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Warm gooey Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch or tailgating at your next soccer weekend.

Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

Warm and gooey Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch or tailgating at your next soccer weekend.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 24
Author <span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1"><span></span>Quinn Caudill</span>

Ingredients

Dough:

  • 2 cups lukewarm milk
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2/3 cup unsalted butter, cut up
  • 9 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tbsp. salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2.5 tsp. packets instant yeast or active dry yeast

Filling:

  • 6 slices bacon, cooked and chopped
  • 2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 5 tbsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup

Cream Cheese Icing:

  • 12 tbsp cream cheese, softened
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Dough:

  1. Place all ingredients in a stand mixer equipped with a dough hook.
  2. Mix together ingredients on medium for 2 minutes.
  3. Continue to knead dough until a smooth, soft dough ball forms; about 5 minutes.

  4. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, turn to grease all sides, cover the bowl, and let the dough rise for 60 minutes, or until it's nearly doubled in bulk.

Filling:

  1. Gently deflate the dough, and divide in half.
  2. Transfer half of dough to a lightly greased work surface.
  3. Roll the dough into a 16" x 21" rectangle.
  4. Brush dough with the 1/3 cup butter.
  5. Mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon, and maple syrup
  6. Sprinkle half the mixture evenly over the dough.
  7. Sprinkle with half the bacon.
  8. Starting with a short end, roll the dough into a log and cut it into 12 slices.
  9. Place the buns in a lightly greased 9" x 13" pan or half sheet pan.
  10. Repeat with second half of dough and remaining filling ingredients.
  11. Cover the pan loosely with plastic wrap and let the buns rise in the refrigerator overnight, until they're nearly doubled. If making immediately allow the rolls to rise for 30 minutes.
  12. In the morning remove rolls from the refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature, while the oven heats to 400°F.

  13. Uncover the buns, and bake them until they are golden brown, about 15 minutes.

  14. While the buns are baking, make the icing.

Cream Cheese Icing:

  1. In a small bowl, beat together cream cheese, butter, sugar, and vanilla.
  2. Remove the buns from the oven.
  3. Spread the icing on the buns while they're warm.
  4. Serve buns warm, or at room temperature.

Recipe Notes

First published by Quinn Caudill for dadwhats4dinner.com © May 2016

Recipe modified from Cinna-Buns at King Arthur Flour