My Favorite Egg-Free Cinnamon Rolls
When you have an egg allergy – or intolerance – buying treats in stores is not an option! That is the reason I am so excited to share this Easy Eggless Cinnamon Rolls recipe. My little princess, diagnosed with egg allergy when she was one yo, was over the moon when she tried these cinnamon rolls for the first time! And I couldn’t be happier. These Easy Eggless Cinnamon Rolls are fluffy, soft, packed with cinnamon filling, then slathered with super luscious and creamy frosting. What can I say? Totally irresistible! Besides being delicious, they are also very easy and quick to make. They take about 90 minutes from start to finish. I also love that this recipe can be prep the night before, and the next morning you just have to let the rolls rise for 25-ish minutes and then bake them.
Easy Eggless Cinnamon Rolls Highlights
They’re fluffy, soft, and packed with cinnamon flavor.Easy and quick to make.Made with simple ingredients. You can prep the night before and have them ready to bake in the morning.
Believe me… you need to make these ASAP! Warning: Your house will smell like heaven.
2 – Form the Rolls
Roll the dough out in a 15×9 inch rectangle.
Ingredients Notes & Substitutions
For the Dough:
Egg Substitute: To substitute the eggs, you can use a flax egg (golden flaxseed meal +water) or evaporated milk. You don’t have evaporated milk? No problem!! Check out my post about How to Make Evaporated Milk at home. WaterMilk: For baking, I like to use whole milk. However, you can use any milk you have handy.Flour: You can use regular all-purpose flour or bread flour. For best results, skip the cake flour and wheat flour.Yeast: You can use either instant yeast or active yeast. If using instant yeast, you don’t need to activate it, just mix it with the dry ingredients.Sugar: Regular white granulated sugar o caster sugar.Salt: I prefer kosher or sea salt. If you only have table salt handy, I recommend reducing the amount to half.Butter: I prefer unsalted butter, but if you only have salted butter handy, you can use it. In this case, skip the salt called in the recipe.
For the Filling, you will need brown sugar, ground cinnamon, salt, and unsalted butter. For the Frosting, you will need unsalted butter, cream cheese, pure vanilla extract, salt, heavy cream, and powdered sugar
1- Make the Dough
Warn up the milk and water in the microwave. Place flour, instant yeast, sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl; mix to combine. Make a well in the center. Add the warm water/milk and knead in a stand mixer with the hood attachment for 3 minutes. Then add melted butter, and flax mixture or evaporated milk into the well; knead for 5 -8 minutes or until the dough is well combined and no longer sticky, smooth and elastic. Place in a lightly greased bowl, cover, and let it rest in a warm place for about 10 -15 minutes.
Spread 2 tablespoons of the softened butter on top. Sprinkle sugar-cinnamon mixture all over the dough Roll dough to form a log. Cut the log into 8 rolls. Then, place rolls in the prepared baking pan.
3 – Rise
Preheat the oven to 200º F (90º C) for 10 minutes; turn off the oven.Cover the baking pan with the roll, place it inside the warm oven, and allow the rolls to rise in the oven for 30 minutes or until nearly double. After the rolls have risen, take them out of the warm oven.
4 – Bake
Preheat the oven to 375º F (190º C). Uncover the rolls and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the rolls are lightly golden brown and the center of the rolls are cooked through. While the rolls are baking, prepare the frosting. Spread the frosting over the warm rolls and serve immediately.
Best Frosting for Eggless Cinnamon Rolls
Beat together 8 tablespoons of softened unsalted butter, and 4 ounces of softened cream cheese until well combined and creamy. Add 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, and 1 tablespoon heavy cream; mix to combine. Add 1 ½ cup powdered sugar and continue mixing until well combined and smooth. Make sure your liquids are not too hot. It must be slightly warm to the touch but not steaming, about 105-115º F. Anything hotter is likely to kill the yeast, which means the cinnamon rolls will not rise. TIP: Dip your finger in the milk — it should feel warm like warm bath water but not HOT. If you warmed it up too much, simply wait a few minutes until it cools down enough to touch. Knead long enough. The windowpane test is one of the best ways to tell if you’ve sufficiently kneaded your bread dough. If properly kneaded, the dough should stretch, without tearing or breaking, into a thin membrane that you can see through. It means that the gluten is well-developed, and your dough is ready to rise.
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Freeze
To freeze unbaked rolls: Make them through the rolling and cutting step and place them in the pan. Cover them tightly to avoid freezer burn, and freeze. When you want to bake them, defrost them in the refrigerator overnight. Let the rolls rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours or until doubled in size. Bake as directed in the recipe. To freeze baked rolls: I recommend freezing the baked rolls without frosting. You can choose to either freeze the entire pan or freeze individual cinnamon rolls. Make sure they are well covered to avoid freezer burn. When ready to eat, defrost the cinnamon rolls at room temperature, then warm in the oven at 350º F for 10-15 minutes, or in the microwave for 20-30 seconds intervals until warmed through.
How To Reheat Leftover Cinnamon Rolls
Reheat leftover rolls in a 300º F oven until warmed through, about 10 minutes, or in the microwave for 30 – 45 sec.
You’ve asked, and I’ve answered! Read on for a handful of answers to the most frequently asked questions about eggless baking. Originally posted in January 2019, the post content was edited to add more helpful information, with no change to the recipe in June 2022.
