Quick Cinnamon Rolls

This quick cinnamon roll recipe makes big, soft, fluffy rolls with a sweet cinnamon filling and homemade cream cheese frosting in just 40 minutes.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 234 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
• 0.25 cup butter, softened
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 cup white sugar
• 0.75 cup milk
• 0.5 cup brown sugar
• 0.25 cup butter, divided

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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.

Step 2

Pour milk into flour-butter mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until a soft dough forms.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until rolls are puffed and lightly golden, 20 to 25 minutes.

Step 6

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.

Step 7

Top hot cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting.

Step 8

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.

Step 9

Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface and roll dough into a 10-inch square pan. Brush surface of dough with remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter.