{"id":6114,"date":"2025-09-20T17:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T17:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=6114"},"modified":"2025-09-20T17:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T17:21:35","slug":"banana-bread-cinnamon-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/banana-bread-cinnamon-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>For the dough:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup warm milk (about 40\u00b0C)<\/li>\n<li>2 \u00bc tsp active dry yeast (1 packet)<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 cup unsalted butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>4 \u00bd cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the filling:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bd cup unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the cream cheese glaze:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 oz (115 g) cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 cup powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2\u20133 tbsp milk (to thin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Activate yeast:<br \/>\nIn a bowl, mix warm milk, yeast, and 1 tbsp sugar. Let sit 5\u201310 min until foamy.<\/li>\n<li>Make the dough:<br \/>\nAdd mashed bananas, egg, melted butter, remaining sugar, and salt. Stir in flour gradually until a soft dough forms. Knead for 8\u201310 min until smooth and elastic.<\/li>\n<li>First rise:<br \/>\nPlace dough in a greased bowl, cover, and let rise 1\u20131.5 hours until doubled.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare filling:<br \/>\nMix softened butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Shape rolls:<br \/>\nRoll dough into a rectangle (~16&#215;12 in \/ 40&#215;30 cm). Spread filling evenly, sprinkle nuts if using. Roll tightly from the long side and slice into 12 rolls.<\/li>\n<li>Second rise:<br \/>\nArrange rolls in a greased baking dish. Cover and let rise 30\u201345 min until puffy.<\/li>\n<li>Bake:<br \/>\nPreheat oven to 180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F). Bake 25\u201330 min until golden brown.<\/li>\n<li>Glaze:<br \/>\nBeat cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk until smooth. Spread over warm rolls.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u2728 These rolls are extra soft thanks to the banana in the dough, with that gooey cinnamon-sugar swirl and tangy cream cheese topping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients For the dough: 1 cup warm milk (about 40\u00b0C) 2 \u00bc tsp active dry yeast&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients For the dough: 1 cup warm milk (about 40\u00b0C) 2 \u00bc tsp active dry yeast (1 packet) \u2153 cup granulated sugar 2 ripe bananas, m"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6116,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114\/revisions\/6116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}