Make any treat more delicious with this heavenly cinnamon glaze! With simple ingredients like powdered sugar, ground cinnamon, plant-based milk, and vanilla extract, you can convert any cake mix into a masterpiece. This is one of my favorite glazes that I use on my pumpkin spice scones, and it can be used for cinnamon roll icing, coffee cakes, cookies, homemade donuts, and so much more!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It’s easy: All you need are a few ingredients to make this smooth glaze to add to your favorite desserts and breakfast treats!
- It’s plant-based: So many recipes for glaze call for a cup of milk, but this one is made with non-dairy milk, allowing everyone to enjoy it.
- It goes great on everything: Once you make it, you’re going to be looking for excuses to pour this amazing glaze on top of everything!
Ingredients + Notes
Five simple ingredients that are pantry staples.
- Powdered Sugar: Powdered sugar stabilizes your glaze and gives it that thicker texture to keep it from merely soaking into your goodies or rolling off the top. For a sugar-free option, you can use monk fruit powdered sugar instead.
- Cinnamon: Ground cinnamon gives it that sweet hint of spice that brings out the best in your treats.
- Plant milk: Most glaze recipes call for milk or heavy cream. If you’re vegan or dairy-free, this recipe is one you’ll love, made with almond milk.
A full list of ingredients with exact amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Substitutions
This cinnamon bun glaze is delightful, but if you want to jazz it up a bit, consider the following.
- Vegan cream cheese: Vegan cream cheese would take this glaze to a different level. Making it extra creamy and, of course, taste like cream cheese. Add one tablespoon of cream cheese at a time, stirring it in with a wooden spoon until you reach your desired taste and texture.
- Brown sugar: If you want to deepen the color of this glaze to a darker golden brown, then brown sugar can easily accomplish this. Add one tablespoon of brown sugar at a time to the mixing bowl until you reach the perfect color.
How To Make Cinnamon Glaze
This recipe for cinnamon glaze literally takes minutes to make!
- Add dry ingredients to a small bowl and thoroughly combine.
- Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and whisk together until clumps are gone. (No need for an electric mixer.)
- Drizzle over scones, cinnamon rolls, pumpkin spice waffles, or other delicious creations.
What To Drizzle This Tasty Glaze On
Now, you could just lick the spoon and then the bowl, but you probably want to drizzle this cinnamon glaze recipe on something tasty. Here are my recommendations.
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- Cinnamon rolls: Whether you make your own cinnamon rolls or you want to give a canned version a homemade touch, this delicious cinnamon glaze is perfect!
- Bundt cake: Even box cake mix can taste like it’s baked from scratch if you put it in a Bundt pan and then top it with this glaze.
- Scones: My recipe for pumpkin spice scones features this cinnamon glaze on top. It’s the perfect complement to that pumpkin flavor. It’s also delicious on these vegan banana scones.
- Muffins: Bring out the best in your muffins by finishing them off with a drizzle of glaze just before serving.
- Donuts: Nothing beats glazed pumpkin donuts.
- Pancakes: Convert pancakes into a cinnamon roll-style of flavors and give them this glaze. These easy banana pancakes and mini vegan pancakes are perfect for it.
- Waffles: Imagine this delightful glaze trapped in all those little squares, bringing more flavor to every bite. Next time you’ve run out of maple syrup, drizzle this cinnamon roll glaze on top of your favorite applesauce waffles.
- Oatmeal: Liven up a healthy breakfast with this sweet addition, like over this apple cinnamon oatmeal recipe or pumpkin spice oatmeal.
Storage Tips
This cinnamon glaze can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. I recommend storing the glaze separately and then drizzling it on top of donuts, cinnamon rolls, etc., upon serving.
FAQ
This cinnamon glaze is made from powdered sugar, ground cinnamon, plant milk, vanilla extract, and salt.
You should always wait just a teensy bit before you ice your cinnamon rolls with this glaze, or any glaze. About 5 to 10 minutes is ideal. If you don’t wait and try to pour the glaze on them while they’re hot out of the oven, it will ooze off the tops. If the cinnamon rolls are just warm, though, the glaze will spread easily and set beautifully.
If your glaze is too runny, just add more powdered sugar. Do so a little at a time until you get the consistency you want.
Neither! Donuts, like cinnamon rolls, should be warm rather than hot or cold when you apply the glaze. This will give you the best results!
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Recipe
Recipe
Cinnamon Glaze
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 teaspoons almond milk, or your plant milk of choice
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- dash of vanilla extract
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Add dry ingredients to a small mixing bowl and thoroughly combine.
- Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and whisk together until clumps are gone.
- Drizzle over scones, cinnamon rolls, pumpkin spice waffles, or other delicious creations.
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Notes
Should you put icing on hot cinnamon rolls? You should always wait just a teensy bit before you ice your cinnamon rolls with this glaze, or any glaze. About 5 to 10 minutes is ideal. If you don’t wait and try to pour the glaze on them while they’re hot out of the oven, it will ooze off the tops. If the cinnamon rolls are just warm though, the glaze will spread easily and set beautifully. How do you thicken a donut glaze? If your glaze is too runny, just add more powdered sugar. Do so a little at a time until you get the consistency you want. Storage Tips
This cinnamon glaze can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. I recommend storing the glaze separately and then drizzling it on top of donuts, cinnamon rolls, etc., upon serving.
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Such a simple yet tasty recipe! I love that it can be used on so many different vegan desserts too.
So glad you like it Amber!