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Home » recipes » Dessert » Easy Cinnamon Rolls

Easy Cinnamon Rolls

12 minutes
Posted:11/7/22
Updated:11/10/22
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Easy Cinnamon Rolls ready in 12 minutes, made in muffin pans! Use refrigerated biscuits to make Cinnamon Rolls with powdered sugar icing that your kids will love! 

cinnamon rolls with icing on blue plate.

You’re going to love these sweet and gooey cinnamon rolls because they are so easy to make! You don’t need to spend the time making dough from scratch, instead just pick up some refrigerated biscuits from the grocery store and use that for the dough.

Trust me, these will be a favorite for a Saturday morning breakfast with the family!

The Best Easy Cinnamon Rolls Recipe 

If you have a sweet tooth, nothing quite beats sinking your teeth into fluffy cinnamon rolls in the morning along with your morning coffee. The best part is this delicious recipe is super easy to make and will take your sweet rolls to a new level. Glaze the top of your cinnamon rolls with your homemade icing for a burst of sweetness with each bite. 

No more spending money on overpriced cafe pastries (you know what I’m talking about). With this easy recipe, your sweet tooth cravings will be satisfied, and you’ll save a ton of money. Don’t be surprised, when you make them once, you’re going to be tempted to make them again and again.

cinnamon rolls on colorful tablecloth on blue plate.

What are the best biscuits to use?

You’ll want a 16 ounce container of refrigerated biscuits. I like using Pillsbury Grands big biscuits. I know that Annie’s, Immaculate and most store brands (like Great Value and Trader Joe’s) make their own variety too, so grab whatever is your favorite.

container of biscuit dough.

How to Make Easy Cinnamon Rolls 

Preheat the oven and prepare the muffin pan. This recipe will make around 12 cinnamon rolls.

Mix the melted butter, sugars and cinnamon together and pour into a large plastic bag. I like to wrap the bag around a bowl to make it easier to pour in.

dry ingredients in bag inside bowl.

Rip the biscuit dough into smaller pieces and place them in the cinnamon mixture, seal the bag, and shake to coat them thoroughly.

biscuit dough ripped up in plastic bag.

Place the biscuit pieces into the muffin cups.

raw dough in muffin pan before baking.

And bake until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool before adding the icing (or the icing will melt right off).

baked cinnamon roll muffins out of the oven.

In a mixing bowl, mix the powdered sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla extract until you get a smooth icing consistency.

vanilla icing in glass bowl.

Pour the vanilla icing on top of the rolls. MMMMM! Just looking at this picture makes me want to eat one! Or six! 🙂

icing being poured on top of cinnamon roll.

Serve and enjoy your sweet and warm rolls!

cinnamon rolls on blue plate with icing dripping off them.

Storing Leftovers 

There’s no way there will be leftovers! But if there is, store leftover cinnamon rolls in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Heat them up in the microwave for just a few seconds as you don’t want the icing to melt right off.

cinnamon rolls being served on plate.

Easy Cinnamon Rolls FAQs 

What’s the difference between cinnamon rolls and cinnamon buns?

Cinnamon rolls are glazed with icing while cinnamon buns have a brown sugar and butter glaze already on the pastry before baking. 

Why do my cinnamon rolls get hard?

Typically cinnamon rolls become hard when someone uses too much flour. However, the beauty of this recipe is that it won’t be an issue if you use refrigerated biscuits that you can buy from the store! No need to spend all of your time making homemade dough!

If you’re referring to leftover cinnamon rolls, often cinnamon rolls can become hard when they aren’t stored properly. If you’re using plastic wrap, I’d suggest double (or even triple) wrapping it, and make sure to wrap it tightly.

I hope you enjoy these incredibly soft and delicious cinnamon rolls!

fluffy cinnamon roll bit in half on plate.

Breakfast Muffin Recipes

Check out some of my other favorite muffin recipes:

  • Mini Coffee Cake Muffins
  • Mini Blueberry Muffins
  • Mini and Moist Banana Muffins
  • Monkey Bread Muffins

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Easy Cinnamon Rolls ready in 12 minutes, made in muffin pans! Use refrigerated biscuits to make Cinnamon Rolls with powdered sugar icing that your kids will love! 
Prep Time: 0 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
serves 11

Ingredients

For the muffins

  • 1 (16 ounce package) refrigerated biscuits (like Pillsbury Grands or similar brand)
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

For the frosting

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon butter melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

For the muffins

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a muffin cup pan with nonstick spray. This recipe will make around 12 cinnamon rolls.
  • Add butter, sugars and cinnamon into a large plastic bag and shake to mix fully.
  • Take each biscuit and rip it up into 6 pieces. Put all the biscuit pieces in the plastic bag and shake to coat evenly with the cinnamon sugar mixture.
  • Place a couple of biscuit pieces into each muffin cup to evenly fill them up, until you fill all 12 up. You'll use anywhere between 4-8 pieces depending on what size biscuits you used. Keep filling them up until all biscuit pieces are used.
  • Bake in the oven for 13-14 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
  • Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes. Remove the rolls from the pan (they should pop right out) and place on a plate.

For the icing

  • Mix powdered sugar, milk, butter and vanilla together in a mixing bowl using a hand mixer. Mix until it's a smooth icing.
  • Pour icing over warm cinnamon rolls. Serve and enjoy!

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Course:Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine:American
Keyword:easy cinnamon rolls
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  1. Melanie @ Carmel Moments says

    April 8, 2014 at 9:32 am

    These look perfectly sweet. Love at first sight! Pinning!
    Have a beautiful Tuesday!

    Reply
  2. Aimee / WallflowerGirl.co.uk says

    April 8, 2014 at 7:44 am

    Holy moly indeed! Now I have a serious craving…

    Reply
  3. Emma @ Fork and Good says

    April 8, 2014 at 6:48 am

    Anything with cinnamon on it gets my vote. I can almost taste it….

    Reply
  4. Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says

    April 8, 2014 at 1:13 am

    Anything that scores an 11 on the 1-10 scale definitely deserves a try. Love these muffins!

    Reply
  5. [email protected]'s Recipes says

    April 7, 2014 at 11:50 pm

    These look beyond delicious, Pamela. I love to use cinnamon in almost all my baked goods.

    Reply
  6. Helen @ Scrummy Lane says

    April 7, 2014 at 11:23 pm

    Mmmm … there’s nothing quite like the smell of a fresh cinnamon roll baking. Unfortunately I’ve only smelt this in my local mall up to now, so I better get baking some of these. Nice easy recipe … thank you!

    Reply
  7. Brittany says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:59 pm

    Dear God these look amazing, and I love that they are bite sized!! I would probably eat like six..

    Reply
  8. [email protected] eco friendly homemaking says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    Oh my goodness these cinnamon rolls look so delicious!!

    Reply
  9. Kathy @ Olives & Garlic says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    You had me at cinnamon muffins. Genius! Pinned!

    Reply
  10. [email protected] says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    These look wonderful Pamela! And how fabulous that they are so quick and easy to make!

    Reply
  11. Kumar's Kitchen says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    what a fantastic idea to make cinnamon roll muffins….ooh and that glaze yum..yum…yum…finally we got an answer to the odd time cravings we have for moist cinnamon rolls…next time and almost every time we will be trying these wonderful muffins instead,thanks so much for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  12. Monica says

    April 7, 2014 at 8:28 pm

    I craved cinnamon rolls a short while back and you are making it happen again! You are making it too tempting and easy for me.

    Reply
  13. Ruby @ The Ruby Red Apron says

    April 7, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    Ah! I am already a cinnamon roll monster just staring at these pictures. 😛

    Reply
  14. Laura @ Lauras Baking Talent says

    April 7, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    These look absolutely delicious! I think I now have the cinnamon roll crazies 🙂

    Reply
  15. Debra says

    April 7, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    There is a small place in my heart where canned biscuits (whampuns) rule.

    Reply
  16. ATasteOfMadness says

    April 7, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    Haha, I think everything cinnamon roll gets an 11 out of 10 in my books. But cinnamon roll muffins? I love it!!

    Reply
  17. Katie says

    April 7, 2014 at 6:39 pm

    That whole waiting for the yeast thing is why I never do it. Instant gratification, all the way!

    Reply
  18. Zainab @ Blahnik Baker says

    April 7, 2014 at 6:35 pm

    Holy Moly drooling!!!! These look amazing!!

    Reply
  19. marcie says

    April 7, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    These might break my holy moly scale…haha. They look so delicious!

    Reply
  20. Michelle says

    April 7, 2014 at 4:51 pm

    Yum!! I made the monkey bread muffins again this weekend…have one left (technically three, but the other two are for Jon!). I will have to try this recipe soon!

    Reply
  21. Amy @ Elephant Eats says

    April 7, 2014 at 4:47 pm

    Ummm, these look amazing!!! Thank goodness i don’t have a can of biscuits around! 😉 I actually had a craving for cinnamon rolls this weekend too and I bought a can of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls instead. They totally took me back to childhood.

    Reply
  22. Consuelo @ Honey & Figs says

    April 7, 2014 at 4:44 pm

    I’d say they score a 12 actually! Holy Moly, they look unreal. Are you sure I’m not dreaming???????’

    Reply
  23. Ashley says

    April 7, 2014 at 4:29 pm

    Oh man, these look so ooey and gooey and delicious! I love cinnamon rolls but they are so dangerous! haha These muffins sound awesome!

    Reply
  24. David @ Spiced says

    April 7, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    You had me at Cinnamon! (and the easy part helped, too) These look amazing!!

    Reply
  25. Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking says

    April 7, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    Yesssss!!! I share your desire for instant cinnamon roll gratification! I’m never, like, “oh I’ll whip up these cinnamon rolls for tomorrow morning…” These look like perfection! Gooey, instant gratification, perfection!

    Reply
  26. Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe says

    April 7, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    These look so dang good! I am on day 1 of a 3-day juice cleanse and I would seriously give my left arm for one of these right now!

    Reply
  27. Daniela @ FoodrecipesHQ says

    April 7, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    I’m literally drooling over these beauties! The frosting looks perfect.

    Reply
  28. Norma | Allspice and Nutmeg says

    April 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    Hooray for cinnamon rolls. I’m lovin’ your holy moly scale too.

    Reply
  29. Mary Frances says

    April 7, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    I’m watching out – and now I’m diving in 🙂 These look out of this world Pamela!

    Reply
  30. Jamie | Jamie's Recipes says

    April 7, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    They look perfect! I love your holy moly scale. 🙂

    Reply
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