Easy Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Love warm cinnamon rolls for breakfast? 😋
If you’re like me and already dreaming of fall and of course all the delicious baking involved, consider making a pan of gooey Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast! This recipe uses a roll of pre-made bread dough from the freezer section of the grocery store for convenience, and can easily be assembled in minutes!
Chopped apples and caramel baking chips give these cinnamon rolls such a delicious FALL flavor, but you could also use a caramel sauce or pieces of caramel candy instead. Make sure to chop your apples pretty small so they get nice and tender in the oven.
This method for making cinnamon rolls is dangerously simple!
It just involves rolling out the defrosted dough, adding the filling, rolling it all up in a tube, then cutting your cinnamon rolls to bake.
Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls
yield: 12 SERVINGS
cook time: 25 MINUTES
total time: 25 MINUTES
Your favorite fall flavors come together in these easy to assemble Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls.
Ingredients
- 1 loaf frozen bread dough (such as Rhodes), defrosted
- 1 and 1/2 cup Granny Smith apples, peeled, chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup caramel baking chips
Directions
1
Roll out dough into about a 12x16 rectangle.
2
Mix chopped apples with lemon juice in a small bowl.
3
Mix both sugars with cinnamon in a separate small bowl.
4
Spread softened butter on top of dough.
5
Sprinkle sugar mixture over the butter.
6
Distribute apples and caramel baking chips evenly across.
7
Roll up the the dough lengthwise into a tube.
8
Cut 12 rolls and place them into a greased 9x13 casserole baking pan.
9
Cover and let rise for about 60 minutes.
10
Bake at 375 degrees for about 20-25 minutes until rolls are golden brown
11
Drizzle with melted caramel baking chips, caramel sauce, or cream cheese.
Additional Notes
Recipe adapted from RhodesBread.com
These are definitely sweet enough on their own, but you can drizzle caramel over the top or make a cream cheese frosting. I simply melted about half a cup of additional caramel baking chips and a small amount of butter in the microwave, then drizzled over the top of my cinnamon rolls after they came out of the oven.
OHHH MYYYY… THESE ARE GOOD! 😜
Is it okay to eat two of these for lunch!? Asking for a friend. 😋 Enjoy!
Make these yummy Salted Caramel Oatmeal Cookies!
Thank you!! Just in time – I’m doing a brunch for my daughters birthday next Sunday 🙂
Oh these would be great!
I have never heard of caramel chips before. What company makes them?
Mine were Ghirardelli brand from baking isle
Looks like the bag is Ghiradelli
I’m not sure the company but they are next to chocolate chips in my store
Lina: thank you for this delicious recipe! You’re awesome!! 😉
Ahhh THANKS!
Looks so good! Anyone know about how long it takes the dough to defrost?
I spray a loaf pan with non stick spray, put one in, cover with plastic wrap in fridge overnight but I think the package says about 8 hours in fridge…
Thank you!!
On the kitchen counter, usually 1-2 hours. You can also put it in the fridge overnight. There are “quick defrost ” methods that use the microwave (google the topic), but I’ve never tried to do it that way.
Rhodes makes frozen cinnamon rolls! You could add apples and or other toppings for an even faster dessert!
Great idea! I need to try those 👍🏻
“Asking for a friend” lolol loves it:)
Anyone know about how many grams of sugar would be n one of these? Ty
Hi everyone, any suggestions for a delicious cream cheese frosting?
Caramel baking chips! Who knew? That’s just genius!!!