# Butter Swim Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls

A delicious and easy recipe for cinnamon rolls made with a biscuit dough that bakes in melted butter.

- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2.5 cups flour
- 0.25 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1.5 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 stick butter
- 1.5 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream

## Instructions

1. Add two and a half cups of flour, a quarter cup of brown sugar, a tablespoon of baking powder, and one and a half tablespoons of ground cinnamon to a mixing bowl.
2. Whisk the dry ingredients together.
3. Add two cups of heavy cream and a teaspoon of vanilla to the dry ingredients.
4. Mix until a big ball of sticky biscuit dough forms.
5. Set the dough aside.
6. Melt one stick of butter and pour it into an 8x8 baking dish.
7. Place the ball of dough on top of the melted butter in the baking dish.
8. Spread the dough out in the baking dish.
9. Pre-cut the biscuits in the dish.
10. Bake in the oven at 450 degrees for about 25 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and passes the toothpick test.
11. Let the cinnamon rolls cool off.
12. While cooling, make the icing by combining one and a half cups of powdered sugar, three tablespoons of melted butter, a teaspoon of vanilla, and about two tablespoons of heavy cream.
13. Whisk the icing ingredients together until smooth.
14. Drizzle or spread the icing over the cooled cinnamon roll biscuits.

## Equipment

- mixing bowl
- whisk
- 8x8 baking dish
- oven

## Tips

- Pre-cut the biscuits before baking for easier separation.
- Allow the cinnamon rolls to cool slightly before icing.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-05-23

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