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These fast and easy Gluten-Free Cinnamon Rolls are super yummy and don’t taste like they are gluten-free AT ALL! GF eaters rejoice!
I made these Gluten Free cinnamon rolls on Saturday {after cleaning the floor} and they were good. Very good, in fact.
I didn’t bother with the different ‘gums’ you can add into gluten free dough to create a similar texture to gluten…because I didn’t feel like it. I just made some biscuit dough with a little yeast {for flavor} and rolled them up like cinnamon rolls. Ready in less than an hour, baby!
You cannot tell they are gluten free. Obviously the texture is more like a biscuit, but besides THAT, they taste mighty fine. I really like the gluten free flour blend I used.
If you want the real deal and aren’t on the gluten free train, I would highly recommend my Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls. They are life changing. For everyone else, give these a whirl!
Here’s how you make them:
Start by stirring some quick rise yeast into about a cup of warm milk with a pinch of sugar. Set this aside to proof.
In a large bowl, measure out all your dry ingredients and stir to combine.
By the way, I used this gluten free flour blend….available online, at whole foods or any other grocery store that has a health section. The Pamela’s Products brand seems to be pretty popular in Portland…meaning I can find it at just about any store. If you have a different brand where you’re at, use what you can find. I’ve heard good things about several gluten-free brands.
**Recipe update: Due to feedback from you readers, I can say that this recipe will work with ONLY Pamela’s GF Flour Blend. The ratios of ingredients in those mixes of GF Flour blends is too different, unfortunately when compared to Pamela’s. If you plan on making this recipe, please use Pamela’s.
Ok, so now you need to cube up some butter and cut that into your dry ingredients.
Like so! You still want smaller butter chunks in your dough…..kind of like we’re making pastry, but not.
Once the butter chunks are all dispersed, pour in the warm milk and yeast mixture and stir until dough comes together. Transfer this dough to a floured work surface.
Then comes the cinnamon roll part. Roll dough into a rectangle, cover with butter, then sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll, cut, put into pan. Then, cover and place on the warm oven that’s preheating to get that yeast growing. We’re not going to let these rise for a full hour or two, but you do want to give them a bit of a head start. Once the oven is hot, pop these in and get them baking.
While the rolls are doing their thing, whip up some cream cheese frosting. I used the frosting recipe from my cinnabons because I heart cream cheese frosting, but use whichever recipe you’d like.
Once the rolls are all baked and piping hot, spread the frosting overtop and watch everything ooze. I love a warm cinnamon roll!
More Cinnamon Roll Recipes to Try!
- Chewy Soft Cinnamon Rolls
- Warm Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake Dip
- Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe
- Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls
- Christmas Tree Cinnamon Rolls
- Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Glaze
- 1-Hour Cinnamon Roll Recipe
- Cinnamon Roll Cookies
- Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls
- Pancake Mix Raspberry Cinnamon Rolls
- Cinnamon Roll French Toast Waffles
- Cinnamon Roll Pancake & Waffle Syrup
- Cinnamon Roll Pretzels
- Monster Blood and Guts {Raspberry Cinnamon Roll Pull-Aparts}
- Sweet Orange Rolls
Yummy sweet and cinnaminy layers of goodness that are all slathered with frosting. These were super yummy and didn’t taste like they were gluten free AT ALL! I was amazed. The texture was different because I made these more like a biscuit than a traditional roll {like I mentioned above}, but overall, you gf eaters should enjoy these. PLUS you can’t beat the ‘ready under an hour’ deal! #soawesomeIwanttodie #jkaboutdying Here’s the printable:
Fast & Easy Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 cup warm milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons quick-rise yeast
- 2 1/2 cups gluten free all purpose flour blend or regular all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup cold butter cubed
For the filling:
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
For the frosting:
- 1 oz. cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons softened butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar + 2 tablespoons
Instructions
For the dough:
- Stir yeast into warm milk with a pinch of sugar and set aside to proof. In a large bowl, stir flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together until combined.
- Cut cold butter into dry ingredients until butter pieces are very small {the size of small peas}. Pour in warm milk mixture and stir until dough comes together.
- Pour dough out onto floured work surface. Roll dough out to be a 16 x 20 inch rectangle {approximately}. Spread melted butter overtop dough and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll up gently but tightly. Cut off uneven ends. Cut roll into 2, then 4, then 8. Each roll should be about 1/2-2 inches long.
- Place into greased baking sheet and cover with clean kitchen towel. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place pan of rolls on top of warm oven to rise slightly. Once oven in preheated, remove towel and bake 15-20 minutes until rolls have grown and the tops have browned.
For the frosting:
- Place all ingredients into a large bowl and whip until smooth.
- Spread frosting over warm rolls and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
*Disclaimer– All thoughts and opinions expressed on my blog are my own, as usual 🙂
I would love to try the oatmeal cookie mix! A lot of the GF baked goods I’ve tried before are drier than normal, so I’d love to test these out!
These look SOOOOOO good!
Would love to try Pamela’s GF oatmeal cookie mix!
The Flour! 🙂
I would love to try the gluten free Baking and Pancake Mix! I haven’t tried any gluten free products but I would love to give these a try.
I’d love to try all of them, but the all-purpose blend in particular. My sister has a gluten sensitivity, so I’m always trying to find new products and recipes I can make for her!
The all purpose flour so I could try different things with it!
I would love to try the biscuit and scone mix!
I would love to try the biscuit and scone mix. I discovered I was gluten intolerant about 6 months ago and miss eating scones.
Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix!
I would like to try the Oatmeal Cookie Mix
I would love to try the Oatmeal Cookie mix!
I would love to try the all-purpose blend, as having gotten away from regular flour, I’m finding it difficult to get the same texture using coconut, almond or spelt flour.
The all-purpose artisan mix looks great! Thanks for the giveway!
I’d love to try them all! 🙂
I’m hooked on chocolate chip cookies made from Pamela’s Pancake and Baking Mix, and I’d just recently heard about Pamela’s Artisan Flour Blend and would love to try it! Thanks for the great recipe (and for the giveaway)!
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I would love to try the flour! My daughter has to eat gluten free, and it is a real challenge to try to substitute! These products look wonderful!
1) we moved into our new house last May. two weeks in, we had ants. GAAH. I feel your pain.
2) Basil (our dachshund) hates our hardwood floors. Poor guy avoids them.
3) I WILL be trying these rolls – they sound fantastic!
giveaway… I would love to try Pamela’s all purpose flour blend.
I would love to try the Pamela’s Gluten Free Artisan All Purpose Flour Blend. It sounds awesome. Thanks for the chance to enter.
My family loves Pamela’s! I add a little bit of vanilla to the pancake mix to give it more of a normal taste, but also add Chia Seeds for added health benefits. I also like her all purpose blend. Since I haven’t tried her cookie mixes I would most like to try the sugar cookie mix. Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to try Pamela’s Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Mix
I died laughing at your daughter and her critters!! Children can be so much more tolerable than us grown ups 😉
I like the appeal of the GF AP flour. You don’t have to measure out nine different gums and flours and this and that’s to make it gluten free. That is the product I’d be most excited to try. Simple and hassle free.
I love Pamela’s products! The all purpose mix is a staple in my house. I’ve been dying to try the artisan blend since I heard about it coming out but no grocery store in my area carrys it.
I would like to try the flour! Thank you!
Would love to try the Artisan flour blend and there are so many recipes I ‘d love to try again
I would love to try the oatmeal cookie mix!
I would love to try the Artisan flour mix and the Gluten-free Oatmeal Cookie Mix! Yummy!
I would love to try the flour blend. I have some Bob’s Red Mill, but it leaves baked goods a little gritty and obviously gluten-free, so I need to start testing different blends to see which is the best overall.
I’d love to try the pancake mix!
I’d love to try the Baking and Pancake mix. I’ve got a little girl with wheat allergies that loves pancakes!
I’d love to try the baking mix or the all purpose flour.
Id like to try the pancake mix as im sure if i had it to hand would actually make them especially good as a weekend morning treat
I would LOVE to try the GF Flour blend. My daughter was recently diagnosed with Celiac and we have really been hesitant to make our own flour mix and haven’t heard of a pre-mixed flour blend to try.
I would love to try the oatmeal raising gf cookie mix for a friend who is gluten intolerant. She also has many other food allergies so it’s difficult to prepare foods she can eat. Thanks.
I would love to try the gluten free flour blend so I can bake some yummies for my sister and mom.
The oatmeal cookie mix. Oatmeal cookies sound so good right now and somehow when I eat them I feel like I’m eating something semi healthy due to the oatmeal. 🙂
Very interested in the artisan flour. So many recipes so little time! 🙂
The baking and pancake mix!
I’d like to try the Artisan All Purpose Flour Blend.
I would like to try the baking mix first.
I would love to try Pamela’s Artisan Mix starting first with those cinnamon rolls. It’s so hard to pass by a Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll and not feel totally deprived as a celiac! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
Ok your random thoughts #10 and #11 actually made me LOL at work-I got a couple of looks, it’s ok though.
I love gluten free products and would love to try the Pamela’s Gluten Free Artisan All Purpose Flour Blend because I love cooking and baking so it would be nice to try that one out-i have tried a bunch of different brands but not this one!
Best of luck with the ants!
I would like to try Pamela’s Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Mix and the Artisan All Purpose Flour Blend!
I cannot wait to try the sugar cookie mix:)
I’d love to try the flour blend! I have a dumpling recipe that calls for GF flour (regular doesn’t work nearly as well), and I can’t make it as often as I’d like because the best GF flour I’ve found so far is too expensive and not available in my area.
I can’t wait to try these cinnamon rolls 🙂 .. personally I would love to try the Oatmeal Cookies …
I love the baking & pancake mix, by far the best GF mix I have ever tried! Would love to try the oatmeal cookie mix.
As a newly diagnosed Celiac…I would love to try them all!!! Your cinnamon rolls look amazing and give me hope that I can have some of my old favorites with all the stomach pain!!
I’d love to try Pamela’s Artisan Bread! I miss good bread!!!!
#8 – I am SO with you. We put in dark hardwood floors and they show every speck. I clean them at least once a day and we don’t have kids! I hate hate hate them. So not worth the maintenance required.