Cinnamon rolls always make for a tasty breakfast treat, my two-ingredient dough cinnamon rolls are lightened up and still delicious!
If you have not tried the two-ingredient dough yet you really need to jump on the wagon! There are so many things you can make with this easy to make dough! I’ve been wanting to make cinnamon rolls with it for a while and I finally got around to it the other morning, these tasty baked treats were amazing and I might have eaten 3 in a row haha! They are so simple to make, take very little time, and just 2 points each on WW.
Ingredients used
- Self-raising flour
- Plain greek yogurt
- Brown sugar
- Cinnamon
- Icing sugar *Confectionary sugar
- Milk
How to make Two Ingredient Dough Cinnamon Rolls (step by step):
- Preheat the oven to 375F, and line a baking sheet with some parchment paper. I also spray the paper lightly.
- In a bowl mix the yogurt and flour together. If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can use all-purpose and add a little baking powder and salt to it.
- Mix the dough until you can form a ball. It will be slightly sticky- sprinkle some flour on a flat surface and keep kneading the dough in some extra flour until it’s not sticky. Roll the dough out -mine was rolled out to approx 12″ by 10″
- In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the dough. Roll the dough up and cut into 2 equal pieces, then cut each piece into 6 giving you 12 rolls.
- Place the cut pieces onto the baking sheet and bake them in the oven for 18 minutes or until they look golden brown on top.
- In a small bowl, mix the icing sugar with a little milk and brush the glaze onto the warm cinnamon rolls. Makes 12 rolls. Enjoy!
TIPS TO MAKE TWO-INGREDIENT DOUGH
The dough should be tacky but not sticky, if you can’t knead the dough without it sticking to your hands then add a little more flour. I typically will add just a little more flour than yogurt when making the dough even though it calls for a 50/50 ratio.
You definitely need greek yogurt, regular yogurt won’t be thick enough and you won’t get the same results from it.
Be sure to flour your surface when rolling out the dough, and add a little flour to the rolling pin.
You can make this dough ahead of time and refrigerate it until you are ready to use it.
If you wish to replace the brown sugar with a sugar substitute such as a Splenda brown sugar or similar that will work fine. If you are doing so to save on WW points if you follow WW then be sure to build the recipe in your WW app to get the accurate point value.
When you are ready to cut the cinnamon rolls, cut in the middle first, this will help ensure even pieces.
SOME IDEAS ON WHAT YOU CAN MAKE WITH THE TWO-INGREDIENT DOUGH.
Pizza crust *Here is one of my recipes for a delicious chicken & spinach alfredo pizza using the 2ID
Pie crust *I made this amazing apple pie using the 2ID
Bagels
Breadsticks
Pretzel bites
Biscuits/rolls
You can also experiment and use it in recipes that might call for biscuits, like some of my famous bubble-up dishes.
WW Points
- Self-rising flour 13 points
- Non fat plain Greek yogurt 0 points
- Brown sugar 16 points
- Cinnamon 0 points
- Icing sugar or confectionary sugar 4 points
- Lowfat milk 0 points
3 points per cinnamon roll based on the WW app recipe creator.
If you’re using an older version of WW, check out these points below.
Personal Points- 2-3 depending on your 0PP foods
Smart points- blue & purple- 2 using WW recipe builder
Smart points- green- 3 using WW recipe builder
Points plus- 2 using PP calculator
Two ingredient dough cinnamon rolls
Ingredients
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup non fat plain greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp icing sugar, confectionary sugar
- 2 tsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F, line a baking sheet with some parchment paper, I also spray the paper lightly.
- In a bowl mix your yogurt and flour together *If you don't have self-raising flour you can use all-purpose and add a little baking powder and salt to it
- Mix your dough till you can form a ball, it will be slightly sticky, sprinkle some flour on a flat surface and keep kneading the dough in some extra flour till it's not sticky. Roll the dough out *mine was rolled out to approx 12" by 10"
- In a small bowl mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle over the dough. Roll your dough up and cut into 2 equal pieces, then cut each piece into 6 giving you 12 rolls.
- Place cut pieces onto the baking sheet and bake in the oven for 18 minutes or until they look golden brown on top.
- In a small bowl mix the icing sugar with a little milk and brush glaze onto warm cinnamon rolls, makes 12 rolls. Store in a sealed container.
Notes
These cinnamon rolls are best enjoyed the day they are baked. The two-ingredient dough does not hold up well after a day or two I find. You can freeze them the same day and I like to reheat them in the air fryer after defrosting them.
So,… I grabbed the sour cream instead of the Greek yogurt. ? they are in the oven as we speak. I will keep you informed ??♀️??♀️?
Interesting, I have never tried 2ID with sour cream, love to know if it turned out ok
Made these tonight for the first time. Followed exact recipe using Kroger self rising and chobani non fat. The dough was a little sticky but most dough is. I baked for 16 minutes but they were not quite ready. Added 3 more minutes and they were perfectly cooked. Flavor was good. Of course not Pillsbury but good
Yay, so glad you enjoyed them , they are a nice low point alternative 🙂
i never buy Greek yogurt and don’t really want to just for this. has anyone tried it with plain no fat yogurt?
Hi Debra, I am not sure regular yogurt is thick enough to use in the 2 ingredient dough, you can try but my guess would be it wouldn’t hold up as well
Just made them for the 1st time just waiting for them to cool down its also first time I actually made something without dropping it my husband put them in the oven then I glazed them with the icing sugar
Haha I have those days 😉 I hope you enjoyed the cinnamon rolls 🙂
Could you make the dough, roll it out, cut them, and then freeze them – pulling them out one at a time to bake as needed?
Hi Michelle, yes that will absolutely work 🙂
Are you able to bake them in a muffin tin? Or is baking them flat the best way to go?
You could probably bake them in a muffin tin as they won’t be as big as the space in a muffin tin and will bake pretty much the same 🙂
Hi. I used the same recipe for bagels. I’m going to try cinnamon rolls, but I do not like icing. Any suggestions to replace the icing/ glaze? I thought egg wash but nit sure if it will ruin product. Thanks
Hi Barbra, egg wash won’t ruin it if you go lightly, what about a little honey, you could water it down a bit too so it spreads over all of them, or a sugar free maple syrup maybe?
Iv made these once before and forgot about them, till I came across it just now. Definitely got to make them again
I use the same dough (I’m on ww) for pizza also however with my daughter having a dairy allergy I use water instead of yoghurt which still works fine, for a bit more bready texture I add a bit of dry yeast.
Thanks for the reminder ??
Hi, Oh that is interesting that it still works out with water, thanks for sharing 🙂 I’m glad you enjoy the cinnamon rolls
Thanks so much for the inspiration. I’ve used this dough for some savory things with great results but never in a sweet recipe. How does the same dough give such different results? You don’t have to add anything to the dough itself to change the texture or taste?
NO you don’t need to add anything extra, the sugar will sweeten it up, that said they are not as sweet as say a store bough version, but for myself they do the trick 🙂 hope you enjoy them
Has anyone tried the rolls using semisweet chocolate chips? Instead of sugar and cinnamon.
Hi Rhonda, you can definitely do that, I am sure they would be delicious!