Frosting Recipes

Perfect for cozy holiday mornings, First Look Then Cook shares a recipe for homemade cinnamon rolls, where the swirls perfectly trap the delicious icing and the delicious smell of brown sugar and cinnamon warms the house.  This gooey cinnamon roll icing recipe couldn’t be easier to make and contains just four ingredients.  The roll itself (recipe after the jump) is also delicious and relatively low in fat.  We like them garnished with pecans.  (Check out our killer pecan praline frosting recipe). You may even like them sprinkled with fresh blueberries, cooked bacon bits or crumbled sausage.

You can use either a yeast dough recipe or a biscuit dough recipe for cinnamon buns.  The biscuit version tends to be a bit less time consuming.  You may also use a bread machine which is very convenient.

Cool buns about 10 minutes before frosting. Enjoy when warm from the oven.

Easy Cinnamon Roll Frosting Recipe (from First Look Then Cook)

3  tablespoons  butter, softened
2  tablespoons  heavy cream
1/2  teaspoon  vanilla extract
1  cup  powdered sugar

To prepare icing, combine 3 tablespoons softened butter and cream; stir with a whisk. Stir in vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar; stir until blended. Spread frosting over rolls; serve warm.

An easy alternate type of cinnamon bun icing is to substitute 4 ounces of cream cheese for the heavy cream.  This makes a thicker, opaque frosting that is either scrumptious or overkill, depending on your taste.  One enhancement to the recipe is to add espresso to the icing, making it even more wonderful with your morning coffee.  Other sticky bun recipes bake the frosting, made with brown sugar, in the bottom of the pan.  Flip out the cinnamon rolls to cool, and you have a nutty caramel topping.   For the ultimate icing shortcut, you can simply combine powdered sugar with water, milk, or buttermilk, but we think the recipe above is easy enough and worth the extra ingredients.

Cinnamon Rolls « First Look, Then Cook.