Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
If you’ve been hesitant to try homemade sourdough, this is the best recipe to get started! The dough is pretty much fool-proof and you can make it a couple of days ahead of time and then roll out, rise and bake!
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: Makes 12 rolls
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Units
- For the Sweet Levain:100g organic all-purpose flour
- 100g water
- 125g bubbly starter
- 23g organic cane sugarFor the Dough:210g unsalted organic butter, melted and cooled
- 250g spelt flour (you can sub with all-purpose flour if you'd like)
- 250g organic all purpose flour
- 250g sweet levain (from above)
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 75g organic cane sugar
- 45g whole milk, room temperature
- 9g Celtic sea saltFor the Cinnamon Filling:253g organic brown sugar
- 1g tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1g Celtic sea salt salt
- 57g unsalted butter, softenedFor the Glaze:113g cream cheese, softened
- 14g whole milk
- 4g vanilla extract
- 154g organic powdered sugar
Instructions
- For the Levain: The night before you want to make the dough, put flour, water, starter, and organic cane sugar in a mixing bowl. Stir the ingredients together until combined. Cover with a clean cloth and let sit overnight for at least 8-10 hours.
- For the Dough: Place the butter, spelt, flour, sweet levain build (from above), eggs, cane sugar, whole milk and sea salt in the bowl of a standing mixer. Mix on low using the beater attachment for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, remove the beater attachment and put on the dough hook. Mix for 8 minutes on medium.
- Stretch and Fold: Cover the bowl with a clean cloth and let sit for 30 minutes. Stretch and fold the dough four times (watch this video and start at the 1:01 minute mark). After you stretch and fold the first time, place a clean cloth over the dough and let it sit for 30 minutes. Then, stretch and fold the dough again, place a clean cloth over the dough and let sit for another 30 minutes. Repeat two more times for a total of four times.
- After the stretch and fold process, cover the dough really well with plastic wrap (or a lid, if you have one) and place the dough in the refrigerator. Let the dough ferment for 48-72 hours.
- To Make the Cinnamon Rolls: Roll the dough out to an 12×14-inch rectangle. Using an offset spatula, spread the softened butter over the dough and then top with the combined sugar, cinnamon and salt. Roll up and cut into 12 rolls. Put rolls in a buttered 13×9-inch pan, cover with a cloth and let sit for 5 hours at room temp (they won’t rise much until they go into the oven).
- Or, if you’d like to bake the cinnamon rolls for breakfast, let the rolls sit, covered, at room temperature overnight for 8-10 hours. Keep in mind, because there will be a longer rising time, the rolls will rise a bit more when baked than if you only let them rise for 5 hours. They will taste exactly the same as the 5 hour rise option, but the rolls will be much taller.
- To Bake: Preheat the oven to 350ºF and adjust the rack to the middle position. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until golden brown on top.
- For the Glaze: Whisk together the cream cheese, milk, vanilla and powdered sugar until smooth. Using an offset spatula, spread the glaze evenly over the warm cinnamon rolls.