One Hour Cinnamon Rolls

Delicious, warm, gooey and in just an hour, it is possible and delicious! These quick one hour cinnamon rolls are fast and easy to make!!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe!

These super quick one hour cinnamon rolls are ready to go in the oven in just one hour!  Believe it or not!!  And the results are amazingly good!!

I love homemade cinnamon rolls but what I don’t like is how long they take to make.  I especially love them for breakfast but who wants to get up 2-3 hours before breakfast in order to have then hot, fresh out of the oven??  Not me.

I decided to see if I could use my basic cinnamon roll recipe and do it with a few tweaks in an hour.  I did and they were just as delicious as when I spend 2-3 hours making them!!

Ingredients Needed

• Buttermilk (See Tips below for substitution)
• Sugar. Granulated sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar
• Butter
• Dry Active Yeast
• Salt
• Eggs
• Bread flour. Can all use all purpose flour
• Ground cinnamon
• Milk or Whipping Cream

What Kind Of Yeast Do I Use?

For this recipe I use dry active yeast, not rapid rise, quick rise yeast or instant yeast. You use a lot of yeast in this recipe but that is what makes them rise so fast.  I didn’t find the large amount of yeast affected the flavor at all.

How to Make Quick One Hour Cinnamon Rolls

• Mix together your warm water (105-110 degrees F), buttermilk, sugar, melted butter and yeast.  To get your buttermilk to room temperature quickly just pop it in the microwave for 15 seconds or so. The important thing here is that all your liquids except your water be room temperature and not cold.   
• Let yeast mixture sit for 10-15 minutes or until bubbly and foamy.

• Add yeast mixture to your dry ingredients and eggs. 
• Mix dough for 10 minutes using the bread hook in the bowl of a stand mixer or by hand. If your mixer seems to be working too hard to knead the dough, do it by hand.
• Cover dough and allow to rest for 10 minutes. We are at 35 minutes and counting.

• Mix up filling while dough is rising.
• Combine sugar, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon. Mix together until it resembles wet sand.

• On a floured work surface, roll out dough with rolling pin.  Roll into a 12 x 16 inch triangle.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.
  
• Roll dough up into a log, starting at long edge. Place seam on bottom.
  
• Cut cinnamon roll dough into 12 large rolls using a piece of thread or unflavored dental floss. You can also use a serrated knife.
• Place the rolls on a cookie sheet or baking pan that is sprayed with baking spray or lined with parchment paper.

Your time should be at about 45 minutes.

• Let them rise for 15 minutes which will put you at one hour. They don’t rise much but don’t worry they will in the oven.

Cinnamon Roll Frosting

• Mix up frosting while rolls are rising and baking.
• Combine softened butter, vanilla, powdered sugar and half and half or milk.
• Add in just enough milk to make it the right consistency for you.

• At the hour mark, put them into the oven to bake. They bake in about about 12-15 minutes.  So technically they are 72 minute cinnamon rolls but One Hour Cinnamon Rolls just sounds better! 
• Frost. If you like the frosting to melt into the roll, frost them while they are still warm.  If you prefer the frosting to sit on top of the roll, allow them to cool.  Whichever way you choose,  slather those babies with the frosting and enjoy!

Delicious cinnamon rolls in an hour, o.k., 72 minutes!  How amazing is that.  The only bad part is, they are so easy and so fast you may want to make them everyday!!!

Check out more delicious roll recipes:

• 30 Minute Rolls
• Small Batch Dinner Rolls
• Cinnamon Roll Muffins
• Cinnamon Roll Cake
• Dinner Rolls

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Originally posted October 8, 2012