Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Easy Apple Cinnamon Rolls made with refrigerated cinnamon rolls, apples, and warm fall spices. A cozy fall breakfast or dessert ready in under 30 minutes!
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Warm, gooey, and bursting with apple flavor, these Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls are the perfect shortcut recipe for fall.
Starting with premade refrigerated cinnamon rolls, you’ll add a simple apple filling made with brown sugar and spices that bakes right into the rolls. The result? A bakery-style treat with very little effort on your part! Perfect for a weekend breakfast, a holiday brunch, or even a sweet dessert, these rolls will fill your home with the smell of cinnamon and apples in no time. Serve them with Apple Turnovers or Caramel Apple Crisp for the perfect fall pairing.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
Apple Cinnamon Rolls have all the fall flavors you know and love- apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg are stars of the show. They're versatile and can be served for breakfast, snack, or as a dessert. Kids and adults alike love these warm, gooey rolls. They also pair nicely with a glass of nice, ice-cold apple cider and Apple Spice Muffins. Each bite of one of these rolls is like a handheld personal serving of gooey apple pie!
Simple Ingredients
- Refrigerated cinnamon rolls: pick whatever brand of cinnamon rolls you enjoy or make your own
- Apples: I used Granny Smith apples to get that slightly tart pop of flavor, but I suppose you can use sweet apples.
- Spices: cinnamon and nutmeg
- Brown sugar: Dark or light is fine.
- Lemon juice: Balances out the sweetness.
How To Make Apple Cinnamon Rolls
- Step 1: Peel and dice apples and add diced apples to a small bowl. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and lemon juice to the bowl and stir to combine.
- Step 2: Open the tube of cinnamon rolls. Flatten each roll into a flat disk with your fingers or a rolling pin.
- Step 3: Spray muffin tin wells with baking spray. Place each flattened disk into a muffin cup.
- Step 4: Spoon apple pie filling onto the cinnamon rolls and bake until golden brown. Drizzle icing from the can of cinnamon rolls over top before serving.
Recipe Tips
- Change up the fresh apples that you use. Use Honeycrisp apples or Fuji if you prefer a sweeter apple choice.
- Change up the filling. Stir chopped pecans or walnuts into the apple and cinnamon sugar mixture for a pop of crunch.
- I like to serve these when they're warm, but you can serve them at room temperature.
- You can make these with other fruit fillings to go with any occasion throughout the year. Try swapping fresh apples for fresh diced pears or you can see how this works out with using canned pie filling. I would think apple pie filling, strawberry, or even blueberry pie filling will work.
- Any leftovers can be kept in an airtight container for up to 2-3 days.
Recipe Faq's
Yes, you can make these fluffy Apple Cinnamon Rolls ahead of time. Assemble the rolls with the apple filling, cover with plastic wrap and aluminum foil, and refrigerate overnight. Bake fresh the next morning.
Peeling is best for a soft texture, but you can leave the peel on for added fiber and color.
Absolutely. If you prefer to make your own dough, just follow the same filling and baking steps.
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Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 (12.4 ounce) tube refrigerated cinnamon rolls
- 2 cups apples I used Granny Smith, (finely diced)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees, spray a muffin tin with non stick cooking spray
- Peel and dice the apples, in a small bowl mix apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and lemon juice until combined.
- Open cinnamon rolls and using a rolling pin or your fingers roll or press each one into a flat disk.
- Place each cinnamon roll disk into a muffin cup.
- Add in a generous amount of apples and gently pack.
- Bake 13-15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool 5 minutes. Drizzle icing over top.
- Store any leftovers in an airtight container.
Oh, Yum Janet sounds delicious!
Didn't have fresh apples but I did have a can of cherry pie filling....Scrumptious