Muffin Tin Cinnamon Rolls

I can't stop baking. I don't know what has come over me, but I've. Had quite the sweet tooth lately. It's beginning to be a problem. Late at night I think about doughnuts and pies and ice cream when I should be thinking about going to bed. You would probably catch me at 1 am by the light of the freezer, spoon in hand, if we actually kept ice cream in our house. Dangerous. 

I decided to give in and bake something. Nothing beats a baked good in a time of need. And this is a time of need.

Yeast-free Cinnamon Rolls

Filling:

1 cup granulated sugar

1 1/2 tbsp cane syrup or molasses

3 tbsp cinnamon

4 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature

Dough:

2 cups all purpose flour, plus extra for dusting

2 tbsp granulated sugar

3 tbsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

3 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature

3/4 cup almond milk

1 large egg, beaten

Icing:

2/3 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

3 tbsp almond milk

Make sure to have a clean flat surface, a rolling pin and lots of space. 

Preheat oven for 400 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt together. Add room temperature butter and mix with hands until the butter is evenly distributed into the dry mix. Add almond milk and beaten egg. Mix until dough comes together into a ball. Use the wrapper from the butter to grease the muffin tin. In a medium bowl, mix filling ingredients.

When dough and filling are ready, dust flat surface with flour. Place dough onto surface and roll into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick. Use flour on top and bottom of dough. Do not be stingy, the dough will stick if you don't put enough. When rectangle is ready, spread the filling into the middle, leaving a 1/2 inch border of dough on the outside. Roll dough into a log and cut dough into 12 (or more) equal pieces.

Place individual rolls into muffin tin and bake in oven for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, assemble icing by whisking icing ingredients together. When rolls are done, top with icing.

Everyone I know loves cinnamon rolls. So these twelve barely made it past day two. Dessert, breakfast or afternoon snack. They're perfect and already portioned. Enjoy!

-Akemi-chan