Microwave Cinnamon Roll for One (2024)

All you need are a handful of ingredients, about 5 minutes and you can enjoy an ooey, gooey and delicious microwave cinnamon roll. It’s the perfect way to satisfy that craving without over indulging with a whole batch of cinnamon rolls!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe!

Can I tell you how amazing this microwave cinnamon roll for one is? Seriously, you need to make this now!!

There are so many reasons to love this sweet treat:

• Fast: This may just be the quickest pastry you will ever make. It takes a few minutes to mix up and assemble and then only 90 seconds to cook. You can enjoy this in about five minutes, not hours like a traditional batch of cinnamon rolls.
• Pantry Staple Ingredients: This recipe doesn’t require any yeast and you probably have everything you need on hand in your pantry already.
• It only makes one: It is the perfect solution for whenever that cinnamon roll craving hits. You can satisfy that craving with one cinnamon roll instead of being tempted by a dozen cinnamon rolls.
• No oven or yeast required! If the idea of working with yeast has stopped you from making cinnamon rolls, this is the recipe for you! This recipe is also perfect for the college student or anyone who doesn’t have access to an oven but has a microwave.

Ingredients Needed

• Flour. I prefer unbleached all purpose flour
• Baking Powder. This is what is going to make your cinnamon roll rise since we aren’t using yeast so be sure it is fresh.
• Sugar. You will need granulated sugar and brown sugar. If you want to glaze your cinnamon roll you will also need powdered sugar.
• Salt. Just a pinch.
• Milk. Use what milk you have on hand. You could also use almond milk or if you don’t have any milk, water will also work although I prefer using milk as it gives the dough a little more strength and body as well as making it more tender.
• Butter. I use salted butter, if using unsalted butter add in a pinch more salt.
• Cinnamon
• Vanilla Extract

How to Make a Microwave Cinnamon Roll

• Combine flour, melted butter, baking powder, sugar, salt and milk in a bowl. It will look a bit shaggy.

• Use your hands to bring the dough together and knead a few times on a lightly floured surface.

• Roll dough into a 6 x 9 inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface.

• Mix together 1 Tbsp softened butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. It should have the consistency of wet sand.

• Spread mixture over top of dough into a thin layer.
• Cut dough into three even strips, the long way.

• Roll up the middle strip of dough first.
• Line up the cut edges of the dough and roll up the second piece and then the third.

• Place cinnamon roll into a greased 4 oz. ramekin or a microwave safe ceramic mug.
• Mix up your glaze before cooking the cinnamon roll as you want to add this right away and enjoy the microwave cinnamon roll right out of the microwave.

• Cook in the microwave on high for 90 seconds. If it still seems a bit doughy cook in 10 second increments.
• Place it on a plate so make clean up a bit easier!

• Drizzle glaze over it right out of the microwave and then enjoy! Remember this is best enjoyed right away.