This frozen bread dough recipe makes it super easy to make cinnamon rolls. They're super tasty without all the work.
Ingredients
- butter: 3 Tbsp (divided, melted)
- loaf frozen bread dough: 1 piece (1 pound, thawed)
- brown sugar: 0.66667 cup
- walnuts: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- heavy whipping cream: 0.33333 cup
- sifted confectioners' sugar: 0.66667 cup (or as needed)
- milk: 1 Tbsp (or more if needed)
- dash vanilla extract: 1 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Lightly grease two 9-inch round cake pans with 1 tablespoon melted butter; set aside.
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Roll bread dough out to an 18x6-inch rectangle and brush with remaining tablespoon melted butter. Mix brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon in a bowl; sprinkle over dough. Roll dough into a log, starting at a long edge. Moisten the other long edge with a little water; press to seal.
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Cut log into 20 slices. Arrange rolls, cut-sides down, in the prepared cake pans. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Pour heavy cream over rolls.
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Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.
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Make icing: Stir confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth and pourable. Add more milk or sugar as needed to reach desired consistency.
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Drizzle icing over warm cinnamon rolls.
