10 of the Best Cinnamon Roll Recipes in One Place
Making cinnamon rolls this weekend? I gathered all of my favorite cinnamon roll recipes in one place so you can easily figure out which recipe to make!
Below are recipes for traditional cinnamon rolls, no-yeast cinnamon rolls (believe it! they are so good), giant cinnamon rolls, pumpkin cinnamon rolls, overnight cinnamon rolls…and even two bonus recipes for sweet rolls that might make you rethink cinnamon rolls altogether.
Basically, every cinnamon roll recipe you’ve ever wanted is right here! ⬇️⬇️
BONUS TIP: Here’s a post all about How to Make Cinnamon Rolls Ahead of Time
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The Best Cinnamon Rolls {Cheryl’s Famous Recipe}
These cinnamon rolls are so light, so fluffy, and so amazing! They have an extra rise in the recipe, so plan accordingly.
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2
Perfect Small Batch Cinnamon Rolls
This recipe makes a 9X13-inch pan of cinnamon rolls if you need a moderate amount (versus making a whole sheet pan full of ginormous rolls!).
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3
Perfect Cinnamon Rolls
This is one of the original cinnamon roll recipes that hundreds of you swear by (Gloria's recipe!). These rolls are huge and so fluffy and perfect.
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4
Yukon Gold Cinnamon Rolls
The dough for these cinnamon rolls includes mashed potatoes, and the result is the softest, most tender cinnamon rolls you'll ever meet.
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5
Flaky Buttermilk Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls
These biscuit cinnamon rolls (no yeast, no rising, no kneading!) just might change your mind about cinnamon rolls forever. They are incredibly buttery and flaky.
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6
Giant Cinnamon Rolls
Instead of making individual cinnamon rolls, try this recipe for one giant cinnamon roll! Not only is it a showstopper, but it has all the delicious appeal of traditional cinnamon rolls.
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7
Vanilla Pudding Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
These pudding cinnamon rolls have a devoted following because they are incredibly delicious! The dough is a dream to work with – so soft and supple. The recipe can be made with storebought or homemade pudding.
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8
Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze
Don't discount this older recipe! The buttermilk dough base adds great flavor to the cinnamon rolls, and the baked rolls are soft and light.
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9
Overnight Cinnamon and Sugar Sweet Rolls
These overnight twisted cinnamon rolls are the lightest, softest cinnamon rolls I've ever met! They are perfect if you need a make-ahead option.
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10
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Promise me you'll try this pumpkin version of cinnamon rolls at least once! The dough is inexplicably soft, thanks to the pumpkin, and the pumpkin + cinnamon flavors are just too good.
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11
Homemade Orange Sweet Rolls
Bonus Recipe! These orange sweet rolls are incredible and a fun way to change up cinnamon rolls.
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12
Raspberry Sweet Rolls
Bonus Recipe! Swap out the cinnamon filling for this sweet raspberry filling and you'll see why some people prefer these raspberry sweet rolls over cinnamon rolls.
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I am making cinnamon rolls this weekend! I am devoted to Cheryl’s cinnamon rolls even over the one in your cookbook, which is also great but there’s something about Cheryl’s rolls that keeps me coming back. The pumpkin and biscuits cinnamon rolls are great too. I need to try the raspberry rolls.
These all look great! However, the one in your cookbook has to be the best!! I will never stray from it again (except maybe to try that pumpkin one!) Thank you! I don’t know what we would eat without you!!!!
I agree, Kelly! I was so excited to get that recipe in the cookbook…it’s the one I turn to most now, as well. It’s the perfect mashup of every cinnamon roll recipe into one masterpiece. 🙂 (Although the pumpkin recipe is worth trying!)
I made Gloria’s for years until Cheryl’s came around (and have never gone back). The Yukon gold unfortunately have been my greatest failure from your site the 2(!) times I tried to make them. Not sure what went wrong. But I always adapt the orange rolls with Cheryl’s dough as well, and they’re so good!
Agreed that the orange rolls are magical with the dough from Cheryl’s recipe. And I’m so sorry the Yukon gold ones haven’t worked out – puzzling, because they are such a favorite. Wish we were neighbors and we could try and make them together!
Hi Mel! Best post ever!!
Have you made any of these with gluten free flour? My new frontier…
Melissa – I’ve made the flaky buttemilk biscuit cinnamon rolls with either King Arthur 1:1 GF all-purpose flour or Cup4Cup all-purpose GF flour (sorry I can’t remember which one!), with really good results. I honestly think both would work well, but I tend to reserve Cup4Cup for biscuits, so I’m guessing that was the one I used.
Hi Melissa! The flaky biscuit cinnamon rolls work really well with gluten-free flour! I believe the comment section has details with people who have tried it. But to start, I’d recommend using about 10% less gluten-free flour and adding more only if needed.
Looking for recipe for cinnamon rolls using vegetable oil and eggs can’t find it
I love making your small batch cinnamon rolls! I sometimes change it up, adding orange, leftover berry pie filling, etc. But…I would love for you to add a whole wheat or 1/2 whole wheat cinnamon roll recipe. I just made the small batch & added just 1 cup of whole white wheat. They didn’t raise as much in the pan as they should have. I did knead the dough longer, but it was still not quite right. They tasted great, but just not poofy enough. Thank you, I Love your recipes!
I normally make your buttermilk biscuit ones. They are our favorite, but my grocery store had no buttermilk, so we made Cherly’s famous cinnamon rolls yesterday. Yummy! I must admit I still love how quickly you can make the buttermilk ones. So quick and easy, but we also loved Cherly’s too! We had them for an afternoon snack as I just started them in the late morning. Yummy! Thanks for sharing these all in one place!
Thanks, Jen!
I’ve made at least half of these recipes, all delicious! I went for Gloria’s for this weekend and we loved them as usual! I do have a question though, I’ve made the frosting with the maple extract only once cuz we didn’t love the maple, so I just do all vanilla extract. Maple donuts are my favorite so I figured to use up the maple extract I’d make homemade maple donuts but I didn’t love it either, it didn’t taste anything like the stores maple donuts. So… I’m wondering if it’s maybe the brand or type of maple that’s causing my not loving the maple flavor at home. I have the McCormick brand maple extract, what kind do you use?
Hi Misty, yes, I definitely think that can be it. My husband loves maple donuts but hasn’t loved some of the maple flavoring I’ve used over the years. My favorite is the pure maple extract from King Arthur Flour, it’s a little spend but worth if if you want that really good maple flavoring. Otherwise, I’ve found most of the other grocery store brands (mapleine and McCormick and others) taste about the same.
Thank you. Perfect Cinnamon rolls for us this morning. I have a question, we have an oven that I can choose convection or surround bake. Do you have a convection oven and your thoughts?
Hi Pam, I have an oven that has convection or standard bake functions. I like to use convection when baking cinnamon rolls because I think it helps bake them more evenly (although I usually decrease the baking temperature by 25 degrees if using convection).
I used your best cinnamon rolls recipe and they were so yummy (even though I had the cut rolls in the fridge overnight, so some of the filling oozed to the bottom – I kind of liked the caramelized crunch it gave). I also made your chili (working with which ingredients we have on-hand here) and the cheesy biscuits. Everything turned out great. Thanks for so many delicious recipes!
Thank you so much, Heather!
I had to laugh when I saw your post today ! I LOVE cinnamon rolls more than life itself! Really I do. But my first thought when I saw this was,, “I think Mel is trying to kick the Coronavirus’s butt with as many cinnamon rolls as possible “ ! As if you could get it outta here if you slammed it with cinnamon rolls!
I plan on making one of these recipes tomorrow, (probably Cheryl’s) to enjoy during conference ! Thanks for slapping all of us in the face with cinnamon rolls lest we forget how much we LOVE them!
Linda T.
I literally came to your site today looking for a recipe for cinnamon rolls haha. Thanks for having this list!!
I’ve got the buttermilk ones rising right now! Can’t wait to eat them tomorrow morning!
Best breakfast!
We are making your orange sweet rolls! They are hands down my favorite, even over amazing cinnamon rolls which I also love!
Love orange rolls! I’m actually working on an updated post for those bad boys!
I just made cinnamon rolls today. I loved your honey oat dinner roll recipe so much that I used some honey and oats in my normal cinnamon roll recipe. They turned out as a delicious movie night treat and everyone is looking forward to having the rest for breakfast.
What a great idea, Rosie!
Which is your favorite??
Haha, can’t tell if you’re serious or not (based on my mention of this in the post)…but I really can’t choose a favorite. I love all of them for different reasons. 🙂
Yummy! Such a hard decision!! Which one to try?! Hmmmmm…. thanks for sharing Mel! Have a good weekend!
Thanks, Renee – you, too!
Questions: So for your family’s GC weekend, you make cinnamon rolls for a specific meal, is it breakfast or lunch or dinner? What other dish/entre do you serve them with for a breakfast and for a dinner?
I’m going to make one of your recipes, but can’t yet decide which one!
Thanks! Happy conference-ing!!!
I usually make them for Sunday morning breakfast. We usually make eggs and a smoothie to serve with them.
I agree! They all are great. The biscuit cinnamon rolls are life changing!
They really are!
Great timing! Making Cinnamon Rolls for Sunday morning ourselves. We used to look forward to staying home for church 2x a year, now I just wish we could go to church. (Or go anywhere….)
Haha. I feel ya.
We LOVE the yummy and easy biscuit cinnamon rolls, and we are making those this weekend, too! They are becoming a General Conference tradition for our family. 🙂
Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful recipes, Mel! We sure appreciate you!!!
Thank you so much, Janna!!