No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls - Peanut Butter and Jilly (2024)

Easy No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls means you can enjoy freshly baked cinnamon rolls in just about 30 minutes! Not only are these quick and easy, but they are made with minimal ingredients and can be vegan and gluten free. They bake up buttery, golden brown, and filled with cinnamon sugar. Add a drizzle of homemade cream cheese frosting for the ultimate breakfast or brunch!

No Yeast Vegan Cinnamon Roll Ingredients

In order to make this no yeast vegan cinnamon roll recipe, you need everyday ingredients like:

• Milk: To make vegan cinnamon rolls, use a warm dairy free milk like almond or oat milk. If you're not concerned with keeping these vegan, any milk will work.
• Butter: You’ll need vegan butter for the dough, filling and icing.
• Baking powder: To increase the volume and lighten the texture of these fluffy rolls.
• All purpose flour: This recipe uses all-purpose flour for soft and fluffy rolls. To make these gluten-free cinnamon rolls, use King Arthur Measure for Measure gluten-free flour. You cannot replace the flour with almond flour or another gluten free flour blend. It has to be a 1-1 replacement flour.
• Yogurt: If using gluten-free flour, you'll need to add some yogurt to make the gluten free dough more elastic and hold together better while rolling. You can use dairy free yogurt for a vegan option.
• For the No Yeast Vegan Cinnamon Roll Filling: A simple blend of vegan butter, sugar and cinnamon is used to fill the rolls.
• For the Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting: Just add vegan cream cheese, vegan butter and powdered sugarto a bowl and mix. It creates a mouthwatering vegan cinnamon roll frosting that everyone will love!

How To Make No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mix the almond milk, melted vegan butter, and baking powder together. Then, mix in the flour until a thick dough forms.

For Gluten-Free Flour: If using gluten free flour, add the non dairy yogurt into the dough and use your hands to work it into the dough. If using regular flour, this step isn't necessary.

Step 2: Place the dough onto a floured surface and sprinkle the top with more flour. Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough into a ¼ inch thick slab. Spread with softened vegan butter, sprinkle with sugar, and cinnamon.

Step 3: Carefully roll the dough into a log. Slice the log into 10-12 pinwheels and place them into a greased round dish. Bake the cinnamon rolls for about 20 minutes.

Step 4: While the rolls are baking, you may use an electric hand mixer or stand mixer to mix the vegan cream cheese, softened butter, and powdered sugar to make the icing. Allow the rolls to cool before frosting. Enjoy!

No Yeast Vegan Cinnamon Roll Tips

This no yeast cinnamon roll recipe is super easy, but here are a few tips and tricks to try so they're perfect every time!

• Flouring Your Work Surface:Don't forget to flour your work surface and the rolling pin. This is to prevent the cinnamon rolls from sticking to the surface or to the rolling pin.
• Cutting the Rolls: We recommend using a very sharp knife, or a piece of string to cut these into equal slices.
• Baking Pan: These rolls can be baked in an 8 or 9-inch round cake pan. You want them to be close together while baking and not too spread apart. This helps the no-yeast cinnamon rolls stay nice and soft.
• Broil: To add a bit more color to the top of your no yeast vegan cinnamon rolls, we recommend broiling for 1-2 minutes just before removing from the oven.

Frequently Asked Questions

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The recipes on Peanut Butter and Jilly can easily be adapted to fit a vegan lifestyle, a gluten-free lifestyle, or both depending on the ingredients you use. Please review the ingredients lists carefully and refer to our recommendations in the Notes of the recipe card to make this recipe compatible with your needs. Nutrition information provided is an estimate, and will vary based on specific brands of ingredients used and cooking methods.

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