These No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls are absolutely unbelievable! No yeast means no rising time which means no waiting hours for a delicious, fresh cinnamon roll. You are going to love these!
I absolutely love any and all cinnamon/sweet rolls.
It’s pretty obvious based on all the different cinnamon & sweet roll recipes I have on my site. The problem is most cinnamon roll recipes take hours to make and let’s be honest,
when you’re craving one, who really wants to wait? I don’t, which is I make my Cinnamon Roll Biscuits fairly often.
When I came across this recipe for No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls the other day, you can only imagine my excitement. These are even quicker to make than these 60-Minute Cinnamon rolls (which I completely love by the way)!
No yeast.
No rising.
It’s a beautiful thing people. Quick cinnamon rolls made without yeast! These are so unbelievably delicious for so little effort.
While the dough is fairly similar to my cinnamon roll biscuit dough, these bake up differently and end up being closer to the texture of a cinnamon roll.
If you love cinnamon rolls, but yeast terrifies you and/or you don’t like playing the waiting game, I totally have your back today!
P.S. I’m a total frosting-aholic and I did slather more frosting on these babies after I took pictures (lol)! You can never have too much frosting!
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 cinnamon rolls 1x
Description
These No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls are absolutely unbelievable! No yeast means no rising time which means no waiting hours for a delicious, fresh cinnamon roll. You are going to love these! ♡
Ingredients
Filling:
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter (melted)
Dough
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 6 tablespoons butter (melted and divided)
Frosting:
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 to 3 tablespoon half & half (more or less depending on how you like the consistency)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Generously spray 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray (or you can use melted butter).
Filling:
- In a small bowl, stir together both sugars, cinnamon and melted butter. Stir until well combined and set aside.
Dough:
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- Mix 2 tablespoons of the melted butter in with the buttermilk and add to the flour mixture, stirring to until just combined (dough will still be shaggy). Scoop onto a floured surface and knead until just smooth. Use your hands to press it into a 9×12 rectangle.
- Spread 2 tablespoons of the melted butter across the rectangle then evenly sprinkle and spread the sugar mixture over butter.
- Starting at the long end, roll into a tight cylinder, pinching seam to seal. Cut into 8 equal pieces. Slightly flatten each piece with your hand. Place 1 roll in center of the prepared pan, then place the remaining 7 rolls around the pan. Brush with remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
- Bake rolls for about 18 to 23 minutes or until lightly browned.
Frosting:
- Combine all the frosting ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together until smooth.
- Spread icing over warm cinnamon rolls.
Notes
- Yes, the oven temperature is 425 degrees, that’s not a typo. If you feel like your oven cooks hot and you’re worried about cooking these at 425, then by all means lower your oven temperature. I have never had these burn cooking them in my oven at 425. Just watch them carefully.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 23 minutes
- Category: Breads
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Recipe Source: Adapted from the Cooks Illustrated Baking Book
Jodi, this looks fantastic and your picture is beautiful. I love how it only makes one round pan of rolls as I really don’t like the larger recipes, for fear of eating them all! This is just a perfect amount and such an easy, quick recipe. I will definitely try them this weekend, thank you.
Thanks Teresa! It’s a really good thing this recipe makes only 8 rolls, because I would eat them all too! Hope you’re doing well! I love hearing from you.
I didn’t know my life was missing these until I saw them! Cinnamon rolls with no rise time? Believe the dream!!!
You will love them!
Delicious, scrumptious, quick, beautiful and love that it only makes 8….cause you know what would happen!
So happy you loved them Christine! Thanks for letting me know!
Jodi, I can’t wait to try these. Can it be made the day before and baked the following day? Thank you.
I’ve never made them the day before, so I’m not sure how they would bake up after being in the fridge overnight. I’m guessing they would bake up just fine, but I can’t say for sure. Let me know if you give it a try. Thanks!
I made them, and they turned out great. Definitely more dense than yeast cinnamon rolls, but still good.
Making theses today and I was wondering where the other 1tablespoon of melted butter goes?..it called for 6 and I only see using 5 ..probably missing something on my part..
Hi Karla! No you weren’t missing something, thank you for catching it. It’s actually 2 tablespoons of the melted butter that is added to the buttermilk. I have fixed it in the recipe, so sorry about that. Thanks again for bringing that to my attention. Stay safe!
Thanks!..making 3 batches today for family..
Can you use whole milk or does it have to be buttermilk
Mandy, I’ve only made these using buttermilk. If you don’t have buttermilk you can make your own by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to a 1-cup measuring cup,
then fill it the rest of the way with milk. Give it a stir and let it sit for a few minutes.
Can you use 1% low fat cultured buttermilk?
Yes!
Easy and delicious. I just made these, so easy and quick. I’ll be making these a lot.
So happy you loved these Dorothy. They are so simple to make and taste amazing!
Excellent recipe! Will definitely add it to my collection!
Thanks Laurie! So happy to hear you made and loved these.