Easy Cinnamon Rolls

These Easy Cinnamon Rolls use a crescent dough shortcut for warm, gooey rolls with cream cheese glaze in just 25 minutes, no yeast required.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword easy cinnamon rolls

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 310kcal

Preheat the oven to 375°F degrees. Spray 6 sections of a muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside.
Roll out the crescent roll sheet onto a clean kitchen work surface. Brush it with the melted butter.
1 can crescent roll dough sheet, 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
In a small bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon.
1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Sprinkle the cinnamon mixture evenly over the top of the dough (yes, it’s a lot. yes, use it all.)
The crescent roll sheet is a large rectangle, with the shorter side facing you; roll it up tightly into a roll. Slice into six even pieces with a serrated knife or sharp knife.
Place each roll cut side into each section of the prepared muffin tin.
Bake for 11-15 minutes in a preheated oven or until rolls are golden brown. Place the muffin tin on a wire rack and let cool slightly.
While the rolls are cooling, make the cream cheese icing by placing the softened cream cheese in a medium-sized bowl and whip until smooth with a hand mixer.
4 ounces cream cheese
Add the powdered sugar and vanilla mix to combine.
1/4 cup powdered sugar, 1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Add the butter and mix to combine until smooth.
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Add the milk one tablespoon at a time until desired consistency. The glaze should be thick but pourable.
3 tablespoons milk
Take the rolls from the muffin tin, glaze the warm rolls, and serve immediately.

Make sure you use crescent dough sheets and not regular crescent rolls, if you use regular ones, make sure you pinch the seams together to make a sheet.
These can be frozen, see my tips above.
We recommend glazing the delicious cinnamon rolls when still warm.
Adding a little bit of cinnamon to the glaze is absolutely delicious!
You can easily double or triple this recipe to serve more people.
You can use unflavored dental floss to cut the rolls if you love that trick.
This is a fantastic recipe for beginners making cinnamon rolls for the first time.