Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes??

So I saw this on the cover of a magazine once.  Cinnamon rolls that were baked in a cupcake pan so that they look like little cupcakes.  They were adorable, of course they weren't just normal cinnamon rolls.  I mean how can a magazine just make cinnamon rolls and put that on the cover like they made something just so different and new?  They can't.  But the idea came back to me as a little project.

Sure they won't be that special, but they will be tasty little treats and beautiful little creations with the white icing on top and the paper liners on the bottom.  I looked back at all the recipes that I have collected and found one that I remember making and remember that they tasted awesome. 

Cinnamon Roll Dough...
2 1/2 oz. compressed fresh yeast
16 fl oz. milk
4 oz. sugar
5 1/2 oz. butter
2 teaspoon kosher salt
4 large eggs
2 pounds of All-Purpose Flour

Filling
16 oz. brown sugar
4 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
5 1/2 oz butter, melted

Icing
8 oz. butter
4 oz. cream cheese
16 oz. powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

For the dough, mix the yeast and milk.  Then add the eggs and sugar.  Add half the flour and mix until all the most of the liquid is absorbed.  Add the salt and add the rest of the flour.  Then slowly add the softened butter and mix until dough is uniform.  Be careful not to overmix.  Place the dough in a greased bowl and let rest for about 1/2 an hour.
In the meantime, make the icing.  Cream the butter and add the room temperature cream cheese.  Then add the salt and vanilla.Then add the sifted powdered sugar and mix until just incorporated.
Roll out the dough into a rectangle, thinner the better.  Then spread melted butter evenly onto the dough leaving one clean edge, a border about 1 inch thick on a longer side.  Then mix the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkle that onto the butter.  Then starting with edge across from the butter-less border, roll tight.  Then cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces and into paper liners in a muffin pan.  Proof until double and bake at 375 degrees.
When they come out of the oven, smear with half of the icing.  Then when cool, smear the rest of the icing on top.  Or drizzle a bit of caramel sauce on top and enjoy!

Now you have to cut that recipe down, of course or you probably will end up with 4 dozen of these little suckers.  But then again, is that really a bad thing?  4 dozen cinnamon rolls cupcakes?  I think not.

Happy chomps and nibbles!