Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipes for Every Occasion

Did you know that October 4th is Cinnamon Roll Day? Well, they are pretty good, so I can see why they have their own day, but we don’t need a special day to eat them around here. We do have them requested pretty often for special days though as my older kids don’t get to have them as often as the ones who still live at home.

Here are our favorite Cinnamon Roll Recipes:

Sourdough Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

Everyone’s Favorite Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls – NO SOURDOUGH NEEDED

Not actual Cinnamon Rolls but close to the same flavor:

Cinnamon Dippers

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll-Ups

Cinnamon Roll Muffins

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

Empty Tomb Rolls (aka Resurrection Rolls) and Resurrection Donut Idea

Special Holiday Meals: A Hobbit Inspired Menu w/printable menu

My family loves the Hobbit books and movies, so when I saw that there was an actual ‘Hobbit Day’ on September 22nd, I had to make a note of it on our Fall Perpetual Meal Plan. Last year, we were in the middle of wedding prep, followed by hurricane prep, so it kind of got forgotten about. This year, my kiddos have not let me forget!

We worked together to make a menu so that we can celebrate… we might even watch the movies, if we can! We might also enjoy our Elevenses outdoors under our garden arches… so many ideas. Our kids love reading and we love to encourage them so this is a cute way to keep that spark ALIVE!

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Everyone’s Favorite Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

This may not be one of the easiest recipes on my blog but they sure are delicious! My oldest son requests these every time he comes home so we really try to make them happen. They are a favorite ‘go-to’ for special days and we recently had them for breakfast before the latest baby shower. We also had them for breakfast before the wedding last year.

Forgive the cover photo as I used leftover icing to ice these with… I’ll try to get a better photo the next time I make them 🙂

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Everyone’s Favorite Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

This is a multi-step process and need a little preparation but they are so worth all the extra effort! These can make any day a special day and we often have them on the mornings of special holidays or events.

Ingredients:

Dough:

  • 5 c.  Flour (If using self-rising flour you can omit the next 3 ingredients)
  • 2 c. shortening or butter
  • 2/3 c. sourdough discard
  • 1 1/2 – 2 c. Buttermilk (you can use regular milk and add 1 T. Vinegar)
  • 1 ½  t. salt
  • 2 T. honey (optional)

You can wait and add these right before baking but I usually add them while I make everything else… adding it later will help them to be extra fluffy!

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Quick and Easy Fruit Dip for Fresh Snacks

I’ve never posted this recipe as it is just so easy but we needed a copy the other day so here it is…

Easy Fruit Dip

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 7 oz jar of Marshmallow creme
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Dairy Free Cream Cheese Icing

One of my kiddos who loves Red Velvet Cake recently requested one for her birthday. We had to make it dairy-free… it was a little work but we succeeded. I used a boxed cake which said it was dairy-free.

I’ll try to update this with a printable recipe card later but you can print out the cream cheese icing recipe and write in the changes.

Cream Cheese Icing

Dairy Free Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz cream cheese (dairy free)
  • 1 stick margarine (dairy free)
  • 1 lb confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1 t. Cream cheese flavoring (optional)

Directions:

Cream all of the icing ingredients together and spread on cooled cake.

Sprinkle the top with any crumbs that may have fallen off the cake.