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.
If you love this easy recipe, please write a five star review in the comments. Don’t forget to save this recipe by sharing on Facebook and Pinterest!
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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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I am of the opinion that you can never have too much icing on a cinnamon roll, so I made a batch of this on a whim to supplement the small container of icing that came with my canned cinnamon rolls. Let’s just say that I ended up not even touching the icing that came with the rolls…Julie’s version is heavenly in a way that no store-bought icing can touch! My rolls were drowning in sticky sweetness and couldn’t have tasted better. Thank you so much for such a deliciously simple recipe, Julie! You made my dessert oh-so-much better than store bought!
Awww, thank you. So glad you enjoyed it so much! 😊
Absolutely Love this recipe! Couldn’t eat cinnamon rolls without this & now all my baked goods. I make a lot of muffins all different flavors, 100% better with this icing recipe
You made my day, Candace! Thanks for the 5 stars!
Icing is very easy to make but as a tweak to the icing I prefer using vanilla bean extract instead of vanilla extract
Thank you for sharing and for the 5 star review!
NICE! Very easy and delicious icing. I used it on some canned cinnamon rolls that I used the “heavy cream” hack recipe with. Then I made this recipe and squeezed the can icing in with the homemade icing…best cinnamon rolls ever!!! I do think I shouldn’t have added the canned icing…it tasted fine -probably better without it. I just didn’t want to waste it…next time I’ll skip adding it to my homemade icing.
Thanks,
JC
So happy you liked the icing, Joannah! Thank you for the five ⭐️ review!
Super easy to make and really good! I did the same amount of milk and butter as the recipe but only a cup of powdered sugar (just regular powdered sugar I have never noticed a difference in taste) and a teaspoon of Goodman’s vanilla. Perfect amount for eight cinnamon rolls. Thanks!
So happy you enjoyed it, Kay! Thank you for the 5 stars!