Sticky Sweet Pull Apart Cinnamon Rolls with a sweet lemony glaze! These rolls are the perfect starter rolls for beginners! They are easy to make and dangerously delicious!
The dangerously delicious description of these rolls comes from my Mom. My folks are visiting this week, which is great because they can help us eat all of this "recipe testing" food!
They are simple to make and only use just a handful of ingredients. They are so good - I dare you to eat just one!
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. For the complete directions just scroll down to the bottom!
- Thaw freeze and bake rolls
- Butter baking dish well.
- Melt butter.
- Cut each roll in half
- Mix together cinnamon, granulated sugar and brown sugar.
- Dunk each roll in melted butter.
- Roll in cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Place the cinnamon roll pieces in the loaf pan.
- Repeat with remaining rolls.
- Dust the top of the rolls with any remaining cinnamon sugar and top with walnuts.
- Cover and allow to rise for 2-3 hours, until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven - bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
- Top with lemon sugar glaze, enjoy!
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Pull-Apart Cinnamon Bread
Ingredients
- 16 rolls frozen dinner rolls or frozen bread dough.
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ cup butter melted
- ½ cups walnuts optional
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 lemon freshly squeezed juice
Instructions
- Thaw the frozen rolls, cut each roll in half.
- Butter the baking dish. Be sure to butter the sides and bottom of the pan.
- Melt the butter. Mix together cinnamon, sugar and brown sugar.
- Dunk each roll in butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. Place in the pie pan, repeat with remaining rolls.
- Dust the top of the rolls with any remaining cinnamon sugar and top with walnuts.
- Cover with plastic wrap or a tea towel. Place in a warm place and allow to rise for 2-3 hours, until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees - bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown and baked thru.
- Mix together powdered sugar, lemon and vanilla. Add just enough lemon to make the glaze easy to drizzle. Drizzle over the top of the baked cinnamon rolls.
Notes
- Finely chopped apples, pecans, raisins or crasins would be a lovely addition to the cinnamon rolls.
- Cooked crumbled bacon mixed in with the brown sugar? Sweet, savory deliciousness!
- Instead of the powdered sugar glaze, caramel or a drizzle of chocolate sauce would be amazing.
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Variations
- Finely chopped apples, pecans, raisins or crasins would be a lovely addition to the cinnamon rolls.
- Cooked crumbled bacon mixed in with the brown sugar? Sweet, savory deliciousness!
- Instead of the powdered sugar glaze, caramel or a drizzle of chocolate sauce would be amazing.
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michele says
Im loving that you use store bought rolls to get cinnamon rolls! What a great idea... so much easier and you know they will turn out the same each time!
Michaela Kenkel says
I need to try these cinnamon rolls. We have company coming this weekend perfect opportunity!
Julie Menghini says
We love recipes like this. These sweet rolls will go perfectly with my morning coffee and I love how simple you've made them!
Bowl Me Over says
Thank you Julie, sweet rolls are life - I totally agree!!
Robin Abrams says
We make a ham, cheesy scalloped potatos, green beans, deviled eggs , home made dressing.
Bowl Me Over says
That sounds like a great spread Robin! Happy Easter, I hope it's a great one!!
Angela Paris says
Gosh you're photos are so beautiful! I just want to crawl into it and gobble these up!
Bowl Me Over says
Haha! That's awesome Angela - I should pack up a care package to send your way! ?
Liza says
What an awesome idea for the upcoming Easter celebrations! It must be so yummy!
Bowl Me Over says
Thank you Liza!! Dan ate so much of these it gave him a tummy ache! The man likes his sweets!!