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Take refrigerated cinnamon rolls to the next level with apples and cinnamon and yummy homemade icing. These Easy Apple Cinnamon Rolls are delicious and super simple to make.

Closeup on four Easy Apple Cinnamon Rolls sitting on a red serving platter surrounded by Fall leaves.

Our family really enjoys Apple Cinnamon desserts.   One of the most requested is a breakfast item that also is a fun dessert … Easy Apple Cinnamon Rolls.   They are kind of like a muffin, kind of like a cupcake, kind of like a mini pie, kind of like a cinnamon roll. But whatever category you put it in, it is definitely super delicious!

Ingredients You Will Need

Ingredients you will need to make Apple Cinnamon Rolls including Green Apples and Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls.

Preparing the Apples

Collage image showing the steps for preparing the apples for the cinnamon rolls.

Step 1: Peel and finely dice three medium-sized green apples.
Step 2: Add 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the apples.
Step 3: Mix until the apples are completely covered with the sugar/cinnamon mixture.  Set the bowl aside.  

Assembly Instructions

Collage image showing how to press the Cinnamon Roll dough down into the Cupcake pan.

Step 4: Spray a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Open up the packages of Cinnamon rolls. Press down the cinnamon rolls with your fingers until they are approximately double in size.
Step 5: Press the cinnamon rolls into the muffin tin.  

Collage image showing the Apple Cinnamon Rolls before they go in the oven and after then come out of the oven.

Step 6: Fill the cinnamon roll “cup” with the apple mixture. Don’t overfill the cinnamon roll cups with apples or the mixture will bubble over during the baking process.
Step 7: Bake in a 350-degree oven for 15-18 minutes.  The Apple Cinnamon Rolls are done when the edges are golden brown.

How to Make the Icing

Collage image showing the steps for making the Cinnamon Roll icing.

Step 8: While the Apple Cinnamon Rolls are cooling .. make up a batch of homemade icing.  Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in the microwave.
Step 9: Add 2 cups of powdered sugar and stir until mixed.
Step 10: Then add some milk (start with 1 tablespoon.)
Step 11: Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla.  Then add more milk, a little bit at a time until the icing is the right consistency.

Collage image showing the steps for adding the glaze to the Quick and Easy Cinnamon Rolls.

Step 12-13: Drizzle the icing on the Apple Cinnamon Rolls right before you serve them. We think these Apple Cinnamon Rolls taste best just after they are baked.  And this is how we serve them as part of breakfast or brunch. But they are also great once they are cooled – especially if you pop them in the microwave for 15 seconds.

Closeup on three Easy Apple Cinnamon Rolls sitting on a red serving platter.

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Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Yield 16
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Take refrigerated cinnamon rolls to the next level with apples and cinnamon and yummy homemade icing. These Apple Cinnamon rolls are delicious and easy to make.

Ingredients

  • 3 medium Green Apples
  • 1/4 cup Brown Sugar (packed)
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 2 packages Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls
  • 4 tablespoons Butter (Sweet Cream, Salted)
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons Milk
  • 2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • Non-stick cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Peel and finely dice three medium sized green apples.
  2. Add 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the apples and mix until the apples are completely covered with the sugar/cinnamon mixture.  Set the bowl aside.
  3. Spray a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  4. Open up the packages of Cinnamon rolls.
  5. Press  down the cinnamon rolls with your fingers until they are approximately double in size.
  6. Press the cinnamon rolls into the muffin tin.  And then fill the cinnamon roll "cup" with the apple mixture. Don't overfill the cinnamon roll cups with apples or the mixture will bubble over during the baking process.
  7. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 15-18 minutes.  The Apple Cinnamon Rolls are done when the edges are golden brown.
  8. While the Apple Cinnamon Rolls are cooling make up a batch of homemade icing.  Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in the microwave.  Add 2 cups of powdered sugar and stir until mixed.  Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla. Then add some milk, 1 tablespoon at a time until the icing is the right consistency.
  9. Drizzle the icing on the Apple Cinnamon Rolls right before you serve them.

Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!

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Cuisine: American / Category: Desserts