No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls from Kelli’s Kitchen
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
6-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup shortening
2-1/4 cups cold water
2 cups butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
In a large bowl combine the flour and salt. Cut in the shortening until pieces are no larger than pea size. Stir in water; dump dough onto a floured surface and separate into 4 equal parts. Roll each part, one at a time into a 13×12-inch rectangle. Slather 1 stick of softened butter on top of the rectangle; sprinkle 1/4 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar on top of butter then 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
Roll so that the roll is 13-inches long. Close the ends by pinching the dough together. Place in a 9×13-inch cake pan seam down. Repeat for the next 3 rolls.
Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes. Don’t be worried when baking, if it looks like all the butter has come out, it hasn’t. The rolls essentially fry in butter. When finished baking carefully take out of pan to cool on a large cutting board or foil on the counter. When cool slice. Each roll makes 4 large rolls or 8 small.
Recently, I was reading different recipes at a Linky Party where I saw a picture that appeared vaguely familiar, no it wasn’t one of my pictures but the food in the picture looked familiar. I clicked on the picture and it took me to Lady Behind the Curtain blog and to the Gooey Cinnamon Rolls recipe. When I was able to see the larger picture I knew it was my Nana’s cinnamon rolls!
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls from Kelli’s Kitchen
I don’t know if they were short of yeast during the depression or way out in the country but she never used yeast in her cinnamon rolls. It’s what I grew up on and it’s what I love the best! If you’ve never tried them, give ’em a shot – you may find that you love them too! If you would like to see the post that jogged my memory, please go here to Lady Behind the Curtain and she can give it to you best – here’s what I did:
I rolled it out and sprinkled it on:
I rolled them up and rolled them up:
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls from Kelli’s Kitchen
And threw them in the pan! (can you tell I’ve been singing Patty Cake to Rocket?)
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls from Kelli’s Kitchen
Then I took them out of the oven:
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls from Kelli’s Kitchen
Stacked them up and ate as many as I could in 30 minutes! They tasted exactly like Nana’s…..so doggone good – I’m still eating 1 piece per day. They freeze wonderfully!!
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls from Kelli’s Kitchen
Enjoy!
This is my mother’s use-up-the-extra piecrust recipe! We always had these when she baked. She would always have an extra amount of dough left that she rolled out and made these with. I’ve never seen them as just cinnamon rolls. They were a lagniappe. in her house.
That sounds wonderful! I just love how tender and tasty they are without being too filling. My daughter, who has trouble with Yeast sometimes, loves them!
My grandmother always made these with leftover pie crust too. Every Christmas we had these because of all the pies she made for Christmas. This recipe and your comment brought back so many memories.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the post – and you know what? They tasted almost as good as my Nana’s – but then, no one can cook like your Nana or grandmother or grandmaw or nannie……..right? Thank you for dropping by and please come again!
My mom made these all time when I was a kid and I made them
for my family,now my daughters make them for their families.These have been around fr many years as my grandmother made them too,l’m 71.
We called them pie dough cinnamon rolls.
These look lovely!
Thank you!
I am going to try them, I saw them at Lady behind the curtain, too, and wondered if they would be good. Thanks for reminding me.
They are certainly worth trying at least once!:)
I really like the way those look. Once again, I think i can do that. I love cinnamon rolls, so I think I would love these. 🙂
I love cinnamon rolls! Thanks so much for sharing these!! =)
Thank you for dropping by!
We have done something similar with leftover pie crust, but I never thought of doing it this way with an entire batch of pie crust! Believe me, this will be done at our house and soon! Thanks for sharing!!
I think you’ll like them very much — they are so tender and flaky!
I have been on a quest for twenty years to duplicate my husband’s grandmother’s cinnamon rolls. I have failed miserably. This just might be the ticket. I will try it and let you know. (I never met his grandmother but they did live way out in the stix in SD. I never thought they might run low on yeast.) THANK YOU!
Good luck and PLEASE let me know how it goes – they taste so darn good to me and moist tender and flaky!
These sound very good and easy.
Lillian
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Thank you! And it WAS pretty easy – even for me!
What an interesting recipe – Looks so good 🙂
Thank you – and they are soooooooo good. They freeze wonderfully and I can just a pop a few out of the freezer and nuke ’em! YUM!!
Whaaaat? Where was this recipe on Christmas Eve when I wanted to make cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning but had no yeast? These look amazing, and I’m definitely going to make them! Cinnamon rolls are one of my favorites!
You will love them! If you don’t like really sweet – then leave the recipe as it is – if you like things a little sweeter, like me, then I would add some more sugar to each roll. I am going to next time!
Thanks for the shout out! Your cinnamon rolls look delicious! ~Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain~
any time! And they were deeee-licious!
OMG. No, seriously, OMG! If I made this, there would be a shark-like feeding frenzy in my kitchen. 🙂
There kinda’ was here to – so……..I froze 3 of them. That lasted about 2 days and then one had to come out of the freezer (BTW, it froze beautifully) so I rushed 3/4 of that one over to my mom’s house so we wouldn’t be found by our children laying in the hallway of our home in a butter/sugar stupor with crumbs all over our face!
Did you freeze them after you baked them? I’d love to make them in advance of company coming for a weekend. They look amazing!
Yes I did and it worked out perfectly!
They were delicious, but maybe a little dry after freezing them 1st. So next time, I’ll bake them and then freeze them (if we need). We’ll see if they’re better. Love this recipe…they’re really good no matter what!
Oh yay! So glad to hear it – sorry about the dryness but it could have been freezing them first. Good excuse to put in more butter next time! 🙂
Definitely more butter would’ve been better! Good idea!!
Wow! They look so rich and thick — and just so full of goodness 🙂 Wishing you the happiest of New Years!
Thank you so much and Happy New Year to you as well ! They ARE rich and thick – Just like my grandmother’s.
So do these yummy-looking treats sort of turn out like cinnamon biscuits? Sounds great to me… thanks for sharing!
My friend’s mom used to make cinnamon biscuits when I was a kid and as I remember the biscuits are less cinnamon-y tasting and less tender throughout than these. These are moist inside and then flaky on the outside. The recipe as it stands is not “too” sweet as my daughter would say but next time, I will probably add a little more sugar to each roll. Thank you for dropping by and please come back anytime!
Thanks for letting me know; I really like the look of these! I do some cooking on a local tv station, and am always looking for new ideas like this. If I used it, I’d be sure to give you credit and a link on our website, of course. 🙂 Looks yummy and easy, which is perfect!
Aren’t you sweet! Thank you – I can promise you that the crew will LOVE you for it! 🙂 However, since it makes so many, I put 3 of them in the freezer (after cooking) and they turn our great!
Those look melt in your mouth fabulous!
Thank you – they really are melt in your mouth good! 🙂 Glad you dropped by!
Oh they look scrumptious! I hate working with yeast, so I am very happy to some without 😉
Thank you so much for sharing this at Wednesday Extravaganza – Hope to see you there again next week with more deliciousness 🙂
Fabulous! Mouth-Watering! IWANTSOME!=) How wonderful to find a recipe that reminds you of your nana’s!!! (I am a nana too=) Thanks for linking up at Weekend Potluck…did you realize your link back doesn’t go right to the party? : / Love your recipes!
It doesn’t? I got it from Tonia’s site as soon as she sent my trackback (she and Tabitha always send one with a link to my how-to participate in a linky party). I got it from that exact post so I wonder if Tonia’s is wrong?
Your picture is mouth-watering, so I will have to go check out the recipe! Visiting from Weekend Potluck at The Better Baker.
Kelli! These are awesome! I wanted to make cinnamon rolls one day but I didn’t have yeast so I made a cinnamon roll cake instead. Now I have a recipe to go to if I don’t want to wait on dough to rise (I have yeast all the time now since I am baking bread now!)
Thanks for sharing on Marvelous Mondays. Pinning and sharing on Facebook tonight!
Thank you so much – and as I’ve told others, they freeze fabulously! So, if it makes too much just pop them in the freezer and heat up later!
I would love to try these if I could find the recipe!! Can anyone help me figure out where the recipes are??? Thanks!
Sure! In the second paragraph it says: Lady Behind the Curtain. Click on that and it will take you directly to her recipe. I found it on her site so it was only fair to link it directly to her! Thanks for dropping by.
Thanks for the info, but I was not able to find it anywhere, even doing a search on her site, guess I will just forget it.
No, no – don’t forget it – give me a minute.
Susan – here is the recipe:
I’m so sorry you had so much trouble! They are really great and freeze well!
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
6-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup shortening
2-1/4 cups cold water
2 cups butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
In a large bowl combine the flour and salt. Cut in the shortening until pieces are no larger than pea size. Stir in water; dump dough onto a floured surface and separate into 4 equal parts. Roll each part, one at a time into a 13×12-inch rectangle. Slather 1 stick of softened butter on top of the rectangle; sprinkle 1/4 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar on top of butter then 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
Roll so that the roll is 13-inches long. Close the ends by pinching the dough together. Place in a 9×13-inch cake pan seam down. Repeat for the next 3 rolls.
Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes. Don’t be worried when baking, if it looks like all the butter has come out, it hasn’t. The rolls essentially fry in butter. When finished baking carefully take out of pan to cool on a large cutting board or foil on the counter. When cool slice. Each roll makes 4 large rolls or 8 small.
Thank you so much! I must be computer challenged, as everyone else seems to be able to find these things. LOL I appreciate you taking the time to send to me! Have a great day!
No, honestly when I tried to pull up the link it took FOREVER!!! That could be part of the problem I don’t know what happened but either way – I’m so glad you got the recipe and I would LOVE to hear what you think when you make it!
Have you ever made these ahead of time and then froze them BEFORE baking them?? Maybe let them thaw overnight? Any suggestions??
No, I didn’t freeze them before baking but I’m sure you could – I would just roll them up and wrap them in Saran Wrap then either bag them or freezer paper. I would wrap them separately and then when I wanted them I would let them thaw an hour or so (depending on how cold your house is generally) and unwrap and bake as usual!
That’s what I was thinking. I’ll let you know how they turn out. I double wrapped them in saran wrap and then wrapped them in foil. They’ll just be frozen a couple days and then we’ll get to eat the gooey yumminess! Thanks!!
Great! Can’t wait to hear about it!
This looks exactly like MY grandma’s recipe, except we used homemade pie dough left overs, and cut up the rolls into 1 in. pieces BEFORE baking. Came out with a firmer, somewhat drier texture. My favorite part though, was the cinnamon,sugar, butter that oozed out and cooked on the pan. The best cinnamon candy ever. Gotta go make a batch. Never had any last long enough to freeze though.
I’m so glad you found this recipe to remind you of your grandma’s recipe! Thanks for dropping by and please come by again to let us know how your’s turned out!
These cinnamon rolls are so scrumptious! I was out of that so famous store bought brand ! LOL! When my grandson was here and he loves cinnamon rolls , so I made these . It is now his and my favorite cinnamon rolls! He being a kid though just had to have a sugary glaze over his ! I’ve made these before using crescent rolls and although good this recipe is much better by far! Thanks for sharing….I always love your story’s about your Nana !
Oh Yay! I’m so glad that you and your grandson loved them. Thank you for the compliments about my Nana stories – I was just about to make another recipe to post involving my Nana and though.;….do you think they are all sick of hearing about her? Now I know! 🙂 My favorite part about this recipe is that you can freeze them after rolling and before cutting/baking! Thanks again!
I just found your recipe. We will be making this for the Biblical Feast of Unleavened Bread! Perfect! May Yahweh bless you and keep you.
Great! I know everyone will love them and thank you for the blessing!
I have been searching for these..My neighbors dil made them for Christmas..she added walnuts inside and drizzled the top with a cream cheese icing..they were so fantastic..My husband loves them but could not eat it because he can not eat nuts. Now I can make them for him..They are delicious!
I’m thrilled that you found me and this recipe! We love them so much. In fact, you have jogged my memory and I think kI will be making some this afternoon! Your husband will be happy with you!!
Shared with my readers and pointed them here for directions. Thanks for the recipe!