classic
Classic Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Soft, fluffy, bakery-style cinnamon rolls from scratch with a gooey brown-sugar filling and cream cheese frosting.
155 min intermediate
Big-Batch Cinnamon Rolls for a Crowd
Full-pan recipes that make a dozen or more — perfect for holiday mornings, brunch, and feeding a hungry table.
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Viral Heavy Cream Cinnamon Rolls
The viral TikTok trick: pour warm heavy cream over shaped rolls before baking for an ultra-soft, custardy bottom.
158 min intermediate
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Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Pillowy fall cinnamon rolls made with real pumpkin puree, warm spices, and a choice of maple or cream cheese frosting.
171 min intermediate
sourdough
Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
Naturally leavened cinnamon rolls raised with active starter and a long overnight ferment for tang and tender crumb.
803 min advanced
dietaryVeganDairy-freeEgg-free
Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
Soft, fluffy vegan cinnamon rolls made with plant milk and vegan butter — no eggs, no dairy, and every bit as gooey as the classic.
155 min intermediate
overnight
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
Assemble the night before, refrigerate, and bake fresh in the morning — a slow cold proof for deeper flavor and effortless mornings.
790 min intermediate
quick
One-Hour Cinnamon Rolls
Warm, frosted cinnamon rolls from scratch in about an hour using extra yeast and a single warm rise — no overnight wait.
70 min easy
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Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Soft cinnamon rolls stuffed with diced, cinnamon-spiced apples that bake down into little pockets of warm apple pie.
168 min intermediate
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Maple Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
Buttery cinnamon rolls packed with toasted pecans and finished with a glossy maple glaze for cozy, nutty sweetness.
161 min intermediate
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Caramel Pecan Sticky Buns
Cinnamon rolls baked over a gooey caramel-pecan schmear, then flipped so the sticky, buttery topping cascades down.
160 min intermediate
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Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls
Soft cinnamon rolls with a cocoa-cinnamon filling and melty chocolate chips, finished with chocolate cream cheese frosting.
161 min intermediate
classic
Brioche Cinnamon Rolls
Ultra-rich cinnamon rolls made from a buttery, high-egg brioche dough for an impossibly tender, feathery crumb.
685 min advanced
small batch
Mini Cinnamon Rolls
Bite-size cinnamon rolls with a quick bake time — poppable, party-perfect swirls with an extra ratio of gooey filling.
126 min easy
method
Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
Let your bread machine knead and proof a soft enriched dough on the dough cycle, then shape and bake bakery-style cinnamon rolls in the oven.
170 min easy
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Sheet-Pan Cinnamon Rolls
A big-batch cinnamon roll recipe spread across a half-sheet pan — two dozen soft rolls that bake evenly and feed a crowd.
196 min intermediate
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Muffin-Tin Cinnamon Rolls
Bake cinnamon rolls in a muffin tin for tall, individual rolls with crisp edges, gooey centers, and built-in portion control.
147 min easy
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Orange Cinnamon Rolls
Bright, citrusy cinnamon rolls with fresh orange zest in the dough and filling, finished with a tangy orange glaze.
160 min intermediate
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Chai Cinnamon Rolls
Warmly spiced cinnamon rolls with a homemade chai blend of cardamom, ginger, clove, and black pepper in the filling.
160 min intermediate
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Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls
Dark, spiced holiday cinnamon rolls with molasses, ginger, and cloves for deep gingerbread flavor and color.
165 min intermediate
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Cinnamon Raisin Rolls
Old-fashioned cinnamon rolls studded with plump, rum-soaked raisins in a gooey brown-sugar cinnamon filling.
160 min intermediate
dietaryDairy-free
Dairy-Free Cinnamon Rolls
Soft, fluffy cinnamon rolls made entirely without dairy, using plant milk and vegan butter with a dairy-free icing.
160 min intermediate
dietaryEgg-free
Egg-Free Cinnamon Rolls
Soft cinnamon rolls made completely without eggs, using extra milk and butter to keep the crumb tender.
160 min easy
quick
Cinnamon Roll Cake
A soft buttermilk sheet cake with ribbons of cinnamon-sugar swirled through the batter and a vanilla glaze poured over the top — all the flavor of cinnamon rolls, none of the rolling.
67 min easy
flavor
Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls
Ultra-soft cinnamon rolls enriched with mashed sweet potato, which keeps the crumb tender for days and adds a warm, earthy sweetness under a maple cream cheese frosting.
176 min intermediate
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Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls
Soft cinnamon rolls that taste like banana bread — ripe mashed banana in the dough, a brown-sugar-walnut filling, and a tangy cream cheese frosting.
177 min intermediate
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Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
Sweet-and-savory cinnamon rolls with crispy bacon baked into the swirl and a maple glaze on top — the breakfast-plate classic of bacon and syrup in one roll.
166 min intermediate
sourdough
Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Rolls
Soft cinnamon rolls that use up unfed sourdough discard for tangy flavor, with a little instant yeast doing the lifting — same-day rolls, no active starter required.
156 min intermediate
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Cheesecake Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon rolls with a sweet cheesecake filling swirled in alongside the cinnamon sugar, so every roll bakes up with pockets of rich, tangy cheesecake.
162 min intermediate
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Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls
Striking red cocoa-kissed cinnamon rolls with a soft, tender crumb and tangy cream cheese frosting — red velvet cake in pull-apart roll form.
161 min intermediate
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Biscoff Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon rolls loaded with Biscoff cookie butter in the swirl and a Biscoff glaze on top, finished with crushed Lotus cookies for caramelized, spiced-cookie flavor.
161 min intermediate
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Eggnog Cinnamon Rolls
Holiday cinnamon rolls made with eggnog in the dough and a spiced eggnog glaze, warm with nutmeg and rum flavor — Christmas morning in a pan.
161 min intermediate
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Cinnamon Roll Cookies
Soft pinwheel cookies with a real cinnamon-sugar swirl and a cream cheese icing drizzle — all the flavor of a cinnamon roll, no yeast and no proofing.
57 min easy
flavor
Cinnamon Roll Donuts
Baked cake donuts with a cinnamon-sugar swirl running through the batter and a sweet vanilla cream cheese glaze — all the cinnamon roll flavor, no yeast or frying.
51 min easy