This creamy Cinnamon Roll Icing is made with 4 staple ingredients in 3 minutes. It turns homemade or store bought cinnamon rolls into the ultimate breakfast treat! This Cinnamon Roll Glaze seeps into the rolls making each bite absolutely amazing! One you learn how to make Cinnamon Roll Icing, you’ll never buy again!
One of our favorite weekend treats are Easy Cinnamon Rolls. While Chris and I often enjoy it with Cream Cheese Icing, the girls prefer their Cinnamon Roll Icing without cream cheese. Either way they’re an amazing way to kick off a Sunday!
We’ve been making this simple Cinnamon Roll Glaze for years. It’s the perfect compliment to any cinnamon roll. This glaze is a great way to elevate store bought cinnamon rolls. They never seem to give you enough icing, do they?!
Easy Cinnamon Roll Glaze
This Cinnamon Roll Icing is made with just 4 ingredients and takes less than 3 minutes to make. It’s made with staple ingredients, making it easy to make on a whim. Ingredients include powdered sugar (also known as confectioner’s sugar), butter, milk and vanilla.
Cinnamon Roll Glaze isn’t just for cinnamon rolls though, it’s also great for dipping muffins into! You can drizzle it over cakes, pound cakes, breads and so much more. Once you have a bite, you’ll want to put it on just about every baked treat. It can make the even the most basic treat taste decadent!
How to Make Cinnamon Roll Icing
- Melt butter.
- In a mixing bowl, combine powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and milk.
- Blend until smooth and pour over warm rolls.
It spreads on your rolls effortlessly and seeps down into them making every bite amazing. This recipe makes perfect amount of Cinnamon Roll Glaze for 10-12 large rolls or 24 miniature rolls (like my Easy Cinnamon Rolls recipe).
I know not everyone likes to drench their cinnamon rolls in Cinnamon Roll Glaze like I do. If you prefer a drizzle, pour your glaze / icing into a ziplock bag. Cut off a corner to create a drizzle.
You can also use an inexpensive squeeze bottle. I love these for glazes, sour cream on tacos and so much more! Of course an icing bag always works, too!
If you prefer your Cinnamon Roll Icing a little less sweet, just add powdered sugar one tablespoon at a time. You can adjust and taste test to your preference.
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Cinnamon Roll Icing (Cinnamon Roll Glaze)
Ingredients
- 2 cup powdered sugar aka confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoon butter melted
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoon milk can substitute with heavy cream or half and half
Instructions
- Combine powdered sugar, melted butter, vanilla and milk in a large mixing bowl until smooth.
- Pour over warm rolls and spread.
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Love that I can make the best homemade cinnamon rolls with this recipe!
After years of trying different icing this is the only one my sister actually likes!
This icing is so easy to make! Was great on my gluten free cinnamon rolls!!
Such an easy to make and versatile icing recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I never knew icing could be so easy and taste so good! I drizzled this over some muffins and it was heavenly! I can’t wait to try it on cinnamon rolls.
I could probably drink the icing straight!
Perfect! Enough flavour from the vanilla that I pretty much cut the sugar in half for my non-sweet daughter and it was delicious.
I love cinnamon rolls.
I agree Tanya. YUMMY!! And so easy and fast.
you are right.
Had a horrible taste of vanilla extract that was so strong it burns. Followed everything perfectly
I’m sorry to hear that, Jenna. It’s important to check the expiration date of your vanilla, it can go bad.
Same as another commenter : very, VERY, strong vanilla (alcohol) taste (my vanilla was not expired and I had just purchased it, I use organic pure vanilla extract), sadly ruined my fresh baked cinnamon rolls (my bad, I should have tasted it first!)
I’m sorry to hear that, Rose. Unfortunately, it may be the vanilla you are using. I use pure vanilla extract, typically Nielsen Massey or homemade and have never experienced an alcohol taste. I recommend reducing and adding to taste.
That’s because it’s an absurd amount of vanilla extract. The alcohol also needs to be cooked out.
Lower the vanilla and the heat it on low heat till simmers then remove.