These divine Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls are the epitome of fusion desserts. They can be served for breakfast, brunch, or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream as a dessert. They’re a heavenly collision of warm cinnamon rolls and apple pie that’s gooey and sweet.

Ingredients to Make Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

I’m a bit passionate about finding new ways to enjoy all-time favorite flavor combinations. This fall, I wanted to come up with a quick and easy seasonal sweet roll using ingredients you can easily find. These delicious fusion cinnamon rolls were the result. They have quickly become a fan favorite much like my fusion recipe for skillet apple pie biscuits that turns buttermilk biscuits into an anytime-of-day treat. These cinnamon rolls are made using pizza dough for quick and easy prep. Ingredients to make Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls: (Scroll down for full printable recipe card.)

Dough – One tube of refrigerated classic pizza crust i.e. Pillsbury or similar. Thick crust works best.
Apple Pie Filling – One can premium apple pie filling.
Butter – Salted or unsalted butter adds richness to the apple filling.
Sugar – Light brown sugar for sweetness.
Spice – One tablespoon ground cinnamon and apple pie spice adds warm spicy notes.
Glaze – Powdered sugar, heavy cream and vanilla extract.

How to Make the BEST Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls

These Apple Pie C innamon Rolls are perfect for holiday brunches, special family breakfasts, tea time with your friends or at any other event where sweet breads are being served. It’s guaranteed, they’ll be the first to go.

Prepare Skillet – Preheat the oven to 375°F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 12-inch cast iron skillet or similar.
Stretch the Dough – On a nonstick surface stretch the pizza dough into a 15×10-inch rectangle. Spread the dough with butter.
Cinnamon Sugar – Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the butter.
Pie Filling – Use a sharp knife to cut the apple wedges in the pie filling into smaller pieces. Stir in the apple pie spice. Spread the apple mixture over the crust.
Roll the Dough – Begin rolling from the widest edge ending seam side down. Use a sharp knife and cut into 12 equal pieces. Arrange in the buttered skillet.
Transfer to the Oven – Bake per the cook time in the recipe until golden brown and puffy.
Make the Glaze – Mix together the powdered sugar, cream and vanilla extract until smooth.
Serve – Drizzle the glaze over the rolls and serve.

Tips for Making Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls

Kitchen Tools You’ll Need: Large oven safe skillet or cast iron skillet, sharp knife, measuring cups, measuring spoons, small bowl, medium bowl, offset icing spatula.
Cast Iron Skillet: These bake beautifully in a 12-inch cast iron skillet. You can use any similar size oven safe skillet or bake these in a 13-inch baking pan or baking dish.
Stretch the Dough: Refrigerated pizza dough can be very elastic so be patient when rolling it out into a rectangle. It may take several tries to get it to the size you need.
Tuck the Ends: Once the dough is filled and you begin to roll jelly roll style, some of the apple pie filling may ooze out. I typically will tuck the apple bits and pieces into the spaces between the cinnamon rolls once you’ve cut them and arranged them in the skillet.
Double the Glaze: The creamy vanilla glaze easily doubles, if you’d like to have extra to serve on the side. This is nice for guests, so they can add more to suit their taste.
When to Serve: These cinnamon rolls are delicious for breakfast, Thanksgiving brunch, Christmas morning, Fall gatherings, potluck parties, Easter and entertaining. You can also enjoy them with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream for dessert.

Recipe Variations

Dough: You can swap out frozen bread dough for the refrigerated pizza dough, if desired. Follow the package instructions for thawing the bread dough. It’s usually thawed in the fridge for several hours or overnight, then allow rise time before using.
Homemade Apple Pie Filling: You can skip canned pie filling and make your own from scratch. You can use honeycrisp apples, gala apples, golden delicious or granny smith apples to make it. See the Cook’s Note for detailed instructions.
To Make Homemade Apple Pie Filling: In a heavy bottomed saucepan cook 4 cups of cubed apple, 1/3 cup of granulated sugar, 1/2 tsp apple pie spice and 1/4 tsp of salt. Simmer for 15-20 minutes until softened. Thicken with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in 1-2 tablespoon of cold water, repeat as needed. Cool then proceed with the recipe as written.
Spices: If you don’t have apple pie spice on hand, you can use the ground cinnamon plus 1/8 teaspoon of ground cloves or allspice, 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon cardamom and 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger.
Nuts: You could add chopped pecans, walnuts or almonds to the filling for crunch.
Cream Cheese Icing: You could top these with a cream cheese frosting. To do so, mix together 2-4 ounces of softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, heavy cream and vanilla extract. Add more cream to thin and more sugar to sweeten until it reaches the consistency that you like.

Storage and Leftovers

Leftovers: Store Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls covered with plastic wrap, aluminum foil or in an airtight container, chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Reheating: Reheat gently in the microwave or in a preheated 350°F oven or a 325°F air fryer.
Freezer: Freeze apple cinnamon rolls for up to 2 months. Thaw in the fridge and reheat just before serving.

More Apple Dessert Recipes to Make

Warm Apple Cobbler with vanilla ice cream.
Grab-n-go Apple Pie Bars.
Start the day with Apple Baked Oatmeal.
Vanilla glazed Apple Fritters.
Apple Cider Doughnut Cake is a delicious fall dessert.
Glazed Caramel Apple Turnovers.
Caramel Apple Nachos from Butter with a Side of Bread.

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