Easy Like Sunday Morning Cinnamon Rolls
on Sep 18, 2015, Updated Jan 01, 2021
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Easy Like Sunday Morning Cinnamon Rolls – I have to confess. I am not a baker. However, I do love to bake. I love to make simple baked goods. That means that they either have to have minimal ingredients that are just all dumped into a bowl and mixed together.
Or, the recipe has to be “Scott” proof, aka “fool” proof.
This past Sunday morning, I made something that fit the bill and my kids favorite, delicious cinnamon rolls. There was no complicated dough recipe and best of all it goes together easily. Thus, I bring to you a recipe for fool proof cinnamon rolls. Or, Easy Like Sunday Morning Cinnamon Rolls.
Easy Like Sunday Morning Cinnamon Rolls
As you all know by now, I like to shop our pantry to make our meals. I also like things to be delicious and simple. Let’s face it, who has time for complicated, confusing recipes? To quote a very popular internet viral saying, “I ain’t got time for that!”
So, I find ways to take shortcuts and make recipes less complicated. A good example of this is frozen bread dough. We have all walked past the frozen cases in the grocery store and seen these frozen tubes. I love to use them for what their intended and make a fresh loaf of bread when I am making soup.
But, I also think outside of the box and use it as pizza dough, dough for dinner rolls, and yes, for these Easy Like Sunday Morning Cinnamon Rolls.
By using the frozen bread dough, it takes all of the guess work out of what type of yeast to use.
Or whether or not the dough will rise properly. It allows you to have that extra cup of coffee and read the Sunday paper.
Because the dough is frozen, there is a little planning ahead involved. It does take about 2 hours to thaw and rise in your oven the morning of. Unless, you let the dough rise in your refrigerator the night before.
But, I am never that prepared. Once the dough is ready, you roll out the dough and add your cinnamon sugar and butter. Then there is a second rising, which is about 30 minutes and another 30 minutes for baking in the oven.
However, your patience will be rewarded. Trust me.
I add a little bit of cinnamon sugar on the bottom of the pan before I add my cinnamon rolls. I do this to add a little more flavor and texture. When you take a bite, there is a little crisp chewiness that cant be matched.
So I say, make your house smell incredible and treat your family to these easy, delicious cinnamon rolls. They will think that you slaved. But you and I will know that they were Easy like Sunday Morning! Enjoy. -Scott
Easy Like Sunday Morning Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
For Cinnamon Rolls
- 1 Roll of frozen bread dough
- 1 cup of granulated sugar, can use half granulated sugar and half brown sugar for more gooey rolls
- 1/2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter, soften
For Icing
- 8 OZ Cream Cheese, soften
- 1/2 cup butter, soften
- 2 cups powder sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- If the dough is frozen:
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees and shut off when gets to temperature.
- In a shallow pan place about 1 quart of boiling water and put pan on the lowest rack in oven.
- Grease a bowl or a bread pan and place frozen dough into pan.
- Place in the warm oven and allow to rise for approximately 2 hours. The dough should double in size in this time.
- Remove from oven and place dough on a floured surface.
- Roll dough in a rectangle to approximately 9X13.
- Spread soften butter over the entire dough surface.
- In a bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
- Take mixture and sprinkle on top of dough and butter.
- Reserve a little to sprinkle in the cooking pan.
- Starting from the longest side and roll, forming a long tube.
- To seal the edge, use a little water on your finger on the edge before you complete your roll.
- Cut rolls into 12 equal pieces.
- Grease a 9X13 pa.
- Sprinkle the reserved cinnamon sugar into the bottom of the pan.
- Place cinnamon rolls, cut side down into pan. Place 3 in a row.
- Put pan in a warm spot to rise another 30 minutes or until cinnamon rolls have doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook cinnamon rolls for approximately 30 minutes or until golden.
For Icing
- Using a mixer, beat together butter and cream cheese.
- Once butter and cream cheese are incorporated, mix in powder sugar 1/2 cup at a time, until powder sugar is mixed in and the frosting is not gritty.
- Mix in vanilla.
- Frost cinnamon rolls with frosting and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This is what I want to wake up to on Sunday morning ! Drooling over here, excuse me..
No apologizes needed…drool away :). Next time I make them, I will save you one.
Loving the look of these…you can never have enough recipes for cinnamon rolls. They’re like staple to me!
Agreed. I love to try out different recipes. Thanks for stopping by.
OK, so now I know that the lyrics to that song are still in my head 🙂 Great recipe, pinned!
Thanks for the comment. I hope that you give these a try soon.
Simple recipes are simply the best! These look fantastic – you’ve got me craving cinnamon rolls now!
I think that I see these cinnamon rolls in your weekend future.
I printed this recipe out because it will be made this week. I cannot wait to try it.
Tomas. Please let me know what you think of these cinnamon rolls when you make them. If you can, snap a picture. I would love to see how yours come out.
Nothin’ like fresh cinnamon rolls in the mornin’! They look delicious and so fluffy!! Nice job!
Thanks Chris.
This looks so easy to make and so yummy!
These are very easy and oh so good. Please save one for me when you make them.
Oh My! What a great looking treat. Using frozen dough is genius…I say genius. After reading this post I know what “easy like Sunday morning” means. LOL! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the nice comments. I hope that you give this recipe a try. If you do, please let me know what you think.
Fantastic recipe! I’m pretty sure this would surely impress a bunch of guests, gorgeous pictures!
Thanks so much, Florian; it never ceases to amaze us just how “simple” always rules!
Scott, I am totally craving cinnamon rolls now!! As much as I love to bake and do it all from scratch, I don’t make cinnamon rolls too often because I usually crave them in the morning and the really fluffy ones require yeast and take over an hour of time to make. This sort of semi-homemade idea is a great substitute, and they look absolutely scrumptious! Thank you for sharing 🙂