Description
Soft red velvet cinnamon rolls with cocoa flavor, cinnamon sugar filling, and smooth cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 packet instant yeast
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup warm milk
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 4 oz cream cheese
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1–2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Whisk dry dough ingredients together.
- Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients to form dough.
- Knead until smooth and let rise until doubled.
- Mix cinnamon filling ingredients.
- Roll dough out and spread filling evenly.
- Roll dough tightly and slice into rolls.
- Let rolls rise again.
- Bake until lightly golden.
- Mix frosting ingredients until smooth.
- Spread frosting over warm rolls.
Notes
- Use warm milk around 110°F.
- Do not over-knead the dough.
- Allow two rises for best texture.
- Frost rolls while warm.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 260mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 55mg