Apple Cinnamon Rolls are a wonderful combination of a homemade apple pie filling and refrigerator cinnamon rolls. They are quick and easy to make, and they make your home smell heavenly!
Ingredients & Assembly
To make these you will start out with a can of refrigerator cinnamon rolls. Separate them and place them in a round cake pan. Create a well in the center of each cinnamon roll by pressing your thumb in the center and create a side with your fingers. It’s a lot like grade school art class when you’re making a clay pot.
To make the apple pie filing you peel core and finely dice an apple. I refer to use a Granny Smith apple since I like how the flavor profile they have when they are cooked up. Put the apple pieces in a small saucepan on low heat and add butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. It may see a little bit dry, but soon the apples will release their juices and the butter will melt and it’ll be moist.
Put the milk in a small bowl and add the corn starch. Whisk together. You need to do this in a separate bowl and not directly in the pan to avoid lumps. When corn starch is added to a hot liquid or mixture it will clump. This will be your thickener for the apples.
Once the apples are cooked to the desired tenderness, add in the milk and corn starch mixture. Stir continuously until it has thickened. Then remove the small saucepan of apples from the heat.
Using a tablespoon put some apple pie filling in each cinnamon roll center. I use a small cookie scoop and that is the perfect size. Just be careful not to over fill them so the liquid runs over the side. You may have some extra apple filling. That can happen because the size of the apples can vary. I’m sure you can find someone that might be willing to eat it.
Baking
Put the pan of Apple Cinnamon Rolls in a preheated oven and bake according to the recipe directions. Once they are golden brown and done, remove them from the oven, and let them cool for about 10-15 minutes.
Take the container of the frosting that came with the refrigerator cinnamon rolls, remove the lid, and put it in the microwave to soften it a little bit. Stir it and then drizzle the icing over each apple cinnamon roll.
Serving
These Apple Cinnamon Rolls and a cup of coffee are a perfect combination, but I know not everyone is as in love with coffee as I do.
These would work wonderful with an egg bake or Skillet Eggs. These are great when you are serving a brunch and want to have something that is a little sweet too.
Happy Baking!
Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Equipment
- 1 Small Saucepan
- 1 Peeler
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Knife
- 1 9 inch round baking pan or an 8x8 baking pan
- 1 Small bowl
Ingredients
- 1 tube Refrigerator Cinnamon Rolls
- 1 medium Granny Smith Apple
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp Brown Sugar
- ¼ tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Milk
- ½ tsp Corn Starch
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Put the butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon in the small saucepan and melt the butter over medium heat.
- Peel, core, and finely dice the apple. Add it to the saucepan. Cook for on medium heat until the apples are tender. It will take about 10 minutes.
- In a small bowl whisk together the milk and corn starch. Whisk it well.
- When the apples are tender stir in the milk and cornstarch mixture. Cook until the sauce thickens, stirring constantly. It will be just a couple of minutes.
- When the sauce has thickened, remove it from the heat, and set it aside.
- Grease the baking pan.
- Place the cinnamon rolls cinnamon topping side up in the baking pan.
- Using your fingers press a well in the middle of the cinnamon roll creating a well in the center.
- Put about a tablespoon of the apple mixture in the well in each cinnamon roll. You may have a little extra of the apple mixture.
- Bake the cinnamon rolls in the oven for 13-17 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes.
- Remove the lid from the frosting container. Put it in the microwave for about 10 seconds. Using a fork or a spoon, drizzle the frosting on the top of the rolls and apple filling.
- Serve immediately.
