Delicious and easy to make no yeast vegan cinnamon rolls take just 45 minutes to make and require no rise time. Perfect for wanting homemade vegan cinnamon rolls quickly.
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The secret to getting cinnamon rolls on the table fast? Skip the yeast.
As a long-time vegan and a mom who’s always juggling hungry kids and a full schedule, I’m all about those shortcut recipes that still taste like a weekend treat. These no-yeast vegan cinnamon rolls are exactly that—soft, sweet, and full of that classic cinnamon swirl, but without the rise time.
No proofing, no waiting hours, no worrying if your yeast is expired (because let’s be real, we’ve all been there). Just mix, roll, bake, and enjoy—all in under an hour.
This is one of those recipes I turn to when a cinnamon roll craving hits hard, or when I want something special for breakfast but didn’t plan ahead. They’re perfect for lazy mornings, surprise brunches, or even dessert.
Ingredients for Vegan Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
There are 3 parts to these yeast free vegan cinnamon rolls. The dough, the filling, and the frosting.
Don’t let this recipe intimidate you. It may seem like a lot while you look at the list, but it’s so easy to make.
full ingredient amounts listed in the printable recipe card below
Dough
- flour (all purpose or bread)
- vegan cane sugar
- baking powder
- salt
- apple cider vinegar
- vegan butter
- dairy free milk
Filling
- brown sugar
- vegan cane sugar
- cinnamon
- vegan butter
- vanilla
Frosting
- raw cashews
- powdered sugar
- full fat coconut milk
- maple syrup
- coconut oil
- lemon juice
- vanilla
- sea salt
- (Dairy Free milk or water on hand for diluting)
- *See notes below about allergy friendly alternative
How To Make Vegan Cinnamon Rolls No Yeast
Preheat oven to 375 F degrees. Grease an 8×8 baking dish.
Add all your dry dough ingredients to a bowl and stir together.
Heat up your dairy free milk and melt your butter. Pour the milk, butter, and apple cider vinegar into the bowl and stir to combine. Do not over mix.
Lightly flour your counter and pour out the dough onto it. Knead the dough and then shape it into a smooth ball. Add more flour on top as needed to prevent sticking.
Using a rolling pin, roll your dough out to a 10×14″ rectangle.
In a bowl, make the filling by combining brown sugar, sugar, and cinnamon and then stirring in vegan butter and vanilla.
Spread the filling evenly over the dough
On one of the longest sides, rough the dough to the opposite side.
Cut your rolls evenly into 9 pieces, about 1 ½ inches apart
Place rolls in your greased pans and bake for 25-30 minutes or until cooked through. You want to see browning on your rolls.
While the rolls are baking, make your frosting by adding everything to a blender until smooth. If you want it thinner, add 1 tablespoon dairy free milk at a time until desired consistency.
Can I make yeast free vegan cinnamon rolls Top 8 Allergen Free?
For the dough and filling there is flour, vegan butter and dairy free milk.
For the milk, choose one that works for your allergies, we like oat so that’s usually good for everything.
For the butter, we recommend going with Earth Balance soy free in the red tub if there are soy allergies.
We have not tested this recipe with gluten free flour, but based on other testing it should work, it would just be more dense as gluten free flour has a tendency to be.
We have found that King Arthur’s Measure for Measure flour works best when switching out a gluten flour.
For the frosting, it is a cashew based frosting so nuts, as well as coconut are a concern. If those are a concern for you, we would recommend just making half the amount of our vegan buttercream frosting and follow the tips about the vegan butter above.
How to Store Yeast Free Cinnamon Rolls
These yeastless cinnamon rolls would be best stored in an air tight container at which point they would be good for 3-5 days. Warming up being serving is recommended.
How To Freeze Homemade Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
Yes, you can either freeze them before baking or after they are done once they had had enough time to cool down (come to room temperature).
What other vegan breakfast ideas could I make?
Once you try these delicious vegan cinnamon rolls with no yeast, you may be looking for other amazing vegan breakfast ideas that you should try.
Otherwise, here’s some both sweet and savory dairy free breakfast ideas.
- Vegan Banana Pancakes
- Vegan Breakfast Skillet (pictured above)
- Vegan Sausage Biscuits and Gravy
- Super Soft Vegan Blueberry Muffins
- Vegan Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuits
- Dairy Free French Toast
- Dairy Free Banana Bread
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No Yeast Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
No Yeast Dough
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoon vegan cane sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 5 tablespoon vegan butter, melted
- ¾ cup dairy free milk (we like oat)
Filling
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoon vegan cane sugar
- 2 ½ tsps cinnamon
- 4 tbsp vegan butter, softened
- ½ tsp vanilla
Vegan Cashew Cream Cheese Frosting (see notes for allergies)
- ¾ cup raw cashews, soaked overnight or in boiling water for 30 minutes
- ⅔ cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup full fat coconut milk (the thick part out of a can)
- 3 tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- dairy free milk, as need
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F degrees. Grease an 8×8 baking dish.
For the Dough
- Add all dry dough ingredients to a bowl and stir together.
- Heat up dairy free milk and melt butter. Pour the milk, butter, and apple cider vinegar into the bowl and stir to combine. Do not over mix.
- Lightly flour surface and pour out the dough onto it. Knead the dough and then shape it into a smooth ball. Add more flour on top as needed to prevent sticking.
- Using a rolling pin, roll dough out to a 10×14" rectangle.
For the Filling
- In a bowl, make the filling by combining brown sugar, sugar, and cinnamon and then stirring in vegan butter and vanilla.
- Spread the filling evenly over the dough
- On one of the longest sides, rough the dough to the opposite side.Cut rolls evenly into 9 pieces, about 1 ½ inches apart
- Place rolls in greased pans and bake for 25-30 minutes or until cooked through until you see golden brown on some of the rolls.
For the Frosting
- While the rolls are baking, make frosting by adding everything to a blender until smooth. If you want it thinner, add 1 tablespoon dairy free milk at a time until desired consistency.
- Remove rolls and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Pour over the frosting as desired.
So easy to make and they tasted AMAZING. My whole non vegan family loved them! Thank you for the recipe!
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These were incredible! They were a lot of fun to make and so easy – and my non-vegan parents loved them! 🙂
Accidentally left the rating off the last review – definitely five stars!!
HAHA, thank you!
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DELICIOUS! I made these last night (super easy) to have for breakfast this morning, and I just had one – wow!! I’m amazed; they totally satisfied my craving for cinnamon buns without being too sweet or too rich. This recipe is definitely part of my baking repertoire now 🙂 Thanks guys!
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THEY TASTE SO GOOD From Ryndon I’m 8yrs old
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What an amazing recipe !! I’m eating it while writing this, hold on, I’ve got to get some more ! It’s the fastest and the tastiest cinnamon rolls I’ve ever cooked ! Thank you so much !!
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SO GOOD! I’ve been wanting to make cinnamon rolls but it just seemed like a lot of work. This recipe was incredibly simple and my partner thought that they were store bought (even though I usually bake from scratch). I did not make the icing, since I didn’t have any sort of nut or icing/powdered sugar. Instead, I mixed cream cheese with vanilla, salt, lemon, and cashew milk and drizzle. Was soo, soo good.
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05\26\2020 Just made these with my daughter. The smelled so good baking. New house favorite for sure. Thank you guys
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