Easy Orange Cinnamon Rolls with Orange Cream Cheese Icing (No-Yeast)
Try my quick and easy, homemade, orange cinnamon rolls (no-yeast) with a decadent orange cream cheese glaze for a special weekend or holiday breakfast or brunch today!

- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 18 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 3 cup all-purpose flour
- 4+1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp kosher salt
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup cold butter (cut into small pieces (1 stick))
- 1+1/4 cup cold buttermilk (see notes on how to make your own buttermilk)
- 1/2 cup Orange Marmalade
- 3 tbsp melted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 4 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
- 4 tbsp butter (room temperature)
- 2 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- a pinch kosher salt
- Optional: orange zest for garnish
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 450 degrees, F.
- 2
Add flour, baking powder, salt and granulated sugar to a large bowl. Whisk to combine.
- 3
Place flour mixture and cold butter in a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse a few times until the butter is the size of small peas and mixed well with the flour.
- 4
Add buttermilk and pulse just until the dry ingredients are moistened. (No buttermilk? See the tips on how to make your own.)
- 5
Sprinkle about 1/3 cup of flour evenly over a cutting board, pastry mat or kitchen counter and place the dough in the center. It will be sticky. Sprinkle a little flour on top of the dough and using a light touch, gently knead the dough 5-7 times.
- 6
If your dough is still really sticky and pieces of it are stuck to the counter, use a spatula and scrape up the sticky bits and sprinkle fresh flour on the counter.
- 7
Gently pat the dough into a 14x8 inch rectangle or use a rolling pin. I like to neaten up the edges by gently pressing them with a ruler, or you can use something else with a straight edge.
- 8
Spread the melted butter evenly over the dough.
- 9
Stir the marmalade until it is smooth and then use an offset spatula to spread it out over the dough evenly.
- 10
Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the marmalade and top with the cinnamon.
- 11
Starting at the long end of the rectangle, gently roll the dough towards you. If it sticks to the counter, gently insert a spatula or use a ruler placed between the counter and dough to help unstick it. Roll it up completely into a log.
- 12
It is easier to cut the rolls if you first place the log in the freezer for 15 minutes to firm it up. Use a sharp knife and slice the log into 8 slices about 1 inch thick.
- 13
Spray a 10-inch cast iron skillet with non-stick baking spray and place the cut rolls inside evenly spaced apart.
- 14
Bake the rolls for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.
- 15
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before adding the icing.
- 16
While the rolls are baking, place the cream cheese and butter in a medium-size bowl and mix with an electric mixer until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- 17
Add the confectioners' sugar about a cup at a time and mix until smooth. Add the orange juice and a pinch of kosher salt, mix to combine. If the glaze is too thick, add just a touch more orange juice but remember it will thin out when it hits the hot rolls.
- 18
Spread the icing over the hot rolls and optional, garnish with orange zest. Serve warm.
- 19
(Depending on how much glaze you like, you might have some glaze leftover.)