‘Big Picture’ life thoughts:
Be kind. Be kinder than you think yourself possible. Be passionate. Live fully, wholly, and unapologetically. Apologize when you’re a bonehead… for real. Show gratitude. Express joy. Feel pain. Empathize… with eye contact. Slow down, breathe deeply. Love hard… always. Celebrate big and small. Gather and share. Be brave. Show praise.
‘Small Picture’ thoughts:
Where the heck are my car keys? Why does this sweater look stupid? Do I really need a set of matching towels in my bathroom, or are these hand-me-downs cool? Wait… did I pay that bill? I know you’re scared, Joy… do it anyway. Don’t forget to feed the cat. Don’t forget to write that email. Don’t forget to write that other email, and send that picture, and write up that recipe. Don’t forget to try and write it all down on that long list of other things you’re trying to forget. Don’t forget to sleep some. Set your TV recorder? Can’t. Hopeless. Wait… slow down. Chill out. Try to think more ‘big picture’ life thoughts. Don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees.
‘Big picture and Small picture’ thought:
How many more things can I make with biscuit dough… like, now!
I’ve been caught up in the day to day stress-bits lately. It’s hard to see big when small tasks are so present and demanding.
Butter. Biscuit dough. Buttermilk. These are all worry-tamers in my book.
Shaggy and cold dough will be formed into a loose, lightly floured disk.
It’s the beginning of very good things.
This is how you’d roll biscuits. Big and thick.
For biscuit cinnamon rolls, we’ll roll the dough much thinner.
Dough is topped with melted butter and cinnamon sugar filling.
Come on… you know this is when things get bonkers.
Rolled and sliced.
Cinnamon rolls. Extra butter. No rise time.
I will never not love this sort of image.
Never not.
Let’s talk about these little darlings.
Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls are like no other cinnamon roll I’ve ever had. There’s hardly any kneading. There’s no rise time. There is warm, tender-centered, cinnamon flavored dough bites. These pastries bake up with biscuit flakiness and rich cinnamon swirl. They’re a bit more dense than your standard cinnamon roll… because they’re biscuits.
I think these rolls are best served warm, the day they’re made. I quite like them with extra butter (duh) and a bit of strawberry jam.
Think of the ‘big picture’. Think of the ‘grand scheme’. Think of how much better those two would be with these rolls in them.
aaaand…. I love you.
Know what else is bonkers!?
Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread. aaaaand Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls.
Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls
makes 8 or 9 rolls
For the Biscuits:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
1/4 cup vegetable shortening, cold and cut into cubes (if you don’t have shortening you can certainly substitute unsalted butter)
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup buttermilk, cold
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the Filling:
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg (optional)
pinch of salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted plus a bit more for topping the biscuits before baking
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Grease a 8×8-inch square baking pan with butter and set aside.
In a small bowl, make the filling by mixing together sugars, spices, and salt. Set aside. Set melted butter aside as well.
In a mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in shortening and butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Use your hands to break the fat cutes into the dry ingredients. Some of the fat bits will be the size of peas and some fat bits will be the size of oat flakes. In another bowl, combine egg, milk, and vanilla, and beat lightly with a fork. Add the liquid to flour mixture all at once, stirring enough to make a soft dough.
Turn out onto a floured board and knead about 15 times. If the butter has warmed too much in the making of the dough, shape the batter into a dish, wrap in plastic wrap, and let rest in the fridge for 15 minutes. If the butter is still cool, shape the dough into a disk and, on a well floured surface, roll dough to a little less than 1/2-inch thickness. My dough was about 12-inches long and 10-inches tall. The dough will be rolled much thinner than a biscuit dough that you would cut biscuits from.
Brush biscuit dough with melted butter. Sprinkle liberally with cinnamon sugar filling. Begin to carefully roll one vertical side into a fairly tight roll. Continue rolling until you have a biscuit cylinder. Using a sharp, floured knife, slice into log, about 1-inch thick. Place rolls, in prepared pan. Brush the tops with melted butter and bake for 13-15 minutes, until slightly golden brown on top.
These biscuit cinnamon rolls are best served warm the day they’re made. They’re also good reheated with butter and jam.
Lisa A
Sunday morning and I was just thinking to myself, ‘I want cinnamon rolls…and biscuits.’ And, viola! I knew you’d have such a recipe. Thank you, Joy! :)
Cinnamon Vogue
Wow this is very nice Joy. Who would have think, a biscuit Cinnamon roll. Came across this looking for Cinnamon Swiss Roll. Perhaps you will make that next. But I want mine with a Cinnamon orange jam filling.
Rachelle
Okay, I made these tonight with teeny frittatas (mini muffin tins) for my husband and 5 kiddos. So great for a last minute “what am I making for dinner???” night. Also I coated the finished product in a thicker more cinnamony version of fat sauce. Nothin wrong there.
Gail
These are delicious! Thank you so much!
Angela
A lovely presentation, I must say!!
I am sure my kids would love it and so would I :) Definitely going to try it out this weekend!!
Aurora
Joy, I’m back to baking and I made this today! Yummy, though the dough was so difficult to work with that my rolls ended up quite hideous looking unfortunately. Maybe the butter melted too much? Taste was good but I baked mine for 16 min and I think 17 or 18 might be ideal, you end up with very doughy biscuits. I followed the recipe to a T too! 29th Joy recipe, will definitely reach the 30 milestone in a few days.
rebecca
Thanks for this post! I’ve been scared of biscuit dough forever and this recipe tipped me over the edge. I made a batch to make for friends tomorrow that I’ll bake in the morning. To test them, though, I put one in a little cup and baked individually tonight and it was delish!
Thanks!!
Josefina
Hey! I live in Chile and right now it’s raining heavily. So, I decided to bake these. Great success!!!! My family loved them!
Thank you very much!
Sara
I use to spent 3 hrs making cinnamon rolls. But this recipe is great, it doesn’t need rising time. And it taste grate. I made this last night and love it! Thanks for the recipe!
Karen
I made these tonight.
Oh. My. God.
They’re technically for a potluck tomorrow, but I don’t know if they’ll make it till then.
Thanks for the recipe!
elise
made these last week. and then again. and now im obsessed. i cant stop!!!
ps you owe me a new wardrobe now.
lesley
Thank you so much for this recipe! I grew up with biscuit cinnamon rolls, not those weird yeasty ones, and I was having a major craving this morning and came across your recipe. Thanks for not letting me down :)
Justine Wilson
What a great idea! I’ll be making these with visitors coming in town soon – do you see any issue with making ahead and freezing the rolls before baking?
joythebaker
You could freeze them just fine. Enjoy.
Bridget
I made these this weekend. They were lovely and I will defiantely make them again!
Jennifer
My daughter just made the cinnamon rolls from page 42 of your new book. Truly awesome! I was tempted to eat three right out of the pan. We have pictures but can’t figure out how to post them :(
Thanks Joy, for making my house smell like cinnamon this morning ;)
Randy
I originally came to your site to look at the recipes and amazing images for inspiration both in my cooking as well as my photography. However, this post with your “big picture thoughts” is life inspiring. Thank you.
Kate W.
Joy, I know the recipe is already super easy but can these still be made the night before and kept in the fridge?
Katie
Joy-
You just blew my mind with this recipe. CInnamon rolls are pretty much my favorite food group, but I never make them because I am lazy. But with a biscuit dough? And of course I also love biscuits. Wow. Bravo. I am also usually a skulker and never post comments, so you’ve drawn me out of my shell with this one. Nice! Love your blog and your podcast. Maybe I’ll even be inspired and rate you on iTunes just cause I’m feeling motivated :-)
Katie
Bethany
“1/4 cup vegetable, cold and cut into cubes”
Does it matter which vegetable I choose? :)
Hope
1/4 cup is not a vegetable, it’s vegetable shortening. If you look in any grocery store you can find it. Don’t worry-there isn’t a specific type of vegetable that you need to find for the shortening.
Caroline @ chocolate & carrots
Perfection!
Sharee
Thx… needed a big reminder about the big picture…
Kelly
I made these yesterday morning (and added some chopped pecans to the cinnamon-sugar mix before rolling) and they were FANTASTIC!! Thanks for such a great idea!
Liz
I made these on the weekend for a family get-together – they were a huge hit! Thanks!
Cecilia
Thought you’d appreciate this:
My bootcamp trainer has a bottle of cinnamon and sugar that he put together in his pantry…and he labels it “Unicorn Farts”
:)
Amielle
This seems so easy. I’ve always thought of cinnamon rolls as difficult and time consuming and wow…you’ve taken that entire myth and just crushed it with this recipe. Which I am oh so thankful for!
Stacy @ Say It With Sprinkles
Big picture is something I constantly have to remind myself to consider…I’m such a details, in the moment kinda person…helpful sometimes, but also gets me in trouble, haha! PERSPECTIVE is so important! =)
Jen
Hi Joy, making these for breakfast right now! Thanks for the post.
Candice @ NotesFromABroad
Personally, there is little that I do not like when Cinnamon and Sugar are the main ingredients.
Warm and with butter and I am lost ~
besitos. C
Jule
i ate all of them by myself. thank you, they are fucking tasty :)
Maggie
I just made these and the whole pan is already gone. They were SO good. Thanks Joy!
lidia
this is interesting!
i think i would rather have the real deal when it comes to cinnamon rolls
but i have made that cinnamon-sugar pull apart bread and it is to die for!!!
Kirstin
In the oven right now!
Michelle @ Brown Eyed Baker
LOVE these rolls, and love your big picture/small picture thoughts even more. I need to learn to take a step back every now and then too. Thanks for the reminder!
Jenna
I want one! Those look SO good. I think I’d top them with a thick layer of cream cheese frosting. Omnomnom.
Corrie
man that looks good. i’ve been craving cinnamon rolls! you always make recipes look so pretty and easy, joy! i really wish i could have met you on your tour when you were down in socal! hope things are going well.
Holiday Baker Man
Yum!
Kirsty
Made these today…delicious!!
Lee
Hey Joy.. Just a quick question….Can I do this with an 8in square pan instead of an 88in? Because I don’t think my oven will even hold an 88in pan…
Giggle!!!!
Emily S
I made those last night they were great! I did add vanilla pudding mix in the middle. And on the bottom of the pan, I included 1/4 cup melted butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 tbs cinnamon, and 2 tbs vanilla pudding mix. My husband loved them!
Amy
They’re still warm-my family hasn’t had time to devour them all, but it won’t be long! I don’t typically cook breakfast on Saturday morning (still reeling from the busy week) but when my husband teasingly asked “what’s for breakfast this morning?” I headed into the kitchen and whipped this up. I was almost out of butter, so used only shortening in the biscuit dough and they’re still very yummy. Kids requested a powdered sugar glaze and since I’m super mom I obliged. Guilding the lily, but it really was great! And they all think I’m amazing!
Helen
oh yum. I have to make these. Then make proper tea. With a teapot and cup and saucer. And then sit with my friends and put the world to rights. They look like those kind of biscuits.
Lexi @ Cura Personalis Foodie
I literally pinned this within 1.238214423843 seconds. My life now has only one goal: make these biscuit cinnamon rolls. Big picture indeed ;)
P.S. <>
is this word shortening supposed to be after vegetable? :)
anna
joy, your creativity continually blows my mind. why hasn’t anyone ever thought of this before? these look so, so, so good.
Caitlin
Dear Joy,
Last Sunday morning in my kitchen was a celebration of your cookbook with my parents and my boyfriend. I made brown butter blueberry muffins, blueberry orange and almond pancakes with orange maple glaze, and coffee bacon. The bacon raised some eyebrows as it was being made.. but everyone loved it. Can’t wait to make some more of your creations this weekend!
Anyways, I do have a question. When I followed your blueberry muffin recipe, my “batter” came out very dry and basically looked like a dough rather than a batter. I had to add a lot more milk to thin it out, but it was great and worked deliciously once I did. The only thing I could think of that made my batter so thick was that I potentially didn’t brown the butter correctly? Maybe I let it go too much and it lost too much liquid? Is this possible? Just wanted to ask, because I followed the recipe as written, but it definitely did not look like batter when I made it. And I couldn’t fail my first endeavor into your cookbook!
Thanks, Joy! You blog and podcast with Tracy help to make my stressful life lighter. :)
Caley
Joy. You are a delight. You are relatable, inspiring, and my favorite blog writer. I know that I can always just find something on here and KNOW that it will turn out well. Just felt the need to tell you that!
Jessica @ bake me away!
Oh, yes, please!
KM
When the book came, I ripped the package open, dropped the mail on the entryway bench, and plopped on the couch to read it cover to cover! I see some tasty days in my future!
Come to DC! We have cherry blossoms!
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking
These cinnamon rolls are marvelous, Joy. Many, many congratulations on your new book! This is only one of so many great things to come for you!
elisha ;)
These were lovely to make…and my husband declared them “quite possibly the best cinnamon roll I’ve ever had” :D one PROBLEM though: they turned out a good bit “doughy”…especially the one in the middle and the edges facing the middle. I baked them for at least 16 mins…did they just need more time? Anyone else feel this? What did you do?
Mindy
Mine were doughy too – in the same way. I put them back in the oven and checked on them often… I ended up cooking them for about 22 min. Next time I think I would cook them for 15, cover them with foil (to prevent over-browning), and cook an additional 10. I cooked mine in a square glass Pyrex (vs a metal pan). Could that have been the cause? They were DELICIOUS. They took a little longer to prepare than I guessed, but I sure loved the no-rise time!!
Indirect Libre
Thanks for posting this advice! I’m making these this morning and I’ll try it your way. My stove tends to cook things a bit weirdly, and I’m using a glass pyrex as well.
The Sunday Gourmet
My family has been making a similar recipe to this for the better part of 35 years. They are excellent!
Lauren (PB&G)
You. are. my. HERO! Making these for dinner tonight.
I love you!
Lauren (PB&G)
Edit: a version of these for dinner, that is!
Lenara Funk
They look so yummy! I can’t wait to meet you next Saturday in Seattle!..and I am coming all the way from Jacksonville, FL! :-)
I love your book!
Stacie (Foodie2Shoes)
you’re a genius!
James B
Brilliant, absolute pure class!!! Just look soooooo good….
Jean C.
Been making these 4-ever!!! Since I was a little girl…. ahem… we won’t talk about how old I am… gramma’s don’t have to tell! Anyway, my son (I can tell his age!) 35 likes these better than the rising type of cinnamon rolls…. requests them every time he comes home! Yep…. what’s not to like! Sweet, cinnamony…. fast, sweet (did I say?), good…. yeah… fun! The grand kids like to help make them too!
Kathy
These sound fabulous! I love that they don’t need rising time – that way I don’t have to wait!
ruth
Hey just a tip you could also use coconut oil for the vegetable shortening if you have that!
Rocky Mountain Woman
What a great reminder! I’m going to stop and bake for my family this weekend!
hillary
So excited to make these and was thrilled to get your cookbook in the mail last week! I have a quick question about one of the recipes in the book, though. The flaxseed and cracked pepper crackers on page 209 are the perfect hostess gift – but I don’t see any pepper in the recipe…? I’m assuming a mistake with the publisher and wondered how much pepper I should add to recipe? Thanks!!
Sonja
Just made this and it taste delish! I had to cut the recipe to a third of the volume, because that was all I had in my pantry/fridge, and I think the texture of the biscuit part might have suffered a bit (I dont have those nice cracks in the biscuit as you do), but the taste is still delicious!
Thanks for such a nice and easy recipe!
Leslie
Oooh I love these! I tried a similar recipe from Cooks Illustrated – but i think yours looks better! Thanks.
Jessica
I love biscuits. Your biscuit brilliance is 18% of why I love you and your recipes. So crazy idea here…I’m thinking I’ll make these biscuit cinnamon rolls using the cream cheese biscuit recipe you use for the chicken pot pie with cream cheese and chive biscuits recipe (you know the one). I’m gonna leave out the veggies, of course….no need to go throwing vegetables in an ooey gooey cinnamon roll.
Hope you’re having fun on tour! Have a fabulous day, Joy!
Silvia
Great idea, no rising time at all, I’ll be trying them right now!
Jen
I love the idea of simplifying this and not having the rise time, but I still might need that sugary glaze on top!
Erika - The Teenage Taste
Ooooh, these sound fabulous! I love that they don’t need rising time – that way I don’t have to wait when a cinnamon roll craving strikes! :)
Laura
This combines two of my favourite things in life – Palmier (the french heart shaped biscuits) and cinnamon roles (the best in the UK used to be found at Fitzbillie’s in Cambridge)! A definite try for sure!
Mama Maria
Yum, yum, yum!
You’re the best. :D
Anne
“I will never not love this sort of image.”….this is most obviously because there are cinnamon rolls in it, and secondly because it looks like high tea. =)
Also Joy, you’re on a roll! <—See what I did there? hahaha, I amuse myself.
Becca - Cookie Jar Treats
These look absolutely amazing! And with no rise time I can probably have these in my belly within an hourish, right? This is awesome!
Anna @ the shady pine
Cinnamon rolls are a bit of a favourite treat so I was so happy to see this biscuit version…..delish!!
Jayne
I’m always afraid of making doughs that require cutting in of fats because of our hot tropical climate here. The dough almost always softens too quickly no matter how many times it’s been refrigerated. I’ll try this with a food processor and see how it goes because there’s nothing better than warm pillows of cinnamon goodness. :-)
Elizabeth Johnson
Excellent gift, Joy! What a lovely surprise it was and what an array of stuff! I’m going to make those cupcakes next week. These cinnamon biscuits look excellent, too! Everything’s excellent! Thanks!
Whitley
Such clever yet simple tasty idea :)
Erik Wallace
Does anyone have a favorite flour for making biscuits? My grandma has always used White Lily, but says the recipe changed sometime over the past few years and her biscuits don’t rise the same. I’m guessing most people use King Arthur or Gold Medal. Thanks!
Cindy
I haven’t these in years. Most of the time these biscuits are the cake base for strawberry shortcake. Yum!! It’s time time to do this again.
Nina
every day thank you.
Jessie
I’ll have to try these. My 4 yr old was just asking for cinnamon rolls and knowing I was going into a big homemade pizza frenzy, I didn’t feel like doing cinnamon rolls too. Hmm..pizza dough cinnamon rolls? :)
Nichole
It really is all about the balance of the big and small, isn’t it?
I’ve gotta try this recipe for biscuit cinnamon rolls, thanks for sharing.
Raquel @ Ovenmitts Blog
You’re feeding my latest obsession of all things buttery and biscuit-ey. I guess I’ll have to make some cinnamon rolls now… gosh darn it!
Sarah-Anne
i totally want cinnamon rolls now. thanks joy.
Melissa
Joy – thank you for this life-saving recipe! I had no milk, no cereal, had already made oatmeal and steel cut oats this week, had only buttermilk (and the other ingredients for these) in my fridge. Made them for breakfast with eggs and my four k ids promptly declared they were the best cinnamon rolls they had ever had. Also, that they each wanted these for their birthday breakfasts! Nice going.
Kristina
Perfection, I’m making these this weekend.
Chloe@EveryCraving
These look absolutely amazing! I’m craving cinnamon rolls now.. and biscuits.. or just these :)
Danae (The Busty Baker)
I have to admit, when I saw the title of this post, I thought, “Oh. Another post about making cinnamon rolls from canned biscuit dough.. Great.” And then I got to the part where its all from scratch and nearly lost my mind. This is GENIUS! And solves all my problems. When I want cinnamon rolls, I want them NOW, not 3 hours and 2 proofs later. Can I say I love you without it being weird?
Helena / Rico sin Azúcar
Great recipe, I love cinnamon rolls! Thanks for the step-by-step pics, they’re always useful ;-)
I’ve always wanted to try this kind of rolls with a little bit of cocoa…. yummy!
Jodie
These sounds delicious! I think I’ve found my weekend baking project! x
Kim @ Bluebirds and Butterflies
My son, Elliott, who is in college right now LOVES cinnamon rolls. I am going to have to make these! xoxo Kim
megan
these are Saturday morning big picture, for sure!
Karen
I loved this post – all of it. Thanks Joy!
Gen
Yum, butter and cinnamon, a perfect equation!!!
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious
I would love to bathe in a tub of buttermilk, that stuff is zingy and I love it! I’d also love to have,these biccies for breakfast this weekend. At least one of these goals is accomplishable, now to go buy a pallet of buttermilk……
NerdyBaker
This is just the BEST IDEA EVER!
robin
Oh Joy the Baker, I just love your blog. You make so many divine things and I can not wait to try this recipe! Also, you write with such a fresh perspective and your podcast is hilarious. Can’t wait to get your cookbook!
Erica
My mother has made cinnamon rolls like this from jiffy mix ever since I can remember. In fact, I recall being shocked when I got older and realized what other people considered to be “cinnamon rolls.” These are basically the best comfort food ever and so easy. Like a time machine straight back to Saturday morning cartoons and Disney princess PJs. Mom still makes them every time I’m home, I can’t imagine waking up to a better smell. Thanks for posting this! Feeling like I need to plan a visit home now :)
jenny
LOVE your “big picture” life thoughts! Also love these biscuits…will be making these ASAP! So excited for your cookbook! Baked some trail mix cookies this week and my boo LOVED them!
Irina G (Fit Flexitarian)
I *love love love* these!!! I’m SUCH a fan of cinnamon rolls and these actually kind of remind me of by Russian great-grandmother’s cinnamon desserts. They look amazing and I’ll definitely be making them soon. P.S. I love the Big/Small Thoughts :)
Becca @ Cook, Rejoice, Repeat
Is life still hectic after college? Shoot. I was hoping it calmed down some. At least sugar and butter are comforting all the way through life. I may have to surprise myself with these during finals week — thanks so much!
Carissa
What a brilliant idea! Definitely falls into the big thoughts category. :-)
nicole
Oh my … these are going on the list for the weekend’s baking. Also – for some reason the photo of the flour in the bowl struck me as being really beautiful. Maybe I just really like flour? :)
Beth
*everyone, that is :)
Beth
Looks delicious! I just made your brown butter blueberry muffins and every raved about them!
Maureen
These will be on my table and in my belly on Saturday morning. Yumeeee!
Chris
Oh Dear…..one more recipe for the I-have-to-make-this-work-gluten-free list….. Gee, thanks….. I need three lifetimes to complete the list now! I guess this will have to cut in line…just looks too good to not get tried soon! Dang….. Maybe I just need 48-hour days??? Right, not sweating the small stuff!
Erin R.
Oh, naturally! (grin) I never would have thought of this, but everyone loves cinnamon raisin breakfast biscuits so of course this is a logical progression. And since biscuits freeze perfectly (you don’t even have to thaw the flipping things!) there’s really no reason not to make a batch of these and just pull out a couple when you need your cinnamon sugar hit. Thank you! Husb is going to love these when he gets back in town tomorrow.
P.S. I’m a brand new subscriber and this was an astonishing bullseye for my first e-mail. I can’t wait to see what comes next.
Tori (@eatori)
Sublime. In any sized picture.
tj
…Gosh dang, you’re so stinkin’ awesome! *now bowing to your greatness*giggle* ;o)
…Thank you for this recipe! I am so making this and soon. Like in a few days type soon. Seriously. :o)
…And thank you for the laughs and the insight – I needed that.
…Bless you Joy da Baker! :o)
CulinarilyCourtney
I told myself I would read one blog post before I started working on my term paper and I am so glad I chose this one. I have definitely been getting caught up in the little things lately, and this post was such a wonderful reminder to slow down (and eat some biscuit cinnamon rolls while you’re at it). As always, thanks for brightening my day!
Claire
Oh thank god! Perfect “just-broke-up-with-my-boyfriend-so-i-can-eat-what-i-want” food for this weekend!
Yea, yea, i’m pathetic but it’s good timing for this recipe
Maren
These look wonderful! Pretty much anything involving biscuits gets me anytime…but then adding more butter, cinnamon, and sugar? Looks like a winner!
Tamara @jemofthesouth
I think I love these…
Sarah- we pick Rick
And there goes my diet plan. No biggie. Cinnamon is good for you…….. right?
Kelli @ The Corner Kitchen
Couldn’t agree more with all the big picture thoughts. I think I need a reminder about that stuff from time to time….so, thanks for reminding me this morning :) And special thanks for these killer cinnamon rolls!
Sherry
I wonder if these would freeze well? It’s only me and my husband, so if they’re best the day they’re made, we’d have to eat 4 each! Not that we couldn’t…but we shouldn’t…right?
Emily
Absolutely BRILLIANT! You are a culinary genius =)
Kim @ Wonderings
This looks amazing!!
Susan (Oliepants)
What a combination! Biscuits and cinnamon rolls are two of my favorite breakfast options – and combined into an easy to make one is awesome!!
Jillian@TheHumbleGourmet
Biscuit ANYTHING can make EVERYTHING better. Big or small picture :-)
Jillian
Yum!!! And LOVE being reminded of the big picture!!
Rhiana Moussa
Joy, you are in way more control than you know. Enjoy my San Francisco. We LOVE you!
Carrie @ Kiss My Whisk
Love this! Cinnamon roles without the wait, perfect for me!
Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe
And we love you too Joy! Especially for giving us a cinnamon roll recipe that requires little kneading and no rise. Meaning they can get in my belly faster – love!
Julie S.
I am in love with biscuits cinnamon rolls. Must be the ease or just my love of biscuits, now turned special. I’ve never even made “regular” cinnamon rolls. I’m trying your version next time!
Kate W.
These look a.ma.zing. I’m making these this weekend! Love that you don’t have to wait for them to rise. That’s where you had my heart (and my taste buds).
PS. As someone pointed out earlier, there is a small error in the recipe. 1/4 vegetable? So are these healthy cinnamon rolls, now? ;)
Jennifer W
Joy – thanks for putting it in perspective with your big picture thoughts, and for making me feel like I’m not nuts (or at least that I’m not alone in my nuttiness) with your small picture ones.
Just received my copy of your cookbook this week and it’s so lovely. I can’t wait to start baking things to share with my loved ones. And some things that I’ll probably hoard all to myself.
Congratulations on such an amazing accomplishment – we’ve never met and yet I’m so proud of you!
Much love,
Jen
Nicole
Please, never stop making things with biscuit dough.
Lekker en SImpel
Yammy, this looks delicious!!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga
Joy these look ridiculously good and I love cinnamon rolls. No yeast and no rising time in the dough and not having to roll it out super precisely is also a huge score!
brianne
So I have the chamomile cupcakes in the oven now, and now I see THIS recipe. Must. Make. I have everything on hand. I love you, Joy. For all the sunshine you bring to my life, via your happy words and wonderful recipes. Thanks. Hope you find some peace and rest in the midst of your tour!
Katrina
These look amazing! I love love love your cream cheese cinnamon rolls, but sometimes waiting for them to rise can be a pain. These look like the perfect solution. I can’t wait to try them out!
Mi Vida en un Dulce
No yeast and no rise time, this is just for me. I always wanted to bake cinnamon rolls for breakfast, so you can imagine it’s impossible with a regular recipe, I don’t want to wake up very early in the morning just to give dough the time to rise.
Meg H.
I was already to make your blueberry orange almond pancakes for Saturday morning and then you post this! Decisions, decisions! Love, love, love your cookbook. And so do my daughters (6, 7, and 9). They have already picked all the things they want to bake. They did a great job with your granola bars – next on the list Single Lady melted Chocolate cakes. As my 7 year old noted, they are single ladies.
Kitchen Mommy
No kneading? No rise time? THANK YOU!!! And my husband and this weekend’s weekend guests thank you as well…
Bethany
I think you might be my older sister? No, but seriously… I’m realizing you sound just like her. Even on the podcast! Crazy sauce right? I wouldn’t ever eat her food though. But anyways.
Doing this. Saturday. For reals. Next cookbook is 100 things to do with biscuit dough?
Jessica @ The Desert Abode
These sound so homey–especially warm out of the oven. :)
Baking is what helps me focus on the big-picture stuff, too. How can anyone be stressed when they’re making biscuit cinnamon rolls?!
Sue/the view from great island
I can’t tell you how excited I am about this recipe. One, because I love to make buttermilk biscuits, they are so easy, and, two, because I crave cinnamon buns but they are just too much work to make it worth it, especially in the morning. You have come to my rescue! These are brilliant.
Lucía
They looks wonderful and must taste the same :) I also did cinnamon rolls some weeks ago, the recipe is a bit different, I will try yours :)
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen
This recipe rocks in so many ways. Mostly because now I can’t use the time consuming/rising excuse to not make cinnamon rolls!
This is definitely big picture meets small picture :)
Rachel
These are meant for those days when you call in sick to work but aren’t really sick, you just need a day to yourself to pad around the kitchen in fuzzy socks making cinnamon-y treats to eat while curled up on the couch watching TV or reading a good book.
elisha ;)
amen, sista! (I mean, ahem…not that anyone I know has ever done that ‘sick’ thing…)
Kathleen {Ksugarandspice}
Lovely words, cool thoughts, all wrapped around a quick recipe. You are brilliant. And we love you back. ((hugs)) ~ K
Megan
Biscuit dough is what dreams are made of. And now cinnamon rolls. I’m so glad! <3
Lindsay @ The Live-In Kitchen
Brilliant and beautiful! I love cinnamon rolls but hate the rise time.
Kelly
OMG – I love you, I love you, I love you. These are getting made on Saturday. For reals. They look amazing… and no rise time? I’m sold!!!!
BTW – I can’t stop looking at your book. It’s so beautiful. And I want to eat everything in it. Maybe instead of Julie and Julia, I can do a Kelly and Joy blog! Hahahaha ;)
Sara
I don’t know if you’ve ever tried this, but a trick my mom taught me when slicing cinnamon roll logs is to use floss. Just shimmy it underneath the cylinder, pull the two loose ends up, cross them, and pull down. Works like a charm. (did that description even make sense?)
Carly
Oh this is bad. Very, very bad. You described why I never make cinnamon buns – the kneading, the rising, the time. This looks WAY too easy to make. AND it combines two of my favourite baked things – biscuits and cinnamon buns. As always, you rock.
Urban Wife
I love the simplicity of these. Easy for a lazy Saturday morning breakfast. Without all that pesky yeast. Thank you. Without sounding too awkward…I love you too.
Anne-Marie
You have just made my children exceedingly happy– I have been trying to find time to make overnight cinnamon rolls all week without success. But I can totally manage biscuits. :) We will have a treat for Friday.
ileana
Totally brill.
Rachel @Balance and Blueberries
What a perfect Saturday morning breakfast. Or Thursday late night baking spree. I can’t wait to try them. Brilliant!
Rachael B
There’s this hill in my area that if you go fast enough over, it makes your stomach drop to your knees. Everytime I drive over it I say, “That’s never not fun.” I thought I was the only one who used that – so glad you do too! Now off to make some biscuits because well… those are never not delicious :)
Mara @ Elemental Custard
Its like – cinnamon rolls for the impatient! That would be me.
Eliza Domestica
I’m having some girlfriends over this weekend and this WILL be on my to-do list to make for us!!!:)
Jennifer
Thanks for putting things into perspective. Does “Oh my gosh there’s only 1 biscuit cinnamon roll left!?” count as a little or big thought? ;)
Holly W
Gah, could you get any more inspiring? You just know what to say and how to say it. Simply, but with so much meaning. It is hard to remember the big picture when every day presents us with so many little picture tasks and worries.
And ps, these biscuits look aMAZing!
thelittleloaf
I’m planning to make danish pastries this weekend which involve SO much work…reading this post I’m wondering whether to just cheat and make some of these incredible biscuits instead! :-)
Samantha Angela
I generally like my cinnamon buns yeasted, particularly made with brioche dough (like these) because they taste really rich and decadent.
I never thought of using biscuit dough though. That takes the buttery factor to the next level.
Francesca
These biscuits are amazing! I love cinnamon so so much, I will have to try these!!!! thanks for sharing and for your beautiful words… Ciao, Francy
Ellen
They have recreated the cookbook. Now u can store your recipes from joy the baker in you own personal on line file. Easy! Organized! Perfect! I love it!
lynn
I absolutely LOVE this post! Yes, the recipe has been ‘pinned’, but even more than that its the writing that I love. It reminds me of “Everything I Ever Really Needed To Know, I Learned In Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum! Does this stuff just flow out of you? Thanks for starting my day with a smile.
Andrea
My sister-in-law introduced me to a similar recipe and I’ve been hooked ever since. So. Good. PS – love your cookbook! I’ve marked a few things to try this weekend.
Blog is the New Black
One word: YES.
Angela
SO CINNAMON-Y. SO DELICIOUS. THANK YOU!
Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles
The no rise time is pretty darn sweet! I love your big picture and small picture. Big picture- I’m not in control and I’m cool with that. Small picture- why the heck am I not in control?!
Sally @ Spontaneous Hausfrau
Yes, my grand scheme would definitely be better with these rolls in my life. All that extra butter without any rise time? This definitely speaks to my need for immediate gratification!
happycho
Yum! My mother used to make these for us when we were kids on school mornings as a special treat – so tasty!
~amy~
Love the post and the recipe!
Winnie
Your words and photos are just what I needed this morning. And these cinnamon roll biscuits look like a fabulous treat :)
Lauren at Keep It Sweet
I feel like you are in my brain with those “small picture” thoughts!
Barely any rise time? Love this!
leaf (the indolent cook)
Oh sweet cinnamon goodness. Big picture thought – if you can have a roll like this, every now and then, that’s at least one thing going right in your life.
Kathryn
You always say exactly what I need to hear, it’s kinda scary.
Three Cookies
Great to bypass rising time.
BTW it says “1/4 cup vegetable”. A vegetable cinnamon roll sounds healthy, though less appetising:)
jessica lynn
This is one of those aha-light-bulb moments. It’s such a brilliant idea that I want to go whip some up right this very second. I can’t wait to make these when my in-laws visit!
Nikkilooch
Ohmigosh, your secret brain is amazing. Keep living right, lady.
emmycooks
No rise time! Oh, how this recipe is going to improve my weekends. Hey, I think you’re coming to Seattle soon! I’ll order up some sunshine for you in our fair city.
The slow pace
Thanks, you have given me a wonderful idea for this weekend, and I’m not talking just about the recipe!