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    Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls

    Published: Aug 29, 2023 by Fox Valley Foodie · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls

    These easy puff pastry cinnamon rolls are as good as any bakery, but this sweet treat is so much simpler to make when using refrigerated puff pastry dough. Even the cinnamon roll icing, which is made from scratch, whips up in seconds!

    Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls recipe on wooden board.

    Ingredients you'll need

    • Puff pastry dough - Pre-made puff pastry is found in the refrigerated section of the grocery store. This is the key ingredient that makes them so much easier to make than traditional cinnamon rolls.
    • Butter - The secret to the best cinnamon rolls is to use a generous amount of butter in the filling! The butter combines with the brown sugar and cinnamon and melts during baking, creating the intoxicatingly delicious syrupy filling that is the hallmark of any good cinnamon roll!
    • Brown sugar - Dark brown sugar is best, but light brown sugar can be substituted.
    • Ground cinnamon
    • Vanilla Icing - A combination of powdered sugar, butter, milk, and vanilla extract.
    Cinnamon rolls without icing sitting on wax paper.

    How to make the icing

    Don't be intimidated making homemade icing, it is actually incredibly easy! All you have to do is add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, milk, and softened butter to a small bowl and whisk it together. That is it! You can use a whisk, but a hand mixer works best.

    It is a good idea to use room temperature butter, rather than melted butter to make this simple icing because softened butter will combine with the other ingredients more easily without forming lumps. Melted butter can clump up when coming in contact with cold milk. Using an electric mixer rather than a whisk also helps everything to incorporate more smoothly.

    If despite your best efforts, lumps still form in your icing, the best way to remove them is to microwave the icing to warm it gently, then mix it together again. Microwave for 10 seconds or less, at a time. You don't want to overheat the icing.

    How to make the rolls

    Delicious flaky cinnamon rolls are really easy to make with puff pastry sheets. First, lay the refrigerated dough flat on parchment paper or a lightly floured work surface, and then use a spatula to spread the filling mixture of butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon evenly across the dough.

    Form the cinnamon rolls by rolling up the dough and then cut each sheet of puff pastry with a sharp knife into 9-12 rounds, depending on your desired thickness. These are then placed on a baking tray and baked in a 400-degree oven for approximately 20 minutes, or until golden brown on the exterior.

    Puff pastry cinnamon rolls on tray drizzled with icing.

    Can these be made ahead?

    Yes! This puff pastry cinnamon roll recipe can be made in advance and frozen before or after baking if stored in an airtight container. If you freeze them prior to baking, let the unbaked rolls thaw completely before placing them in your oven. If they are already baked you can reheat them at 350 degrees until warmed through.

    Puff pastry cinnamon rolls

    Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls

    These easy puffy pastry cinnamon rolls are as good as any bakery, but so much simpler to make when using refrigerated puff pastry dough.
    4.34 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Servings: 9
    Calories: 295kcal
    Author: Fox Valley Foodie

    Equipment

    • Hand mixer
    • Parchment paper

    Ingredients

    Cinnamon Rolls

    • 1 sheet refrigerated puff pastry dough (I used Wewalka brand puff pastry)
    • flour for dusting
    • 4 tablespoons butter (softened)
    • ⅓ cup brown sugar
    • 1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon

    Cinnamon Roll Icing

    • 1 cup powdered sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 tablespoons milk
    • 1 tablespoon butter (softened)

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
    • Lightly flour a parchment-lined baking sheet and lay each puff pastry sheet flat over it.
    • Mix together the filling by combining the softened butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Then spread the cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly across the surface of the dough.
    • Roll the dough up and cut into 9-12 even rounds with the spiral side facing up. Bake for 20 minutes, or until turning golden brown.

    Icing

    • Add powdered sugar, vanilla, milk, and butter to a bowl and mix together with a hand mixer until smooth.
    • Remove cinnamon rolls from the oven and drizzle with icing.

    Notes

    Using softened butter is important or things won't mix or spread as easily.
    Pecans can be added to the cinnamon rolls as well if desired.
    If you don't have a hand mixer, a whisk can be used instead.

    Nutritional Information

    Calories: 295kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 38mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 194IU | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg
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    This recipe was originally published on October 29, 2020.

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    Comments

    1. tori

      January 06, 2025 at 2:55 pm

      3 stars
      i made these today but after baking the filling spilled out of the puff pastry, they were still edible and tasty but i won’t be using this recipe again.

      Reply
    2. Sherrie Nicholson

      February 19, 2021 at 2:48 pm

      5 stars
      These cinnamon rolls were excellent. I made them last weekend for my husband's birthday. Not only were they tasty but I was able to master them. I lost the use of my dominate hand due to a stroke 2017, I thought my days of making cinnamon rolls was over but this was easy to accomplish with one hand. Love your blog! Thank you!

      Reply
    3. Carol

      October 30, 2020 at 6:36 am

      Yum! I can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks!

      Reply
    4. Terri

      October 29, 2020 at 5:48 pm

      Thank you another recipe saved

      Reply
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