Description
Soft, fluffy pastries filled with chai-spiced butter and topped with creamy chai glaze. Warm cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and brown sugar mingle in every bite with a rich cream pour giving a gooey texture perfect for festive brunches or chilly mornings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup warm milk (115°F)
- 2½ tsp instant dry yeast
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 1 tsp chai spice mix
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 4 cups bread flour (plus up to ½ cup if needed)
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup salted butter, melted (for filling)
- 1½ cups packed brown sugar (for filling)
- 3 tbsp chai spice mix (for filling)
- ½ cup heavy cream (for baking)
- 2 cups powdered sugar (for glaze)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract (for glaze)
- 3–4 tbsp strong brewed chai tea (for glaze)
Instructions
- Mix warm milk and yeast; let foam 5 minutes. Add eggs, softened butter, sugar, chai spice, and salt. Gradually add flour while mixing until dough is soft and tacky. Knead 6–8 minutes until smooth.
- Transfer to a greased bowl, cover, and let rise 1 hour until doubled.
- Mix melted butter, brown sugar, and chai spice for filling.
- Roll dough into a 12×18-inch rectangle. Spread filling evenly over dough.
- Roll up tightly from the long edge; cut into 12 pieces. Place in greased 9×13-inch pan.
- Let rise 30–45 minutes until puffy.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Pour heavy cream evenly over rolls; bake 25–30 minutes until golden.
- Whisk powdered sugar, vanilla, and chai tea for glaze. Drizzle over warm rolls before serving.
Notes
Use milk at 115°F to activate yeast without killing it.
Bread flour ensures fluffy rolls.
The cream pour before baking produces gooey centers.
Avoid overproofing; rolls should be puffy but not deflated before baking.
Refrigerate shaped rolls overnight for convenient morning baking.
- Prep Time: 25
- Cook Time: 30
- Category: Breakfast, Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American-Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 405
- Sugar: 36g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 80mg
Keywords: chai cinnamon rolls, spiced breakfast rolls, holiday brunch recipe, gooey cinnamon rolls, cream poured cinnamon rolls