been all my life?
10 out of 10.
Okay, so we just busted out a four minute,
a 40 minute and a four hour cinnamon roll.
I might have a favorite.
I know you're not supposed to pick a favorite child
but if you have a favorite,
let me know in the comments below.
If you make any one of these, please share and tag me.
I'd love to see.
And I am gonna go finish this thing.
Oh and remember, there's always time to cook.
- [Narrator] Oh yes.
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