Brown Butter–Pecan Cinnamon Rolls

Brown butter, each within the gooey cinnamon filling and the wealthy cream cheese frosting, takes these pillowy, yeasted breakfast buns to the following stage. The nutty notes of the toasted butter play off the candy spiciness of the cinnamon and add a delicate complexity. After rolling the dough and filling collectively right into a log form, loop dental floss across the roll, and pull to cleanly slice the buns — a pointy chef’s knife will even work, however the downward stress is extra more likely to crush the comfortable dough.

Notes from the Meals & Wine Check Kitchen

The dough is considerably sticky, however don’t be tempted so as to add extra flour whereas mixing. The dough will develop construction because it rises and turn into simpler to deal with, plus you’ll additionally incorporate a little bit extra flour as you roll it out. Including an excessive amount of flour will yield dry rolls.

Make forward

Cinnamon rolls will be ready via step 5 and saved within the fridge in a single day as a substitute of the second room temperature proofing. Take away from the fridge, and let stand at heat room temperature till doubled in quantity, one hour to at least one hour and half-hour. Proceed with step 7 as directed.