Recipe

Eggless Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon rolls with a photo guide to shaping before the second proof.

Published Sep 24, 2026 1 min read

Ingredients

Dough

  • 240 g warm milk
  • 50 g sugar
  • 3 g active dry yeast
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 315 g all-purpose flour
  • Salt to taste
  • 45 g softened butter

Filling

  • 55 g softened butter
  • 100 g brown sugar
  • 25 g ground cinnamon (or less to taste)

Before baking

  • 120 ml heavy cream, room temperature

Glaze

  • 100 g softened cream cheese
  • 120 g sifted icing sugar
  • 30 g heavy cream
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Pinch of salt

Steps

  1. Combine milk, sugar and yeast; wait 10 minutes for foam.

  2. Add flour, salt, butter and vanilla. Knead 8–10 minutes; cover in a greased bowl until doubled, about 2–2½ hours.

  3. Mix filling ingredients. Deflate dough, roll into a rectangle and spread filling. Roll up; cut into eight.

  4. Place in a greased dish with room to expand.

    Six unbaked cinnamon rolls arranged in a round baking pan before the second proof
    This is what the rolls should look like before the second proof: shaped spirals with space to rise. This photo shows six rolls; the recipe yields eight.

  5. Cover; proof 45–60 minutes, until doubled.

  6. Pour cream over rolls. Bake at 180°C (356°F) for 25–30 minutes.

  7. Whisk glaze ingredients; spread over warm rolls.