Easy Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls (but they taste like Homemade and they are Dairy-Free!)

I have loved cinnamon rolls since I was a little girl. I can remember taking trips to the mall with my mom and stopping by Cinnabon to conclude our trip. I can still smell the goodness.

When we first got married, I made it my goal to find the BEST clone of the cinnabon recipe, and I found one I love. It involves using my bread machine and lots of waiting time.

Once we had our 3 boys in 3 years (and motherhood was much harder than I expected with colic-y, dairy intolerant babes and toddler tantrums), I decided there must be an easier way to get this same taste, and after experimenting decided biscuits actually work quite well!

I hope you enjoy these as much as our family does. My boys easily eat 3 a piece (if we let them).

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Easy "Homemade" Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls

Want the taste of homemade cinnamon rolls in less than 20 minutes and for under 2 dollars? Check out this easy-peasy way to transform store-brand canned biscuits into a delicious breakfast treat.

Course Breakfast

Keyword biscuits, cinnamon, cinnamon rolls, dairy free, rolls

Prep Time 4 minutes

Cook Time 18 minutes

Total Time 22 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Earth Balance Butter (dairy free butter if you want it to be dairy free)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1-2 tbsp cinnamon
• 2 cans refrigerated biscuits (store brand, small can is fine) you can use one can of the larger biscuits
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tbsp milk (or almond milk, rice milk, coconut milk)

Instructions

1. Flour your surface and lay the biscuits touching to make a rectangle

   

2. Use a rolling pin to roll the biscuits out (try to make them touch as much as possible to make a solid rectangle)

   

3. Melt the butter 

   

4. Spread the butter on the rectangle of dough

   

5. Mix the sweet stuff (confession: I don't always measure)

   

6. spread the mixture over the buttered rectangle

   

7. Roll up the rectangle on the long side (if it were a piece of paper it would be  "hamburger style")

8. Cut every 1-2 inches being careful to keep the roll shape

9. Bake at 375 for about 18 minutes (or when golden brown)

10. Mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 3 TB milk (I used coconut, but have used almond, rice and cow's milk too). Pour the glaze over the cinnamon rolls and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

**This recipe can be made dairy free if you find dairy free biscuits. I've noticed most store brand (the small, super cheap cans) are actually dairy free. They usually have soy, though, so be careful if you are avoiding dairy and soy. The Annie's cinnamon rolls are also dairy free (though they are about 5 dollars a can).

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