Description
Quick and easy cinnamon rolls from scratch, with no yeast, proofing, or kneading necessary!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter, divided (Optional)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened (Optional)
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 egg
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar (Optional)
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened (Optional)
- ¼ cup butter, softened (Optional)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Brush a 9-inch square baking dish with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
- Whisk flour
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- baking powder
- and salt together in a large bowl. Work 3 tablespoons softened butter into flour mixture using your hands. Beat milk and egg together in another bowl; pour into flour-butter mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until a soft dough forms.
- Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and roll dough into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle. Brush surface of dough with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
- Whisk 1/2 cup white sugar
- brown sugar
- and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar over butter-brushed dough. Roll dough around filling to form a log; cut log into 18 rolls and place rolls in the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until rolls are set
- 20 to 25 minutes.
- Beat confectioners’ sugar
- cream cheese
- 1/4 cup softened butter
- and vanilla extract together in a bowl until frosting is smooth. Top hot cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 18