Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls
This recipe for apple pie cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting gives you an amazing breakfast treat that the family will love.
Ingredients
Dough
- 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
- 1 c milk
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/4 c flour
- 1/3 c butter, room temperature
Filling
- 4 granny smith apples
- 6 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 c brown sugar
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
Icing
- 2 c powdered sugar
- 1/4 c softened butter
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
Instructions
- Warm your milk in the microwave for one minute.
- Combine milk, yeast, and sugar in a mixing bowl with your stand mixer. Let the mixture sit for 8-10 minutes until the yeast is bubbling.
- Whisk eggs in a small bowl, add to the bubbled yeast mixture, and whisk to combine.
- Using your dough hook, add flour to the yeast mixture and mix until a shaggy dough has formed (2-3 min).
- Add the butter and beat in the mixer for 8-10 min until a smooth dough ball has formed.
- Cover the dough and let sit for 2 hours or until the dough has doubled in size.
- While the dough is rising, combine apples, white sugar, and cinnamon in a large frying pan. Cook the apple mixture for 5-8 minutes or until the apples have softened.
- Add the brown sugar to the apple mixture and mix until well incorporated. Let them cool.
- Once the dough has doubled in size, remove it from the bowl and roll it out into a large rectangle.
- Pour the cooled cinnamon apple mixture onto the dough and spread out evenly.
- Roll dough tightly and cut into 6-8 jumbo cinnamon rolls.
- Place rolls in a baking pan, if any filling comes out in the rolling and cutting process just spread it over the tops of the rolls.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown.
- For the icing: Mix powdered sugar, butter, and cream cheese into a bowl for the icing and whisk until smooth.
- Let the cinnamon rolls cool before adding icing to the tops.