Easy Cinnamon Rolls (No Yeast)

These cinnamon rolls are ready in less than 40 minutes! No, they are not like cinnamon rolls made with yeast. But they are delicious nonetheless!

A few years ago while visiting a friend who lived in the countryside, she served us these easy cinnamon rolls. She said that because they lived far from supermarkets, and could not get yeast, she started making cinnamon rolls with a simpler dough.

She used an American biscuit recipe, which can be made in just a few minutes and has very few ingredients. 

Easy Cinnamon Rolls (No Yeast)

There are a few kinds of leavening for baked goods. Yeast: reacts with sugar, causing it to ferment. Yeast is great for bread-making, but it does require time.

Baking powder: is only fully activated by heat, which is why a cake rises in the oven and not on your countertop, the way bread does.

So for this recipe, we are using baking powder. The result is, a firm-crispy crust and a tender, melt in your mouth crumb. 

To make these easy cinnamon rolls without yeast, you need to keep your ingredients very cold. One hour before you start, you should grate some cold butter, and store it in the freezer. The cold butter makes small air pockets in the dough, creating a porous, tender crumb once baked.

Mixed the dough with a wooden spoon. Try not to knead it, as the heat of your hands will melt the butter. Use a piece of wax paper, sprinkle plenty of flour and with your hands floured, stretch the dough.

Is very important to bake these cinnamon rolls in a very hot oven. So preheat it before you start making the rolls.

The filling is generally brown sugar and cinnamon, but you can add nuts, or dry fruit too.

Enjoy them as soon as they are out of the oven! Crispy, light and so delicious!

Are you a cinnamon roll lover? check out these recipes:

• Fluffy Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
• Homemade, Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls

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Easy Cinnamon Rolls (No Yeast)

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

35 mins

 

These cinnamon rolls are ready in less than 40 minutes! No, they are not like cinnamon rolls made with yeast. But they are delicious nonetheless!

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8

Calories: 225 kcal

Author: Lizet Bowen

Ingredients

Dough:

• 2 cups flour (250g)
• 2 tablespoons sugar (12.5g)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder (14.3g)
• 1 teaspoon salt (5.6g)
• 6 tablespoons cold grated butter (85g)
• 3/4 cup cold milk (177ml)

Filling:

• 2 tablespoons butter, melted (28.3g)
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar (25g)
• 2 teaspoons flour (2.6g)
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon (6.8g)

Icing:

• 2 tablespoons icing sugar (15.6g)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon milk

Instructions

1. Half an hour before making these cinnamon rolls, grate the butter and store it in the freezer.
2. Heat the oven to 218C / 425F and grease a round or square baking pan.
3. For the dough: In a large bowl, add flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix well.
4. Add grated butter to the flour; mix with a wooden spoon. Add the cold milk and mix only until the dough comes together.
5. Cut a piece of wax paper and flour it generously. Put the dough on the wax paper, and with floured hands, stretch into a rectangle, to 1 centimeter thick or half an inch. (Or you can use a floured pin for rolling).
6. Filling: In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Brush melted butter on top of the dough. Leaving an inch on one of the sides without butter.
7. Sprinkle the cinnamon mixture over the butter.
8. With the help of the wax paper, start rolling the dough on the longest side (leaving the side without butter for last) and pinching the ends at the same time.
9. Cut the rolls into 8 equal portions and put them in the prepared baking pan. (If desired, brush the tops with melted butter).
10. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brwn and firm to the touch.
11. For the drizzle: In a small bowl, mix all the ingredients. It needs to be thick.
12. Remove the cinnamon rolls from the oven and immediately drizzle icing all over. Serve hot.

Recipe Notes

These cinnamon rolls are better when they are hot or when you serve them the same day.