Banana Cinnamon Rolls

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These banana cinnamon rolls taste like banana bread and cinnamon rolls combined! It has a banana dough, cinnamon filling with sliced bananas, and a cream cheese icing.

Prep Time1

Cook Time30

Resting Time1 20

Total Time2 50

Servings: rolls

Calories: 528kcal

Author: Stephanie Rutherford

Ingredients

Banana Dough

3/4 cup Milk warmed to 110℉
2 1/4 tsp Active dry yeast 11 grams (1 whole packet)
1 Large egg room temperature and lightly beaten
2/3 cup Mashed bananas mash 2 bananas and then measure
5 1/4 cup All-purpose flour
1 tsp Salt
1/4 cup White granulated sugar
10 TBSP Unsalted butter room temperature and cubed

Cinnamon Banana Filling

1/2 cup Unsalted butter room temperature
3/4 cup Brown sugar packed light or dark
1 TBSP Ground cinnamon
2 Bananas sliced thinly

Cream Cheese Icing

4 oz Cream cheese room temperature
4 TBSP Unsalted butter room temperature
1 cup Powdered sugar sifted
1 tsp Pure vanilla extract

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Instructions

Banana Dough

Heat the milk in a bowl in the microwave until warmed to 110℉. Sprinkle the yeast on top and let it rest for 10 minutes.
3/4 cup Milk, 2 1/4 tsp Active dry yeast
In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, and salt together. Add the cubed butter and use a pastry kneader or your hands to knead the butter into the dough. Do this until the butter is the size of a pea.
5 1/4 cup All-purpose flour, 1 tsp Salt, 1/4 cup White granulated sugar, 10 TBSP Unsalted butter
Add in the milk/yeast, beaten egg, and mashed bananas to the dry ingredients. Using a mixer with a dough hook, mix on low speed until a dough starts to form. Switch to medium speed and knead for 5 minutes. *Making by hand instructions in the recipe notes.
1 Large egg, 2/3 cup Mashed bananas
Preheat the oven to 200℉. Spray a large mixing bowl with nonstick spray. Place the dough in the bowl. The dough will be sticky, but not overly sticking to your hands. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel.
Place in the oven, turn off the oven, and crack open the door. Let it rise for 1 hour. Since there is so many wet ingredients, in needs the extra warmth with yeast to rise well.

Cinnamon Banana Filling

In a small bowl using a hand mixer, beat the butter on high speed until smooth. Add in the brown sugar and cinnamon. Mix on medium speed for 1 minute.
1/2 cup Unsalted butter, 3/4 cup Brown sugar, 1 TBSP Ground cinnamon
Place the dough on a lightly floured surface. Sprinkle a little extra flour on top of the dough. Roll into a large rectangle about 1/4 inch thick using a rolling pin.
Spread the cinnamon filling over the dough using an offset spatula. Top with the sliced bananas, place these evenly.
2 Bananas
Roll the dough starting on the short side. Roll into a log. Use a serrated knife to cut the uneven ends off. Use the knife to lightly saw into 12 even rolls. *Overnight instructions in the recipe notes.
Spray a 9X13-inch pan with baking nonstick spray. Place the rolls evenly in the pan. Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375℉.
Bake for 28-33 minutes until the tops are lightly golden brown.

Cream Cheese Icing

In a small bowl, using a hand mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese on high speed for 1 minute.
4 oz Cream cheese, 4 TBSP Unsalted butter
Add in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix on low speed until combined, switch to high speed and mix until creamy.
1 cup Powdered sugar, 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract
Use a spoon to evenly dollop the icing on each roll, and spread.

Notes

Flour- Make sure flour is spooned and leveled or use a kitchen scale. Compacted flour can dry out the rolls

* You need 5 1/4 cups of flour because of the bananas in the dough. It is too sticky otherwise.

Pull out dairy ingredients 2 hours before baking.

Making by hand:

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry by using a rubber spatula. Switch to using your hands to mix until a dough starts to form.

Place dough on a lightly floured surface. Knead using your hands for 5-8 minutes.

It is done when your spread the dough apart thinly using your fingers. Hold the dough to the light. If you can see light through it, then it is done.

Overnight Instructions

Follow instructions until you have cut the rolls and placed in a pan. Cover with foil and place in the fridge.

The next morning/day. Pull the rolls out of the fridge while the oven preheats.

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