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This 1-Hour Cinnamon Rolls recipe is quick and easy to make, drizzled with a heavenly cream cheese icing, and absolutely delicious!
Is there anything better in life than a freshly-baked pan of warm homemade cinnamon rolls?
Actually, yes, homemade cinnamon rolls that can be ready to go in just 1 hour! ♡
We’re talkin’ bakery-style cinnamon rolls made with the softest, chewiest, lightly-golden dough, an irresistible buttery cinnamon-sugar swirl filling, and your choice of icing (either traditional or cream cheese icing, you pick!) generously drizzled on top. They are surprisingly easy to make and guaranteed to fill your home with the yummiest, coziest, hygge-ist vibes as they bake. And once that warm pan emerges from the oven, everyone who has tried these cinnamon rolls agrees that they are downright irresistible.
So this weekend, I thought I would bump this cinnamon roll recipe back to the top of the site since it seems like we could also use some extra comfort food in our lives right now. If you’re new to working with yeast and homemade dough, please don’t be intimidated at all! I promise to walk you through each step of the process with clear instructions, and we also have a step-by-step video to give you a visual. I’ve also updated the recipe below with options to either make the dough either by hand or use the help of a stand mixer. Plus I’ve included two different icing options so that you can choose your favorite!
I’m telling you, these cinnamon rolls are simply the best. So grab your rolling pin, and let’s make a batch!
1-Hour Cinnamon Rolls Recipe | 1-Minute Video
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients:
Alright, before we get to the recipe, let’s talk ingredients. To make the best cinnamon rolls, you will need:
Milk: I typically use cow’s milk for the dough (2% or whole milk). But you could also sub in any other type of plain non-dairy milk that you prefer.
Butter: We will melt some butter for the dough. But then it’s also very important that you have softened butter ready to go for the filling.
Flour: Just traditional all-purpose flour. (I have not tested this recipe with other types of flour.)
Sugars: We will use granulated (white) sugar in both the dough and filling, as well as some brown sugar in the filling.
Salt: Just a touch, to bring out the flavor of the dough.
Instant Yeast: Also known as “rapid rise yeast.” You will just need one little packet (or 2.25 teaspoons).
I have also included two different cinnamon roll icing options for you to choose from:
Cream cheese icing: Made with cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, powdered sugar and milk.
Traditional icing: Made with melted butter, vanilla extract, powdered sugar and milk.
How To Make Cinnamon Rolls:
Full instructions are included in the recipe below. But as a brief overview, to make this easy cinnamon rolls recipe we will simply:
Heat the milk and butter. Heat the milk and 1/4 cup of the butter in the microwave until the butter is completely melted. It’s essential here that the mixture be the correct temperature — lukewarm (110°F, which I really recommend double-checking with a cooking thermometer if you have one — so that the yeast will activate. If the mixture accidentally got a bit too warm in the microwave, no worries, just let it sit out for a few minutes to cool.
Combine dry ingredients. Whisk together 3 cups flour (not all of the flour), 1/4 cup granulated sugar and salt until combined.
Mix the dough. Then mix all of the dough ingredients together as directed in the recipe below, either using a stand mixer or kneading the dough by hand. Once the dough is ready to go, transfer it to a greased bowl, cover and let it rise for 10 minutes.
Mix the cinnamon-sugar filling. Then while the dough rests, make your filling by whisking together the sugars and cinnamon.
Roll out the dough. Once the dough is ready to go, turn it out onto a floured work surface and roll it into a 9 x 14 inch rectangle. Spread the remaining butter out evenly over the entire surface of the dough. And then sprinkle the dough evenly with the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Slice the rolls. Then beginning at the 14-inch edge (see the video for a visual), tightly roll up the dough and give the final seam a little pinch so that it seals. Slice the dough into 11-12 pieces — 11 rolls fit well in a pie plate, whereas 12 rolls fit in a rectangular pan — either using dental floss (see video) or a knife.
Let the dough rise. Place each of the cut cinnamon rolls into a greased 9-inch pie plate or 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Cover with a damp towel and let the rolls rise while you make the icing. Go ahead and turn your oven on at this point too.
Make the icing. Whisk together either the cream cheese icing or traditional icing ingredients in a mixing bowl until smooth.
Bake. Then once the rolls have risen, uncover the dish and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the rolls are golden and cooked through. Remove and let cool on a wire rack for at least 5 minutes.
Add icing. Drizzle with the prepared icing and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
Possible Variations:
Feel free to play around with this recipe and customize it however you might like! For example, feel free to…
Add nuts: Feel free to sprinkle some finely-chopped slivered almonds or pecans over the cinnamon-sugar mixture, before rolling up the dough.
Add cardamom: I also love adding a teaspoon of ground cardamom to the cinnamon-sugar mixture, to add some extra depth of flavor.
Add Nutella: In place of the softened butter spread on top of the dough, you are welcome to substitute Nutella.
Add orange glaze: To give these rolls extra orange flavor, just sprinkle the zest of an orange over the top of the cinnamon-sugar filling before rolling up the dough. Then use fresh orange juice in place of milk in the icing.
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Heat the milk and butter. Combine milk and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat on high for 1 minute, then remove and stir. Continue heating in 20 second intervals, pausing after each to stir, until the butter is melted and the milk is warm to the touch but not hot. (The mixture should be around 110°F — I recommend measuring the temperature with a cooking thermometer.) If it is too hot, just wait a few minutes for it to cool.
Combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk together 3 cups flour, granulated sugar and salt until combined.
Mix the dough. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough-hook attachment, add the warm milk mixture and sprinkle the yeast on top, then give the mixture a brief stir. Add the flour mixture and egg, and beat on medium-low speed until combined. If the dough is sticking to the sides of the bowl, add more flour (up to an additional 1/2 cup), until the dough begins to form a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Continue beating for 5 minutes on medium-low speed. Remove dough and form it into a ball with your hands. Place it in a greased bowl and cover with a damp towel. Let rest for 10 minutes.
Mix the cinnamon-sugar filling. While the dough rests, make your filling by whisking together the granulated sugar, brown sugar and ground cinnamon together in a small mixing bowl until combined.
Roll out the dough. Once the dough is ready, turn it out onto a floured work surface. Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough out into a large rectangle, about 9 x 14 inches in size. (If you want all of the edges to be even, you can use a pizza slicer to cut the dough into an even rectangle.) Use a knife or an offset spatula to spread 1/4 cup of the softened butter evenly over the entire surface of the dough. Then sprinkle the dough evenly* with the cinnamon and sugar filling.
Slice the rolls. Beginning at the 14-inch edge, tightly roll up the dough and give the final seam a little pinch so that it seals. Use a piece of dental floss or a knife to slice off the two ends of the roll (just 1/2-inch or so on each end, which you can discard) so that the ends are even. Slice the remaining dough into 11 or 12 equal pieces. (11 rolls fit well in a pie plate, whereas 12 rolls fit in a rectangular dish.)
Let the dough rise. Place each of the cut cinnamon rolls into a greased 9-inch pie plate or 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Cover the dish with a damp towel, and leave it in a warm place to rise for 25 minutes. Heat the oven to 350°F.
Make the icing. While the dough is rising, whisk together either the cream cheese icing ingredients in a mixing bowl until smooth. If it seems too thick, add in an extra tablespoon of milk at a time until it reaches your desired consistency. If it is too thin, add in extra powdered sugar.
Bake. Once the rolls have risen, uncover the dish. Place on the center rack of the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the rolls are golden and cooked through. Remove and let cool on a wire rack for at least 5 minutes.
Frost. Drizzle with the prepared icing and serve warm.
To Make The Dough By Hand: If you do not have an electric stand mixer with a dough attachment, you can simply stir the ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Then turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead by hand for 5 minutes.
Dental Floss Dough-Cutting: Simply break off a piece of floss about 12 inches long. Then carefully slide the floss under the dough to the exact location you want to “cut”. Pull the ends of the floss up and cross over the top of the dough. Then give the floss a gentle tug to cut all the way through the dough. (See the video above for a visual.) This is the best method I’ve found to make a clean slice through the dough — although the standard knife method still works too.
Traditional Icing Ingredients: If you would like to make a traditional icing (without cream cheese), whisk together 1/4 cup melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, and 1-2 tablespoons milk until smooth.
fantastic recipe! the dough comes together really nicely. modifications I made, did 1/4 c cinnamon and also had to bake longer, more like 30 mins, and the centers were still gooey in a good way. saving this recipe forever!
Jonna —
Awesome cinnamon rolls, but the rising time is much longer than 25 minutes! Took more like 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours total for entire recipe!
Shireen —
Excellent t recipe first time I made them they came out really well, the 2nd time I made them they were tough and I couldn’t figure out why because I new how I just skipped to the Ingrwdients, the third time I realised why as 8 checked through the video. Egg was not included in the list of dough ingredients . I am so glad I did this a third time to check outwhy the second didn’t work. I will.always use this recipe
So I ended up proofing these in my warm oven because I accidentally turned it off when I stuck them in but they had an extra 30 min to rise in there and they came out huge spongey and delicious. Definitely saving this recipe . Best I ever had
I made these as a surprise for my husband for Christmas and they were GREAT!!! They didn’t really rise for me during the actual rise time, but they did rise in the oven perfectly while cooking. I did use 3.5 cups of flour to get the right consistency, and they could’ve benefited from an additional 5 minutes above the max time listed. However, they were absolutely delicious, not that difficult to make, and actually fun to roll out! I recommend the cream cheese icing. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
1 of 2 notes: Ali, I turned an almost-fail into a great discovery with this recipe. This morning, day after Christmas, I got the baking bug for cinnamon rolls, decided to try your recipe, first time. I got everything neatly organized and made a lovely dough ball. Hmm, I thought, she talks about stickiness and my dough isn’t sticky. Turned out, I had left out the egg. After considering tossing the dough ball, I decided instead to bake it up and see what might happen. I followed suggestions from the back of the yeast package for dinner rolls — divided into 24 pieces, paired them to make 12 rolls, used a muffin tin, let rise a 2nd time for 20 minutes, then baked at 400 degrees F. And it worked! They are just like fancy restaurant dinner rolls. Try it, it’s a delicious discovery. And yes, I did go ahead with the cinnamon rolls, adding orange and a little cardamom. Fabulous! Couldn’t be happier with this recipe, AND the dinner roll hack!
2 of 2: Also — congratulations! Today is the first time I’ve visited your site here, so after I made the 1-hour cinnamon rolls, I read about you and Barclay. First I watched your 2018 video tour of your terrific apartment — and I want to do as you’ve done! Barcelona is such a beautiful city — I visited in 2007. I’m retired now, my husband might retire in 2021, and maybe I can talk him into living “your way” for a year, once we’re COVID vaccinated.
Second, I read about your baby on the way. Here’s to a great third trimester and wonderful time with your little one, come March. What a great life adventure!
Moira —
My maiden voyage with my Cuisinart stand mixer and I wanted cinnamon rolls. This recipe is easy (definitely closer to 2 hours if dough is allowed to rise properly). Taste is wonderful. And they are beautiful Did! Did need more flour to make it unsticky. I got so excited using my new Boos Board and French rolling pin to roll the dough out on … I made it waaaay to long so the layers were thin … but more surface for than cinnamon sugar filling!!! When I rolled it up, I had many layers … The Cream Cheese icing is magical (I added orange zest because I forgot to put it in the filling). Plenty to cover all the rolls (unlike those canned ones in the supermarket refrigerated section!). Great Cinnamon Rolls and inaugural use of my mixer!!! Thanks
I know this is a really silly question but when and where do you add the yeast? Do you add it to the warm milk mixture? I have read the recipe over and over and don’t that mentioned anywhere. I’m sure I’m overlooking it. This look delicious and I can’t wait to try them. Thanks for helping me out.
Leslie —
Hi Sue – in step 3 within the first sentence; after adding the milk mixture to the bowl, sprinkle the yeast on top and give a stir!
This is the second time I made these, this time I accidently added 1/2 cup butter to the dough instead of 1/4 cup, I had to add a little more flour but it was still delicious! I tried both icings and I not not sure which I like better. So yummy and quick when you just need a cinnamon roll in the morning. So good!!
The dough rose beautifully in the alloted time. I just turned on the oven light ( did not pre heat oven) to let the dough rise for the hour. Same for the rise on the cut rolls. The heat is just enough. I think letting them go 30-35 min before baking is more optimum. Nice not to have to wait overnight. These were warm, cinnamony, delish… No need to include ” how to store or freeze them” instructions for our house. Didn’t last more than 30 minutes!
Wow. My 15 yo son made this in 2 hours and I didn’t know he made it until I coild smell something cooking and he brought one to me!! Amazing. It was moist, fast,he left no mess, and it was perfectly caremalized on the bottom and super soft. I can’t beleive he made it so fast!! So today I am making another batch! I let it rise extra long again bc of the cold and I didn’t have cream cheese so I went to the store. Its so big and fluffy! I can’t wait to have it again!!
Wow. My 15 yo son made this in 2 hours and I didn’t know he made it until I coild smell something cooking and he brought one to me!! Amazing. It was moist, fast,he left no mess, and it was perfectly caremalized on the bottom and super soft. I can’t beleive he made it so fast!! So today I am making another batch! I let it rise extra long again bc of the cold and I didn’t have cream cheese so I went to the store. Its so big and fluffy! I can’t wait to have it again!!
So overall, great flavor, and they were a hit! A few notes though:
– they took me closer to two hours
– I needed more flour than the recipe called for
– they’re definitely on the sweeter side as far a cinnamon rolls go; a little too sweet for my taste but my fiancé (who is a big sugar tooth) thought they were perfect! If you’re more like me, I’d use a little less icing
I have never, ever posted a review on a food blog, but I feel this recipe deserves a post. These are the most flavorful and easy cinnamon rolls I have ever made. I have tried many recipes and this is hands down the best. The only modifications I make are that I put a dash of salt in the filling AND a dash in the icing. I make the cream cheese icing and put orange zest in both the filling and the icing. Instead of milk I use orange juice to dilute the icing. MAKE THEM!
So good! These are the best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever made (and I’ve tried a lot of recipes). They taste even better than ones I’ve made that take much longer.
5/5 don’t make these with gremlin children driving you to drink. After my four year old begged nearly with tears in his eyes for cinnamon rolls, I felt too guilty not to try and whip up a quick batch. Part way through, my two year old and 9 month old started a non-stop CIRCUS of chaos.
I forgot the egg, doubled the butter, accidentally let it rise double time easy on the first go. Remembered we ran out of brown sugar, and popped it in the oven with the seran wrap on.
Also I don’t know how these taste yet. The rating score was for difficulty made with constant crying and how many gold stars you should get for not cracking open a new bottle of wine. Extra for the fact my kids are completely quiet and content now that the rolls are baking in the oven.
The baking part did not meet with the recipe…. I don’t know what happened! Maybe my rolls were too small? But I put the rolls in for 25 minutes already, and the center rolls are still white and doughy while the outside rolls are turning brown QUICK. I lowered the temp to 325, but I don’t know how else to save these…. I am in Colorado, so I am at a high altitude… I don’t know if the recipe accounts for that or if it matters. Any suggestions for next time?
1st time making cinnamon rolls. I used half whole wheat flour and made a brown sugar glaze as I did not have powdered sugar. Came out great! My man loved them!!
I made them but I had a little problem when I put them in the oven it didnt RISE and I said maybe its because I didnt add any baking powder so today I’m gonna make it but add baking powder and see how it goes
Worked fine as written the first time I made them. But it worked even better when I did 2 things the second time: (1) I did proofing more traditionally: one hour for the first rise and 30 minutes for the second rise. (2) I did not crowd them, but spaced them out on a sheet. With these variations, they came out super soft and fluffy. Another tip: this dough makes excellent plain rolls! I took the trimmings from squaring the dough and formed them into a hard-roll-sized roll. I put seeds on top. I let it proof and bake the same time as the cinnamon rolls. It baked to a perfect 200 degrees internal temp. It was an excellent soft fluffy roll.
I made these this morning for my husband’s birthday and they are incredible! We practically swooned over how delicious they are. We told each other “don’t eat too much!” because I still have a cake to bake😉. They did take me more than an hour to prepare, probably because I wasn’t familiar with the recipe. I believe it will go more quickly next time.
I made overnight cinnamon rolls and i forgot the salt :\ after seeing them not rise after 12 hrs in the fridge i decided to try a quick recipe and I found this one!! This was so easy to follow and the dough rolled out beautifully..Per my husbands request I put in raisins and pecans and they were absolutely wonderful!!! I drizzled honey for my husband and I did traditional icing for myself. They were so light and fluffy and moist and gooey all at the same time! My husband said these are better than the ones i make overnight so this is officially our new recipe! I am excited to try different things inside, I want to do poppyseed next time! Thanks for an easy and awesome recipe that my husband and I loved! God bless xoxo
Wow!!!!! These are sooooo good! Just made them and ate 2. My husband loves them and so do I! I followed the directions exactly and it went very smoothly. I must say I did have trouble finding the temperature. It’s usually at the beginning of the recipes in the title box with the cook time and total time. Also, I too took closer to 2 hours to make them. Maybe if I keep making them I’ll get even faster! Great Recipe!
I’ve had this recipe in my stash for a while, but just made it again for Christmas morning breakfast today. The rolls were SO delicious and truly only took an hour to make. I was thrilled with the results and so was my family!
Reuben McGee —
I decided late this afternoon to make a batch of these cinnamon rolls . They took about 1/2 hour longer to make than the recipe said but the wait was well worth it . I will be definitely making these again. Delicious. A real yummy treat . I had my mis en place all mapped out and my ingredients all ready to go, if I had not done this ,the cinnamon buns would have taken more than 2 hours. Great recipe Thank you!
Nice recipe but I don’t like the way it was laid out as far as the instructions go. Lots of back and forth between ingredients and what to do and when.
Thank you!
This has become my go-to cinnamon roll recipe. It works okay as written if you need to save time. But the rolls are excellent if you let them proof more traditionally — for an hour each time, rather than 10 and 25 minutes.
I’ve now made this recipe twice and it is delicious 😋!! The first time was for Christmas and I didn’t let it rise before baking but instead put it in the fridge overnight so that I wouldn’t have to make it on Christmas morning. It was good, but dry; however, the days following eating the leftovers it tasted better. Tonight I made it the full way following the instructions and they taste sooo good!! Definitely recommend this recipe. I use a serrated bread knife to cut the dough and it gets the job done but makes it hard to keep the slices even. I hope to try cutting it with floss in the future. I’ve also made it both times with the traditional icing recipe and really like it.
Recipe is amazing! So fluffy on the inside! The outside of mine were slightly hard and I don’t feel like I over baked, any suggestions on how to keep the outside soft?
I discovered this recipe a few years ago, and it has become my go-to recipe for cinnamon rolls ever since! They always always turn out fluffy and delicious! :)
I’ve been making cinnamon rolls for my husband for 40 years. This is probably the best recipe I’ve ever tried. So good! I recently learned the trick of rising dough in the Instant Pot on the yogurt setting. Cinnamon rolls in less than an hour? YES! Hubby will be getting cinnamon rolls more often! Thanks so much!
a surprise breakfast treat for our easter sunday… By the time the rest of the family gets up they will be in the oven / ready to eat! If the cooking smell doesn’t wake them up LOL
So far, it has all been very easy instructions, even for someone who never make cinnamon rolls before!
I don’t have any cream cheese, but I heard greek yoghurt makes a good substitute for that. I will make the icing with that and I’ll let you know how it all goes. Cheers
These cinnamon rolls came out amazing! I can’t wait to try the cream cheese icing next time. I enjoy your web site and especially that you make printing the recipe so easy.
fantastic recipe! the dough comes together really nicely. modifications I made, did 1/4 c cinnamon and also had to bake longer, more like 30 mins, and the centers were still gooey in a good way. saving this recipe forever!
Awesome cinnamon rolls, but the rising time is much longer than 25 minutes! Took more like 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours total for entire recipe!
Excellent t recipe first time I made them they came out really well, the 2nd time I made them they were tough and I couldn’t figure out why because I new how I just skipped to the Ingrwdients, the third time I realised why as 8 checked through the video. Egg was not included in the list of dough ingredients . I am so glad I did this a third time to check outwhy the second didn’t work. I will.always use this recipe
So I ended up proofing these in my warm oven because I accidentally turned it off when I stuck them in but they had an extra 30 min to rise in there and they came out huge spongey and delicious. Definitely saving this recipe . Best I ever had
I made these today! Great indirections! Easy to follow. Pretty much the BEST thing I have ever tasted.
Amazingly delicious! However, they are definitely a “2 Hour” cinnamon roll! Plan accordingly ?
I made these as a surprise for my husband for Christmas and they were GREAT!!! They didn’t really rise for me during the actual rise time, but they did rise in the oven perfectly while cooking. I did use 3.5 cups of flour to get the right consistency, and they could’ve benefited from an additional 5 minutes above the max time listed. However, they were absolutely delicious, not that difficult to make, and actually fun to roll out! I recommend the cream cheese icing. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
1 of 2 notes: Ali, I turned an almost-fail into a great discovery with this recipe. This morning, day after Christmas, I got the baking bug for cinnamon rolls, decided to try your recipe, first time. I got everything neatly organized and made a lovely dough ball. Hmm, I thought, she talks about stickiness and my dough isn’t sticky. Turned out, I had left out the egg. After considering tossing the dough ball, I decided instead to bake it up and see what might happen. I followed suggestions from the back of the yeast package for dinner rolls — divided into 24 pieces, paired them to make 12 rolls, used a muffin tin, let rise a 2nd time for 20 minutes, then baked at 400 degrees F. And it worked! They are just like fancy restaurant dinner rolls. Try it, it’s a delicious discovery. And yes, I did go ahead with the cinnamon rolls, adding orange and a little cardamom. Fabulous! Couldn’t be happier with this recipe, AND the dinner roll hack!
2 of 2: Also — congratulations! Today is the first time I’ve visited your site here, so after I made the 1-hour cinnamon rolls, I read about you and Barclay. First I watched your 2018 video tour of your terrific apartment — and I want to do as you’ve done! Barcelona is such a beautiful city — I visited in 2007. I’m retired now, my husband might retire in 2021, and maybe I can talk him into living “your way” for a year, once we’re COVID vaccinated.
Second, I read about your baby on the way. Here’s to a great third trimester and wonderful time with your little one, come March. What a great life adventure!
My maiden voyage with my Cuisinart stand mixer and I wanted cinnamon rolls. This recipe is easy (definitely closer to 2 hours if dough is allowed to rise properly). Taste is wonderful. And they are beautiful Did! Did need more flour to make it unsticky. I got so excited using my new Boos Board and French rolling pin to roll the dough out on … I made it waaaay to long so the layers were thin … but more surface for than cinnamon sugar filling!!! When I rolled it up, I had many layers … The Cream Cheese icing is magical (I added orange zest because I forgot to put it in the filling). Plenty to cover all the rolls (unlike those canned ones in the supermarket refrigerated section!). Great Cinnamon Rolls and inaugural use of my mixer!!! Thanks
I know this is a really silly question but when and where do you add the yeast? Do you add it to the warm milk mixture? I have read the recipe over and over and don’t that mentioned anywhere. I’m sure I’m overlooking it. This look delicious and I can’t wait to try them. Thanks for helping me out.
Hi Sue – in step 3 within the first sentence; after adding the milk mixture to the bowl, sprinkle the yeast on top and give a stir!
This is the second time I made these, this time I accidently added 1/2 cup butter to the dough instead of 1/4 cup, I had to add a little more flour but it was still delicious! I tried both icings and I not not sure which I like better. So yummy and quick when you just need a cinnamon roll in the morning. So good!!
These were perfect. I got 12 into a glass baking dish. They were ooey gooey in the middle.
These were good used vietnamese cinnamon and only used 1/4 cup of b sugar in the filling forgot the white sugar by mistake. House smells amazing !
Fantastic!!! Will this recipe double well?
The dough rose beautifully in the alloted time. I just turned on the oven light ( did not pre heat oven) to let the dough rise for the hour. Same for the rise on the cut rolls. The heat is just enough. I think letting them go 30-35 min before baking is more optimum. Nice not to have to wait overnight. These were warm, cinnamony, delish… No need to include ” how to store or freeze them” instructions for our house. Didn’t last more than 30 minutes!
Wow. My 15 yo son made this in 2 hours and I didn’t know he made it until I coild smell something cooking and he brought one to me!! Amazing. It was moist, fast,he left no mess, and it was perfectly caremalized on the bottom and super soft. I can’t beleive he made it so fast!! So today I am making another batch! I let it rise extra long again bc of the cold and I didn’t have cream cheese so I went to the store. Its so big and fluffy! I can’t wait to have it again!!
Wow. My 15 yo son made this in 2 hours and I didn’t know he made it until I coild smell something cooking and he brought one to me!! Amazing. It was moist, fast,he left no mess, and it was perfectly caremalized on the bottom and super soft. I can’t beleive he made it so fast!! So today I am making another batch! I let it rise extra long again bc of the cold and I didn’t have cream cheese so I went to the store. Its so big and fluffy! I can’t wait to have it again!!
So overall, great flavor, and they were a hit! A few notes though:
– they took me closer to two hours
– I needed more flour than the recipe called for
– they’re definitely on the sweeter side as far a cinnamon rolls go; a little too sweet for my taste but my fiancé (who is a big sugar tooth) thought they were perfect! If you’re more like me, I’d use a little less icing
Can you make these the day before, slice and put them in the pan then bake them the next day?
No — the yeast would over rise. Look for overnight rise roll recipes.
You can do the first rise overnight in the refrigerator, but, as Claire wrote, not the second.
I have never, ever posted a review on a food blog, but I feel this recipe deserves a post. These are the most flavorful and easy cinnamon rolls I have ever made. I have tried many recipes and this is hands down the best. The only modifications I make are that I put a dash of salt in the filling AND a dash in the icing. I make the cream cheese icing and put orange zest in both the filling and the icing. Instead of milk I use orange juice to dilute the icing. MAKE THEM!
So good! These are the best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever made (and I’ve tried a lot of recipes). They taste even better than ones I’ve made that take much longer.
can you use almond milk for a dairy free recipe???
These Cinnamon Rolls are amazing. I have made them for family and friends and after they stop raving about them they ask for the recipe!
5/5 don’t make these with gremlin children driving you to drink. After my four year old begged nearly with tears in his eyes for cinnamon rolls, I felt too guilty not to try and whip up a quick batch. Part way through, my two year old and 9 month old started a non-stop CIRCUS of chaos.
I forgot the egg, doubled the butter, accidentally let it rise double time easy on the first go. Remembered we ran out of brown sugar, and popped it in the oven with the seran wrap on.
Also I don’t know how these taste yet. The rating score was for difficulty made with constant crying and how many gold stars you should get for not cracking open a new bottle of wine. Extra for the fact my kids are completely quiet and content now that the rolls are baking in the oven.
The baking part did not meet with the recipe…. I don’t know what happened! Maybe my rolls were too small? But I put the rolls in for 25 minutes already, and the center rolls are still white and doughy while the outside rolls are turning brown QUICK. I lowered the temp to 325, but I don’t know how else to save these…. I am in Colorado, so I am at a high altitude… I don’t know if the recipe accounts for that or if it matters. Any suggestions for next time?
1st time making cinnamon rolls. I used half whole wheat flour and made a brown sugar glaze as I did not have powdered sugar. Came out great! My man loved them!!
I made them but I had a little problem when I put them in the oven it didnt RISE and I said maybe its because I didnt add any baking powder so today I’m gonna make it but add baking powder and see how it goes
can I prepare the dough then refrigerate overnight to bake in the morning?
Delicious, fun and easy to make. Give yourself 2 hours though.
can you make these the night before and then bake in the morning?
turned out perfect
We’ve made this recipe at least a dozen times and it’s always a winner!
Worked fine as written the first time I made them. But it worked even better when I did 2 things the second time: (1) I did proofing more traditionally: one hour for the first rise and 30 minutes for the second rise. (2) I did not crowd them, but spaced them out on a sheet. With these variations, they came out super soft and fluffy. Another tip: this dough makes excellent plain rolls! I took the trimmings from squaring the dough and formed them into a hard-roll-sized roll. I put seeds on top. I let it proof and bake the same time as the cinnamon rolls. It baked to a perfect 200 degrees internal temp. It was an excellent soft fluffy roll.
I made these this morning for my husband’s birthday and they are incredible! We practically swooned over how delicious they are. We told each other “don’t eat too much!” because I still have a cake to bake😉. They did take me more than an hour to prepare, probably because I wasn’t familiar with the recipe. I believe it will go more quickly next time.
I made overnight cinnamon rolls and i forgot the salt :\ after seeing them not rise after 12 hrs in the fridge i decided to try a quick recipe and I found this one!! This was so easy to follow and the dough rolled out beautifully..Per my husbands request I put in raisins and pecans and they were absolutely wonderful!!! I drizzled honey for my husband and I did traditional icing for myself. They were so light and fluffy and moist and gooey all at the same time! My husband said these are better than the ones i make overnight so this is officially our new recipe! I am excited to try different things inside, I want to do poppyseed next time! Thanks for an easy and awesome recipe that my husband and I loved! God bless xoxo
I love this recipe thank u for sharing.
Wow!!!!! These are sooooo good! Just made them and ate 2. My husband loves them and so do I! I followed the directions exactly and it went very smoothly. I must say I did have trouble finding the temperature. It’s usually at the beginning of the recipes in the title box with the cook time and total time. Also, I too took closer to 2 hours to make them. Maybe if I keep making them I’ll get even faster! Great Recipe!
I’ve had this recipe in my stash for a while, but just made it again for Christmas morning breakfast today. The rolls were SO delicious and truly only took an hour to make. I was thrilled with the results and so was my family!
I decided late this afternoon to make a batch of these cinnamon rolls . They took about 1/2 hour longer to make than the recipe said but the wait was well worth it . I will be definitely making these again. Delicious. A real yummy treat . I had my mis en place all mapped out and my ingredients all ready to go, if I had not done this ,the cinnamon buns would have taken more than 2 hours. Great recipe Thank you!
Our kids beg for this recipe each weekend and it’s always a winner. That frosting is dangerously good. ;)
Nice recipe but I don’t like the way it was laid out as far as the instructions go. Lots of back and forth between ingredients and what to do and when.
Thank you!
This has become my go-to cinnamon roll recipe. It works okay as written if you need to save time. But the rolls are excellent if you let them proof more traditionally — for an hour each time, rather than 10 and 25 minutes.
I’ve now made this recipe twice and it is delicious 😋!! The first time was for Christmas and I didn’t let it rise before baking but instead put it in the fridge overnight so that I wouldn’t have to make it on Christmas morning. It was good, but dry; however, the days following eating the leftovers it tasted better. Tonight I made it the full way following the instructions and they taste sooo good!! Definitely recommend this recipe. I use a serrated bread knife to cut the dough and it gets the job done but makes it hard to keep the slices even. I hope to try cutting it with floss in the future. I’ve also made it both times with the traditional icing recipe and really like it.
Recipe is amazing! So fluffy on the inside! The outside of mine were slightly hard and I don’t feel like I over baked, any suggestions on how to keep the outside soft?
I discovered this recipe a few years ago, and it has become my go-to recipe for cinnamon rolls ever since! They always always turn out fluffy and delicious! :)
I’ve been making cinnamon rolls for my husband for 40 years. This is probably the best recipe I’ve ever tried. So good! I recently learned the trick of rising dough in the Instant Pot on the yogurt setting. Cinnamon rolls in less than an hour? YES! Hubby will be getting cinnamon rolls more often! Thanks so much!
These are great. I make them and put in the fridge overnight and then pop in the oven in the morning. Perfect!
a surprise breakfast treat for our easter sunday… By the time the rest of the family gets up they will be in the oven / ready to eat! If the cooking smell doesn’t wake them up LOL
So far, it has all been very easy instructions, even for someone who never make cinnamon rolls before!
I don’t have any cream cheese, but I heard greek yoghurt makes a good substitute for that. I will make the icing with that and I’ll let you know how it all goes. Cheers
What’s your opinion on adding heavy cream to the pan of ready to bake sweet rolls, to get a soft Cinnabon type roll?
Hi! Can this recipe be doubled?
Amazing recipe!!!! I love it!!! Also all the details in the recipe are much appreciated. Very nice! Thank you for sharing! :)
Hi, I was wondering if anyone’s has tried (and succeeded) making this recipe into round bites instead of shaping the dough into rolls?
These cinnamon rolls came out amazing! I can’t wait to try the cream cheese icing next time. I enjoy your web site and especially that you make printing the recipe so easy.