Easy No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Easy No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls are calling for Fall Baking fun!  Bake up sweet and gooey cinnamon rolls loaded with a sinful, buttery cinnamon filling, tender apple bits, topped with a glorious blanket of cream cheese glaze!

This is the perfect apple cinnamon roll recipe for quick and easy apple cinnamon rolls, without a lot of fuss and time!  These 6 Apple Fall Baking Recipes and this Easy Apple Cinnamon Biscuit Bake will get you apple-inspired for sure!

See how easy these fool-proof breakfast rolls are to make, plus there's no yeast involved or mixer involved!  That means, no waiting or proofing the dough! You can actually make and bake these gooey apple cinnamon rolls within the hour!  If you want to use yeast, you may love these Easy Quick Gooey Cinnamon Rolls instead? Or these Cinnamon Pumpkin Rolls? YUM!

These no yeast rolls do not disappoint!  They are light, airy and fluffy delish! By omitting the yeast, we used baking powder to get homemade cinnamon rolls onto your breakfast table in under an hour easily!

Why We Love These No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls

• Because they are perfect when you want no fuss, but still want homemade, fresh rolls that taste amazing!
• Ready in less than 45 minutes, no mixer, no yeast involved!
• The cinnamon filling has melted butter, brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in each of the rolled layers.
• The apples are sweet and tender and taste amazing paired with the cinnamon filling.
• Topped with a tangy cream cheese icing, these apple cinnamon rolls explode with so much flavor!
• Perfect for weekends, special breakfasts and brunches!

Ingredients You Need for No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Cinnamon Filling

• brown sugar
• granulated sugar
• ground cinnamon
• ground nutmeg
• salt
• unsalted butter, melted
• 3 apples, peeled and diced 

 Dough

• all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out dough
• granulated sugar
• baking powder
• baking soda
• salt
• buttermilk (or milk with 1 tablespoon vinegar/lemon juice - let set to curdle for 5-10 minutes)
• vanilla extract
• unsalted butter, melted 

Cream Cheese Icing

• cream cheese, softened
• confectioners’ sugar
• vanilla extract
• heavy cream or milk of choice

How to Make Easy Apple Cinnamon Rolls 

1. Preheat oven to 425°F and grease an 9x13inch baking dish with butter or non-stick spray. Set aside.

Cinnamon Filling

1. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and melted butter. Mix until well blended and set aside.
2. Peel apples and dice, set aside.

 Dough

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.
2. In a separate container, mix together the buttermilk, 5 tablespoons of the melted butter, and vanilla extract and pour over the flour mixture.
3. Using a wooden spoon, stir together until a shaggy mixture forms. Knead a few times with your hands until dough is smooth and divide into two equal portions.
4. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and press or roll out each piece into an 8x12-inch rectangle. Sprinkle the cinnamon filling evenly over each piece of dough, leaving a ¼-inch border. Using your hands, gently pat the filling into the dough.
5. Add apple chunks on top of the cinnamon filling.
6. Starting with the longest side nearest you (12-inch edge), roll the dough into a log. Pinch the ends closed and cut each log into 8 equal rounds, for a total of 16 rolls.
7. Arrange the rolls in the prepared baking dish and brush tops with remaining butter. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
8. After removing from oven, let rolls cool in the pan on wire rack for 5 minutes.

Cream Cheese Icing

1. Whisk all of the icing ingredients together and drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.

Special Tip - When Making the Dough, Expect a Soft Dough

• Do not incorporate more flour than you need in this dough.
• Dough will be soft and a little sticky, so instead of mixing more flour into the dough to make it workable, use extra flour when shaping the rolls.
• If the dough is sticking to your counter and rolling pin as you work, dust it all with more flour.

Apple Tips 

• I chopped up 3 medium apples for this recipe, but feel free to add more apples if you like.  It's better to chop them up into smaller chunks, rather than larger chunks, because these rolls only bake for 20 minutes.

Storing Apple Cinnamon Rolls

• Cover leftover frosted or unfrosted rolls tightly and store at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.  Just nuke them in the microwave for 20-30 seconds until warm and gooey.  Indulge!!

These apple cinnamon rolls are always welcome any time of the year! It’s a perfect baking project to do with the kids too!  They can roll out the dough, add the filling, apples, roll up the spiral of dough, and slather that cream cheese icing on top!

You and everyone else won't be able to resist this soft and fluffy cinnamon bun recipe!  It's no knead, no rise, and absolutely what you need for your Fall Baking!

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Easy No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Kim Lange

Easy No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls are calling for Fall Baking fun!  Bake up sweet and gooey cinnamon rolls loaded with a sinful, buttery cinnamon filling, tender apple bits, topped with a glorious blanket of cream cheese glaze! 

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Course Breakfast, Brunch

Servings 16 Servings

Calories

Ingredients

  

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Cinnamon Filling

• 1 cup brown sugar
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• 1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons butter melted
• 3 apples peeled and diced (add more if you want more apple, just make sure the apple is diced small for best results.)

Dough

• 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour plus more for rolling out dough
• ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ¼ cups buttermilk or milk with 1 tablespoon vinegar/lemon juice - let set to curdle for 5-10 minutes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup unsalted butter melted

Cream Cheese Icing

• 3 tablespoons cream cheese softened
• 1 ¼ cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 or 3 Tablespoons heavy cream or milk of choice

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 425°F and grease an 9x13inch baking dish with butter. Set aside.

Cinnamon Filling

• In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and melted butter. Mix until well blended and set aside.
• Peel apples and dice, set aside.

Dough

• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.
• In a separate container, mix together the buttermilk, 5 tablespoons of the melted butter, and vanilla extract and pour over the flour mixture.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir together until a shaggy mixture forms. Knead a few times with your hands until dough is smooth and divide into two equal portions.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and press or roll out each piece into an 8x12-inch rectangle. Sprinkle the cinnamon filling evenly over each piece of dough, leaving a ¼-inch border. Using your hands, gently pat the filling into the dough.
• Add apple chunks on top of the cinnamon filling.
• Starting with the longest side nearest you (12-inch edge), roll the dough into a log. Pinch the ends closed and cut each log into 8 equal rounds, for a total of 16 rolls.
• Arrange the rolls in the prepared baking dish and brush tops with remaining butter. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• After removing from oven, let rolls cool in the pan on wire rack for 5 minutes.

Cream Cheese Icing

• Whisk all of the icing ingredients together and drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.

Notes

Storing

• Cover leftover frosted or unfrosted rolls tightly and store at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

About Apples

• I chopped up 3 medium apples for this recipe, but feel free to add more apples if you like.  It's better to chop them up into smaller chunks, rather than larger chunks, because these rolls only bake for 20 minutes.  

Keyword apple, cinnamon, cinnamon rolls, no yeast, rolls

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