These divine Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls are the epitome of fusion dessert heaven. They could be served for breakfast, brunch, or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream as a dessert. They're gooey and sweet the result when apple pie and cinnamon rolls collide.
How to Make the BEST Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls
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. Another popular fusion recipe, my skillet apple pie biscuits turns biscuits into an anytime-of-day treat smothered with apple pie filling. These cinnamon rolls using pizza dough were a natural progression.
- Ingredients you'll need to make easy Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls: Refrigerated pizza dough, apple pie filling, butter, light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, apple pie spice, powdered sugar and heavy cream to make the glaze.
- Kitchen tools you'll need: 12 inch cast iron skillet or similar size baking dish, measuring cups and spoons, sharp knife and cutting board, small bowls plus an apple corer and peeler and saucepan if making your own filling.
- Refrigerated pizza dough can be very elastic so be patient when rolling it out into a rectangle.
- If you don't have apple pie spice, you can use all ground cinnamon.
- Once filled, keep in mind that as you roll the apple filled dough some of the apple pie filling may ooze out. Just tuck the bits and pieces into the spaces between the cinnamon rolls once you've cut them and arranged in the skillet. Much too tasty to be left behind.
- If you'd like to make your own apple filling, checkout the Cook's Note for the how-to.
- The glaze easily doubles, if you're crew loves extra or serve some on the side so they can add more to their liking.
- You can swap out frozen bread dough for the refrigerated pizza dough, if desired. Follow the instructions for thawing then allow rise time.
- Store Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat gently in the microwave or air fryer.
How to Serve Homemade Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls
These Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls are perfect for holiday brunches, special breakfasts, tea time with your girlfriends or at any other event where sweet breads are being served. It's guaranteed that they'll be the first to go.
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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Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 13.8 oz can refrigerated classic pizza crust (i.e. Pillsbury)
- 5 tablespoon softened butter divided
- ⅓ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 20 oz can premium apple pie filling (*See Cook's note)
- ½ teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3-4 tablespoon heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Use 1 tablespoon butter to coat the bottom and sides of a 12-inch cast iron skillet or similar. Set aside
- On a non stick surface stretch the pizza dough into a 15 x 10-inch rectangle. Spread the dough with 4 tablespoon softened butter.
- Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the butter.
- Use a sharp knife to cut the apple wedges in the pie filling into smaller pieces. Stir in the apple pie spice. Spread over the crust.
- 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.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden and puffy.
- Mix together the powdered sugar and heavy cream. Add enough cream to make the glaze drizzling consistency.
- Drizzle the glaze over the rolls and serve.
Notes
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My name is Melissa and I'm the Creator of Melissa's Southern Style Kitchen. Cooking, baking, developing recipes and kitchen tips is my passion. I love sharing my dishes and connecting with people through the food that I create.
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Jennifer
I really have more of a question can you make these using homeade dough that you would use for regular cinnamon rolls but these look so yummy I gotta try them your awesome
Melissa
Have you seen this recipe for Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls? It may be more what you're looking for.
Sheila V..
Love this easy recipe!! Thank you!!! 😋
Melissa
Thanks so much!
Linda
these turned out sloppy as all get out, but the taste still made them a 5 star. Now, gotta figure out how to make the filling (made from scratch with apples) less sloppy and so the dough more rigid.
As for the sugar topping, I made mine from 2 oz cream cheese + 1/2 tasp butter and 3 tbsp milk... then gradually add 2-3 tsp icing sugar and a touch of vanilla. Not too sweet, and the cream cheese gives it a nice tang.
Melissa
If the filling is thickened properly prior to assembling, it shouldn't liquify while baking. Perhaps next time, cook the apple filling down a bit more.
Dee
They are perfect. I chopped up 3medium Granny Smith apples really fine and mixed with cinnamon and a touch of nutmeg..
The dough recipe is amazing for this recipe. Thank you
Melissa
That sounds wonderful, thank you for your kind comment.
Tina Wiltison
If you don't own a cast iron skillet, what could be used instead Melissa?
Melissa
Hi Tina, you can use any similar size oven safe pan, no worries at all.
Nancy
I'm wondering if you could make this using Pillsbury Crescent rolls instead of the pizza dough. If so, any changes?
Melissa
I've made cinnamon rolls with crescents in the past with good results so, I think it could be adapted.
Diane Eaton
I tried a simpler way with a can of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, can of apple or other fruit pie filling on top, pour melted butter over and bake 35 min at 350. When partly cooled put topping from can over all. Sometimes I add chopped pecans.
Melissa
That's another recipe altogether.
Joe
Wow, they looked great, until, I read the ingredients, pre made pizza dough, really, it's not that hard to make REALLY GOOD dough, instead of using something substandard!!
Melissa
Hi Joe, I would think if you have such a strong dislike of purchased pizza dough products, you likely have a recipe for homemade pizza dough that you could adapt to this recipe instead. If not, be sure and pick up one of my cookbooks next year I have an AMAZING homemade pizza dough recipe included.
Gail
I'm gonna make these for work next week.. looks fantastic..
Melissa
Hope you love them, Gail!
Joan Hayes
Apple pie meets cinnamon rolls = perfect combo, especially for apple lovers like me! Love this!
Melissa
Thanks Joanie!
Kay | Cooking with K
These are calling my name....mmm!
Melissa
Thanks Kay!
Janet
In the instructions it says to cut into twelve equal pieces than stir in the apple pie spice? What do you stir it into?
Looks wonderful!
Melissa
Mix the apple pie spice into the apples after you cut them up. It was in the wrong place, but it's fixed now.