How to make Cinnamon Rolls with Grands Biscuits

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Made with Grands Biscuits and cream cheese frosting, the biscuits are rolled into balls, coated with a cinnamon sugar mixture, and baked. The result is a quick and easy cinnamon roll ready in minutes instead of hours!

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Instead of struggling with a yeast dough and having to wait a few hours before you can even bake the cinnamon rolls, try this recipe that gives you the same delicious outcome in a fraction of the time.

This recipe uses Pillsbury Grands Biscuits, a pre-made refrigerator dough, that guarantees the perfect cinnamon roll every time!

Looking for more Breakfast Ideas that use refrigerator cinnamon rolls? Try my French Toast Cinnamon Rolls, Easy Cinnamon Roll Breakfast Casserole or my Cinnamon Roll Casserole without Eggs...yum!

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📋Ingredients

This is an overview of the ingredients and instructions. Be sure to see the recipe card below for exact quantities, detailed instructions and special notes.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Add dollops of the cream cheese frosting to a piece of parchment paper. Place the paper in the freezer to chill while you prepare the rest of the recipe.

Step 2: Combine the cinnamon, brown sugar, and softened butter in a mixing dish.

Step 3: Mix these items together with a fork until smooth.

Step 4: Roll out each grand biscuit to a thickness of ½ inch on a cutting board.

Step 5: Spread the cinnamon filling over each of the flattened biscuits.

Step 6: Slice the biscuits into four equal pieces using a sharp knife.

Step 7: Once the frosting solidifies in the freezer, take it out and use a ball of frosting to fill the middle of each piece of dough.

Step 8: Hold the biscuit piece in your hand and gently seal the edges together.

How to form the Cinnamon Roll Balls

Step 9: Press the edges of the biscuit piece together to seal it after folding it around the icing.

Step 10: Using a fork, combine the sugar and cinnamon in a different bowl. Roll each cinnamon roll ball in the mixture.

Step 11: Place each ball, sealed edges down, inside a small mini muffin pan that has been sprayed with baking spray.

Step 12: Continue doing this until every one of them is in the cupcake pan. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, or until the tops begin to turn a light golden brown.

⏲Baking Instructions

Step 13: Remove the tray from the oven and allow the cinnamon roll balls to cool for a few minutes before removing them to a wire cooling rack.

Step 14: While still warm, sprinkle the remaining melted cream cheese icing over the top and enjoy.

🍽 What goes with Cinnamon Rolls?

• When serving a sweet recipe like this, it's always nice to add a protein option like scrambled eggs or a frittata.
• Breakfast Casserole with Hashbrowns would be great to serve alongside these cinnamon rolls.
• Try serving my Christmas breakfast, or Easter Brunch for holidays or just to celebrate the weekend.

🍶Storage Tips

• Before storing, let the cinnamon rolls cool fully. This will help prevent condensation from appearing on the cinnamon rolls.
• After the cinnamon rolls have cooled, store them in an airtight container. To avoid them clinging to one another, make sure they are stacked in a single layer.
• They will stay fresh for up to five days.

❄️Freezing Tips

• The best way to freeze leftover canned cinnamon rolls is by wrapping them tightly in plastic wrap or storing them in an airtight container.
• When properly stored, Grands biscuits cinnamon rolls can last in the freezer for up to 2-3 months.

🔁 Thawing Tips

• Thaw them in the refrigerator overnight before serving the next morning.

♨️ Reheating Tips

• Place individual cinnamon rolls on a microwave-safe plate and heat them for 15-20 seconds per roll.
• Be sure to cover the rolls with a damp paper towel to help retain moisture.
• You could also reheat them in the oven, but they might dry out.

🌟Try these recipes next...

• Check out my other recipe for Homemade Cinnamon Rolls using Biscuits – that’s right biscuits. Two cans of refrigerator biscuits turned into cinnamon rolls. Delicious!
• Or you might enjoy this recipe for Cinnamon Roll in a Mug!

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How to make Cinnamon Rolls with Grands Biscuits

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How to make cinnamon rolls with Grands Biscuits, cream cheese frosting, rolled in cinnamon sugar mixture, and baked. Ready in minutes!

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Servings: 32

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Calories: 96

Ingredients Method Nutrition Video Notes

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Ingredients

  

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For the Cinnamon Rolls

• 1 Refrigerator Can Grands Biscuits' 8-count size
• 1 container cream cheese frosting; 16 ounce size

Cinnamon Filling

• ¼ cup butter; ½ stick
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Cinnamon Coating

• ½ cup granulate sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Cooking for More (or Less?)Scale this recipe up or down. Adjust the number of servings above to automatically update ingredient amounts.

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Scoop teaspoonfuls of the cream cheese frosting onto a piece of parchment paper on a baking tray. You'll need about 32. Place the baking tray into the freezer while you prepare the cinnamon rolls.
3. In a mixing bowl, add the softened butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Use a fork to blend the ingredients together until smooth.
4. Open the can of biscuits and roll each biscuit out on a lightly floured cutting board to about ½ inch in thickness.
5. Spread some of the cinnamon filling on top of each biscuit.
6. Slice each biscuit into fours.
7. Remove the frosting balls from the freezer and add a ball to the top of each biscuit piece.
8. Fold each biscuit piece around the frosting ball and press together to seal the edges.
9. Combine the additional cinnamon/sugar coating mixture together in a small bowl.
10. Roll each biscuit ball into the cinnamon/sugar coating.
11. Place each cinnamon roll ball into the well of a mini muffin pan that's been sprayed with non-stick baking spray. Make sure you put the seam side/edge down.
12. Repeat this process until all are placed into the muffin pan.
13. Bake in the oven for 15-17 minutes or until the tops of the cinnamon roll balls are slightly golden brown.
14. Remove from oven and allow the cinnamon roll balls to cool slightly before removing to a cooling tray.
15. Melt the extra cream cheese frosting in the microwave and drizzle on top of each cinnamon roll ball.
16. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Serving: 1ServingCalories: 96kcalCarbohydrates: 15gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 57mgSugar: 14g

Notes

You could also prepare a Powdered Sugar Glaze to drizzle on top.

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