Easiest Cinnamon Rolls Ever

Submitted by Chef bifaerie79

"An invention of my own, this shortcut recipe is for when you need cinnamon rolls fast! NOTE: These rolls work well with splenda for baking for an almost (some sugar in pizza crust dough) sugar free option (although not as sticky)!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 9

ingredients

• 1 package pillsbury classic refrigerated pizza crust
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 cup chopped nuts (optional) or 1/4 cup raisins (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Unroll pizza crust.
3. Spread evenly with softened butter leaving 1/2 inch unbuttered at one end of long side.
4. Sprinkle evenly with sugar and cinnamon.
5. Sprinkle with nuts or raisins (optional).
6. Roll up dough long ways and pinch unbuttered edge to seal.
7. Slice into 9 sections. place in greased 9X9 inch pan.
8. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned and dough is no longer gooey.

Reviews

[twissis]

Made for the What's on the Menu? Tag Game @ FF&F & served as part of dessert for a family brunch, this recipe was a huge success for me. The Icelandic equivalent of cinnamon rolls is "kanil snudur". I love them, but always thought them too much of a challenge for a yeast-phobic baker like myself. The truth was all I really needed was your "twissis-proof", ingredient-friendly & easy-fix recipe to impress my DH & his family. Not that it mattered much, but mine were mini-sized because DH bought the smaller of 2 sizes of pizza dough -- BUT we agreed that will never happen again. I did use the optional raisins, but left out the nuts as DH is diet-restricted for them. I also made http://www.food.com/recipe/white-glaze-icing-for-pastries-cinnamon-rolls-and-danishes-454978 by 2Bleu as a light glaze. I'm very happy I found your recipe.

 

[mspenguin51]

Easy and delicious. Mine weren't as "pretty" as Food.com's, but still tasted great. I followed the recipe, but mixed the cinnamon with the sugar to be sure everything was covered. I also added chopped pecans and raisins, two "required" ingredients at our house. I will cut back a little on the butter because a lot of it was at the bottom of the pan. Of course, that wasn't a problem because we just dipped the rolls in the butter before we ate it. Had to be careful not to eat too many, so we would cut them in half and then proceed to eat two halves. Yummy!

 

[Lavender Lynn]

As the title says, these are really easy. The trade-off is that they tend to taste like all refrigerated dough; it's not a substitute for serious, handmade cinnamon rolls. Ours were crispy on top and the layers are really thin; sugar glues them to the pan, which frankly isn't such a bad thing. Use this recipe when you have the dough on and and need something quick. Made for PAC.

 

[Jackie N.]

 

[amymarieshelton]

This recipe is so easy. I have never been one to make yeast bread/pastry because I end up killing the yeast... but my family loves cinnamon rolls. Refrigerator pizza dough in the can ('pop n fresh') was on sale and I decided to make something with them. I saw on a different site using the dough for cinnamon rolls. I followed the recipe almost exactly except I mixed the softened butter with the cinnamon and sugar, making a sort of paste, and spread it over the dough. Oh my goodness they are good. If you need something quick, make these. I added raisins to half the batch. I also used the simple white glaze that someone else recommended. My picky husband loved them.