A recipe for insanely delicious homemade Mini Cinnamon Rolls that are perfectly portioned and bursting with sweet cinnamon flavor. These bite-sized treats are ideal for breakfast, brunch, or anytime snacking!
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☕️ Their small size makes them perfect finger food for brunches, office gatherings, or holiday celebrations—or a cup of coffee with a sweet treat!
My 2 Best Tips For Making Mini Cinnamon Rolls
#1 – Don’t Rush the Rise: Patience during the rise time is crucial for light, fluffy rolls. Place them in a warm, draft-free location and give them the full 60 minutes to double in size. If it’s a cooler day outside or your house is cooler, then it may take longer to fully rise.
#2 – Frosting Application: Apply the cream cheese frosting while the rolls are still warm, but not hot from the oven. This allows some of the frosting to melt slightly into the rolls, creating an even more decadent treat.
These bite-sized cinnamon rolls deliver all the flavor of traditional rolls in a smaller package, making them perfect for snacking without overindulging.
Their small size makes them perfect finger food for brunches, office gatherings, or holiday celebrations. And they’re absolutely the perfect size for children’s little hands.
These mini rolls can be served warm for breakfast, packed in lunchboxes, or arranged on a dessert platter. They’re perfect with an afternoon cup of coffee or tea!
I highly recommend frosting these sweet rolls. The rich, tangy cream cheese frosting perfectly complements the sweet cinnamon filling, creating a delicious flavor combination in every bite. Pretty much irresistible!
🩷 Melissa
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Mini Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
For the Rolls:
- 4-4 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast 1 package
- 1 ¾ teaspoons salt
- 1 cup milk
- ⅓ cup butter cut up
- 2 large eggs room temperature
For the Filling:
- 6 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon May add up to another tablespoon for a stronger cinnamon flavor.
For the Frosting:
- 1 3-ounce package cream cheese softened
- 4 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, combine 3 ½ cups flour, sugar, yeast, and salt.
- In saucepan or microwave safe dish, heat milk and butter until warm (120°–130°F). Add heated milk and butter to flour mixture. Mix in eggs. Blend at low speed until moistened. Beat 3 minutes at medium speed.
- Switch to the dough hook and mix in the remaining flour a little at a time, to make a soft dough, adding more or less flour as needed. Knead the dough for 5 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover; let rest 15 minutes.
- While the dough is resting, prepare the filling by mixing the filling ingredients until well combined. Set aside. Grease pan(s) for 48 mini muffin cups.
- Divide dough into four equal pieces and keep remaining pieces covered with plastic wrap. On a floured surface, roll the dough into an 8×12" rectangle. Spread ¼ of the filling evenly over the dough.
- Starting with the long end, roll the dough into a log, and cut it into 12 slices. I like to cut with a bench scraper (dough scraper), but you can also use a serrated knife or unflavored dental floss.
- Place each piece, cut edges up, in a mini muffin cup. Repeat with remaining dough. Loosely cover muffin pans with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a warm place until doubled, about 60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Bake 10 to 15 minutes until rolls are golden brown. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then remove from the pan and move to a wire rack placed over parchment paper. While rolls are cooling, make the icing.
- In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, butter, sugar, and vanilla. Spread the icing on the buns while they’re warm so some will ooze down the sides.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe FAQs
While a stand mixer makes the process easier, you can mix the dough by hand. Use a large bowl and wooden spoon to mix the initial ingredients, then knead the dough on a floured surface for 8-10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Several factors can affect the softness of your rolls: overbaking, too much flour in the dough, or insufficient rising time. Make sure your dough is soft and slightly tacky (not dry), allow proper rising time, and watch them carefully in the oven. Taking them out just as they turn golden brown will help keep them soft.
Yes! You can prepare these rolls the night before. Follow the recipe through placing the rolls in the muffin tins, then cover them tightly and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, let them sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes, then continue with the baking instructions. This makes them perfect for holiday mornings!
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Annalise
If it hadn’t been for all of the other delicious things on our brunch spread, I think I could have devoured every last mini cinnamon roll on the platter. They’re poppable-ness makes them so dangerous! Thanks for coming to the shower and bringing these along with you!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks so much for hosting!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
So cute!! Would love to get my hands on these!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
These mini rolls are absolutely mouthwatering!
Kitchen Belleicious
so since they are mini doesn’t that mean i can eat as many as I want? Love cinnamon rolls! My favorite kind of food
Barbara Schieving
Right! Mini cinnamon rolls = mini calories 🙂
Claire @ Claire K Creations
Barbara I most definitely could not stop at one. Also adding Baker’s Cinnamon Filling mix to my New York grocery store shopping list. I’m going to have to buy an extra suitcase to bring back all the ingredients I plan on buying!
Barbara Schieving
How fun! When will you be in the NY? I’ll be there in June.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
These little bites make my mouth water. I love cinnabons but we don’t have such a thing here. I haven’t made them for a while because well, I can’t leave them alone. 🙂 I could make these and freeze without icing and that would work! I’m on a mission. 🙂
Barbara Schieving
I like the way you think.
Bunny
Does it get any better than this…ah NO! They look absolutely wonderful!
Emily
Barbara, you know you’re killing me with all these delicious sweets, right?
Linda
These are so cute. Not to mention delish! You’re right. I couldn’t eat just one.
Carol
Oh boy……cinnamon rolls in miniature? Can’t get much better than that-great for portion control….now who’s gonna slap my hand when I reach for a second one? 🙂
They look delicious, Barbara….off to pin!
carrian
Those really do look so yummy!!!
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking
These are dangerously cute, Barbara! I don’t think I could stop at one!
Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking
I love cinnamon rolls and making the mini version is just adorable! What a cute idea for a baby shower and not only! Would love to pop one or two in my mouth
Lucy
These are so cute – I’m sure guests at a party would absolutely love these! I can imagine it would be difficult to stop after eating just one too.
Amanda
These turned out so perfect. I can just imagine their yummy-ness now! 🙂
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet
So adorable! Love mini treats like these rolls! Pinned!
Kalyn
I can testify that these were delicious!
Averie @ Averie Cooks
Absolutely adorable and beautiful! I have always wanted to make the KA Clone recipe or there’s one on allrecipes called Clone of A Cinnabon and it’s got like 6000 5-star reviews. Your little rolls are all so PERFECT! Pinned!
Annamaria
Barbara,
I love miniatures and cinnamon rolls. Great combo. I pinning these.
Annamaria
Rosa
Lovely rolls! Absolutely irresistible.
Cheers,
Rosa