Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls
Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls made with pizza dough is the ultimate Fall dessert and couldn’t be easier to make. Soft, fluffy, and loaded with warm apple pie filling and flavor!
Servings: 12 rolls
Ingredients
- 2 pounds pre-made pizza dough
- 1/2 cup salted butter softened at room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Apple Pie Filling
- 3 cups diced apples ok to leave skin on
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
Instructions
- Knead the pizza dough on a lightly floured surface and let sit for 30 minutes or until puffy. It’s ideal if the dough rises in a warm place. This will make the soft dough easy to spread and roll out.
- In the meantime, heat a frying pan with butter and melt. Add small pieces of apples, sugar and cinnamon and sauté until apples are tender and soft, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and drain any excess liquid. Set aside.
- Roll dough out to about 14×19 inch rectangle with a rolling pin. Spread softened butter over the dough. Mix together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl and then sprinkle the mixture over the buttered dough. Gently press the cinnamon sugar mixture down with your hands into the buttered dough. It’s ok to let the mixture go over the edges.
- Spread the apple pie filling on top all over the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Tightly roll up the dough, starting at the long side. Cut into 12-14 even rolls and place the rolls on a lightly greased baking dish, casserole dish or round cake pan (you could also line with parchment paper). Place the rolls in a cool area and let sit to rise for another 20 minutes. The rise time will be different depending on how warm or cool the area is. They will get a little puffy and rise a bit. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake cinnamon rolls for 20-25 minutes or until the tops are a light golden brown and the centers should be bubbly. You want to under-bake them a little so they stay soft and gooey in the middle.
- While the cinnamon rolls are cooling, add all of the icing ingredients together and mix with a fork or whisk until smooth. Spread the icing over cinnamon rolls and serve while warm. Enjoy!