Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls
These Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls combine the cozy flavor of ripe bananas with a classic cinnamon swirl, all topped with rich cream cheese frosting. Soft, fluffy, and perfect for brunch or dessert, they taste like banana bread and cinnamon rolls had the sweetest baby!
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Servings: 8 rolls
Ingredients
Rolls and filling
- 1 cup whole milk, warm
- 3 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- ½ cup salted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine the warm milkand yeast in a large mixing bowl. Give the ingredients a quick stir and thencover the bowl with a kitchen towel for about 5 minutes, or until the mixtureis foamy.
- Whisk in the mashedbananas, melted butter, vanilla, and eggs until the mixture is homogeneous.
- Add the flour. Gentlywhisk until the flour is completely incorporated with the wet ingredients.
- Turn the dough into a lightly floured surface and knead by hand for 5 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic. Return the dough to the mixing bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let it rise for 45 minutes.
- Roll the dough out into a sheet roughly 18x8 inches. Stir together the brown sugar and cinnamon and then sprinkle the mixture over your dough.
- Roll the dough into a long cylinder and then slice into discs about an inch thick. Place the cinnamon rolls in a 9x13 inch baking dish so they are laying flat and let them rest while you preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake for 25 minutes.
- Prepare your frosting by whisking together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Spread the frosting evenly over the cinnamon rolls as they come out of the oven
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
Notes
- These banana bread cinnamon rolls have an almost bananas foster-like flavor to them because of the combination of bananas, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- If you are planning on having leftovers then you’ll want to store the rolls and frosting separately. You can keep your rolls on the counter for up to 4 days and in the fridge for up to 5 days. The frosting can be kept in the fridge for up to 5 days. Enjoy a cinnamon roll at room temp or reheat in the microwave for about 15 seconds before frosting.
- You will need 2 9x13 inch baking pans to fit all of your cinnamon rolls. You can technically fit them all into one pan, but we don’t want to crowd the pan too much.
- Make sure you use bananas that are nice and ripe. We want them to have as much flavor as possible.
- If you want to up the banana flavor in this recipe then you can add thinly sliced bananas to the filling.