Quick Cinnamon Rolls

An easy cinnamon roll recipe made from scratch with no yeast, proofing, or kneading necessary! Just the thing for a quick breakfast treat. They’re best enjoyed the day that they’re made.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time:40 mins

Servings:9

Yield:9 cinnamon rolls

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, divided

Dough:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 2/3 cup whole milk

Filling:

• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Gather Ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Brush an 8-inch square baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the melted butter.
2. To make the dough: Whisk flour, white sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Work 3 tablespoons softened butter into flour mixture using your hands until butter is lentil-sized.
3. Pour milk into flour-butter mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until a soft dough forms.
4. Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface and roll dough into a 10- x 10-inch square. Brush surface of dough with remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter.
5. To make the filling: Whisk ¼ cup white sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cinnamon-sugar mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar over butter-brushed dough.
6. Roll dough around filling to form a log; cut log into 9 rolls about 1-inch wide; place rolls, cut-side up, in the prepared baking dish.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until rolls are puffed and lightly golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
8. To make the frosting: Beat confectioners’ sugar, cream cheese, 1/4 cup softened butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until frosting is smooth.
9. Top hot cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting.