This Cinnamon Roll Biscuit Wreath recipe is a quick and easy treat that has everything you love about a cinnamon roll with the ease of a biscuit in the shape of a festive wreath!
Looking for more delicious cinnamon recipes? I think you’ll love my husband’s Best Cinnamon Rolls, easy Cinnamon Pecans, and my cinnamon sugar-coated Donut Muffins.
Have you ever needed a quick and easy recipe that is festive to serve for the holidays? That’s where these easy cinnamon roll biscuits come in so very handy. They are ready in 30 minutes and always a hit! I’ve previously made them as rolls, hearts, and now as this wreath! So fun for Christmas!
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What You’ll Love About This Recipe
Delicious, easy recipe. Cinnamon roll flavor with the ease of biscuits.
Festive. The wreath design makes a festive dish for breakfast, brunch, or even dessert!
Quick recipe. Ready in less than 30 minutes, but it tastes like you’ve been in the kitchen much longer!
How to Make a Cinnamon Roll Biscuit Wreath
This festive wreath is fun to make with simple ingredients and is as easy as making biscuits! Here’s how you’ll make it.
Ingredients for Cinnamon Roll Biscuit Wreath
For the Biscuit dough – self-rising flour, granulated sugar, and heavy cream. This is basically my cream biscuits recipe with a bit of added sugar.
For the Cinnamon Filling – melted butter, ground cinnamon, and brown sugar
For the Sweet Glaze – confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar), milk, and vanilla extract
Step-by-Step Instructions
Mix and Roll the Biscuit Dough
This wreath basically starts with my two ingredient cream biscuits recipe and simply add a little sugar to it to sweeten the dough. Mix the biscuit dough together as directed, then roll it out on a piece of lightly floured parchment paper.
Pour the Melted Butter
Then, pour on the melted butter onto the rolled dough and spread it on to the edges – just like you would for cinnamon rolls.
Mix and Sprinkle Cinnamon Mixture
Combine the ground cinnamon and brown sugar and mix well. Sprinkle it on the buttered dough.
Roll the Dough into a Log Shape
Once you have your biscuit dough covered with the cinnamon sugar mixture, you’ll roll it into a long log like you would if making cinnamon rolls.
Shape into a Wreath
Shape the Log into a Circle – Form your cinnamon roll log into a circle to form the wreath. You may need to lightly wet the ends with water or milk to help the ends of the log stick together.
Cut Slices into the Circle as Directed – Slice the dough about 3/4 of the distance in toward the center of the dough circle, careful not to slice all the way through.
Turn Each Cut Gently On Its Side – Give each cut section a gentle turn onto side in all the same direction. This will display the interior of the cinnamon roll.
Bake and Glaze the Wreath
Bake – Place the cinnamon roll biscuit wreath into the oven and bake until cooked throughout and browned, about 12 minutes.
Make the Glaze – Meanwhile, whisk together the ingredients for the glaze.
Remove from Oven when Done – Remove the cinnamon roll biscuit wreath from the oven once it’s done and allow it to rest.
Drizzle the Glaze – After biscuit wreath has rested as direcrted, drizzle about 1/4 of the glaze over the cinnamon roll wreath, making sure that each piece has a good amount of the glaze drizzled over it.
Transfer Remainder of Glaze to Bowl – Put the remainder of the glaze to a small bowl and place it into the center of the cinnamon roll biscuit wreath so that everyone can get more glaze if wanted.
I started adding it to the center of the wreath since Bart loves to dip the pieces of the wreath into the glaze!
Festive for Christmas and Holidays
This Cinnamon Roll Biscuit Wreath really is perfect for serving throughout the Christmas season (or anytime, really!). We love it for Christmas brunches, parties, and to take to my friend who is not able to have yeast so can’t enjoy other types of cinnamon rolls.
But I have to admit that I love how quick and easy this festive little recipe is to make and serve! People absolutely love it and think you’ve worked on it a whole lot more than you have – and for me, that makes the best kind of recipe there can be!
More Favorite Biscuits and Festive Baking Recipes
Three Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuits
Chewy Sugar Cookies or Cut Out Sugar Cookies
Here’s my Cinnamon Roll Biscuit Wreath Recipe. I hope you love it as much as we do!
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Cinnamon Roll Biscuit Wreath Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 – 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
For the filling
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
For the glaze
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 475º F. Arrange parchment paper on a baking sheet pan.
- Add the flour, sugar and 1 cup of the heavy whipping cream to a large mixing bowl. Stir together until just combined. Add more heavy cream as needed for the dough to come together to form a soft, but manageable biscuit dough. Pour the dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently pat or roll into a rectangle about ½ inch thick.
For the filling
- Pour melted butter on top of biscuit dough. Spread to make sure it reaches the edges of the dough.
- Mix together cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle on top of melted butter. Roll the dough, beginning at the long edge, until a log of dough has been formed.
- Transfer the dough roll to the parchment lined baking sheet. Lightly dampen the ends of the roll of dough with water or milk and bring the damp ends of the dough together, pinching to seal. Form the dough into a circle for the wreath.
- Slice the dough, using a sharp knife, at 2-inch intervals about 3/4 of the way through the dough ring. Turn each section of sliced dough on its side to expose the cinnamon roll filling and form the wreath. Place the pan into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned and cooked through. Do not overbake.
For the glaze
- As the cinnamon roll wreath bakes, mix together the confectioner's sugar, milk and vanilla until well combined and smooth. Remove the wreath from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes and then drizzle about 1/4 of the glaze over the top.
- Transfer the remaining glaze to a small bowl and place it in the center of the wreath for those who want more glaze for dipping. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
Can I use regular flour?
Deb, I have found this recipe works best with self-rising flour. If you only have all-purpose flour, you can make your own self-rising flour by following these instructions: How to Make Self-Rising Flour. I hope you enjoy!
For your example, how many cups of flour did you use? I used 2 and I could only make a half circle.. I stretched it out and made it work, but it didn’t look like yours. It looked thicker? Maybe my rectangle was too thick to start with. I had to cook it for like 10 minute longer too and the insides still aren’t all the way cooked and it almost looks burnt. I also used all purpose flour and made it self rising by using your guide. I also didn’t have baking powder so I also made that using baking soda and cream of tarter. I tried!! Lol I think it’s still edible but it’s not pretty.
Annie, I used the 2 cups of self-rising flour and rolled the dough into a 1/2-inch rectangle. If you had only enough dough for half a circle, it sounds like you didn’t roll your dough thin enough. That also would be the reason it took longer to bake. I hope you try this recipe again sometime.