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    Flour de Liz » Recipes » Bread and Pastry Recipes

    Published: Aug 20, 2022 · Modified: Sep 26, 2024 by Liz Pollio · Leave a Comment

    2 Ingredient Cinnamon Rolls with Apple Pie Filling

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    I love warm, fresh cinnamon rolls, but I don't always have the patience to knead dough and wait for it to rise, so I often use the canned version instead. You can easily spice up canned cinnamon rolls with just a couple extra steps and still have a warm and tasty homemade breakfast in less than 45 minutes. These Canned Cinnamon Rolls with Apple Pie Filling need just two ingredients and are sure to significantly improve your mornings. Plus, the aroma that fills your kitchen while they're in the oven makes them worth the very short wait!

    A wooden honey dipper with honey drizzling off of it onto an apple pie cinnamon roll sitting on a slab of wood with other cinnamon rolls in the background.

    These decant easy apple cinnamon buns are the best breakfast, especially for a birthday or Christmas morning, a cozy fall treat, or the perfect dessert for your Rosh Hashanah dinner! We love dessert for breakfast and a delicious stress-free holiday brunch contribution, you can't go wrong with these super simple pastries! If you love sweet apple treats, you'll love Apple Pop Tarts, Apple Cider Cupcakes, and Homemade Apple Cider Marshmallows.

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    Why this Recipe Works

    On Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, it is traditional to eat apples and honey to represent a sweet new year. It's also traditional to eat round foods to represent the cycle of the year. These traditions inspired these delicious 2 Ingredient Cinnamon Rolls with Apple Pie Filling - round, sweet treat filled with apple pie goodness. And I highly recommend topping them with a brown sugar honey glaze.

    Ingredients and Notes

    Ingredients needed to make cinnamon rolls with apple pie filling.

    Canned Cinnamon Rolls - When selecting a can of cinnamon rolls, be sure the dough is rolled up, not sliced, so that you can unroll them. If using Pillsbury brand, be sure you're grabbing a tube of Pillsbury Grands.

    Apple Pie Filling - A 21 ounce can should be enough to triple this super simple apple cinnamon rolls recipe. To use the whole can, you'll want three tubes of cinnamon rolls!

    Substitutions & Variations

    Canned Cinnamon Rolls - While this sweet spiced recipe calls for store-bought cinnamon rolls, homemade cinnamon roll dough will work for this delicious treat as well. You'll just add the fruit filling before you roll them up!

    Apple Pie Filling - This quick and easy recipe uses canned pie filling, but you could certainly use homemade if you prefer. Other fruit fillings should also be a yummy replacement. Peach pie filling would be amazing, and even a strawberry, cherry, or blueberry pie filling could work great!

    Toppings - These two-ingredient cinnamon rolls with apple pie filling can be topped with the frosting that comes with the canned cinnamon buns, but I highly recommend topping these warm, gooey treats with a brown sugar honey glaze. They can also be drizzled with honey or a caramel sauce. A cream cheese frosting would also make for a delicious addition, or even a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of a warm, gooey cinnamon bun! Chopped pecans or walnuts can also add some texture.

    Casserole - Instead of individual apple cinnamon rolls, this can be made into a casserole bake by cutting up the cinnamon roll dough into 4-6 pieces per roll, placing in a baking dish, and pouring the pie filling overtop. Bake time will need to be increased for this variation.

    How to Make this Recipe

    Hands unrolling a cinnamon roll.

    Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350° F. Unroll one cinnamon bun at a time.

    Apple pie filling lining an unrolled cinnamon roll.

    Step 2: Line the inside of the dough with the apple pie filling (and replace any cinnamon filling that came off the dough).

    Hands rolling a cinnamon roll lined with apple pie filling back up.

    Step 3: Roll the dough back up, making sure the dough is rolling overtop of the apple pieces and is not pushing the apples out the sides.

    Baked cinnamon rolls with apple pie filling in a gold cake pan.

    Step 4: Place the cinnamon apple pie rolls in an ungreased pan, and bake 20 minutes or until golden brown.

    Recipe FAQs

    What's the difference between cinnamon rolls and cinnamon buns?

    Cinnamon rolls are a cinnamon-filled dough, rolled up and topped with icing. Sticky buns are similar but have a glaze instead of icing. Some people consider a cinnamon bun to be the same as a cinnamon roll, but others consider cinnamon buns to be sticky buns. Regardless of what you call them, they're all delicious!

    How do you keep cinnamon rolls from getting hard?

    If you don't eat these easy two-ingredient apple cinnamon rolls while they are warm, they should be sealed well in an airtight container and can be stored at room temperature for a few days.

    Why do we eat apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah?

    There are numerous reasons why apple is the fruit we dip in honey for the high holiday, but the general purpose of the apple dipped in honey is to represent sweetness for the year ahead.

    A close up of a top down view of a cinnamon roll with apple pie filling on a white surface and additional cinnamon rolls barely in frame around the edges.

    Tips & Tricks

    Tip #1: Most apple pie fillings (and likely other fruit pie fillings too!) come with huge pieces of fruit. I prefer to cut the apples into smaller pieces before lining the cinnamon roll dough. It can work with the full size apples too, but they may be a bit more challenging to roll up, and the shape of your apple pie cinnamon rolls may look a little wonky - they'll still taste amazing!

    Tip #2: Some cinnamon filling will probably fall off as you unroll and re-roll the dough. Use a butter knife or a clean or gloved finger to scrape the filling off your work surface and spread it back on to the dough as you roll it back up.

    Tip #3: When rolling the gooey apple filling into the cinnamon roll dough, keep your hands on the sides of the dough as you roll the dough overtop of the apple pieces to help keep the apples from slipping out of the sides.

    Tip #4: While the cinnamon bun is unrolled you can gently roll it with a rolling pin or press slightly with your fingers to make the dough strips thinner, wider and longer. You don't want them too thin, but rolling slightly can get you a bit more apple pie filling to cinnamon bun ratio!

    Tip #5: These 2 ingredient cinnamon rolls and apple pie filling are messy to make (if you have food handling gloves, I recommend using them!), but it cleans up very easily when you're done! You can also work on a cutting board or parchment paper to make clean-up even easier.

    Storage Tips

    2 Ingredient Apple Cinnamon Rolls are best eaten immediately while still warm, but if leftovers need to be stored, they are best stored without topping in an airtight container at room temperature for a day or two.

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    Apple Cinnamon Rolls

    Canned cinnamon rolls stuffed with apple pie filling.
    Prep Time20 minutes mins
    Cook Time20 minutes mins
    Total Time40 minutes mins
    Course: Breakfast, Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 5 rolls
    Calories: 404kcal

    Equipment

    • Baking Pan

    Ingredients

    • 1 can cinnamon rolls
    • ½ cup apple pie filling diced
    • ¼ cup honey optional
    • 1 tablespoon brown sugar optional

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350°F.
    • Unroll one cinnamon roll at a time.
    • Line the inside of the cinnamon roll dough with the apple pie filling (and replace any cinnamon filling that came off the dough).
    • Roll the dough back up, making sure the dough is rolling overtop of the apple pieces and is not pushing the apples out the sides.
    • Place the cinnamon rolls in an ungreased pan, and bake 20 minutes or until golden brown.
    • If using, combine honey and brown sugar, drizzle over warm rolls, and enjoy!

    Notes

    When selecting canned cinnamon rolls, be sure the dough is rolled up and not sliced. If using Pillsbury brand, be sure to use Grands.
    Homemade cinnamon roll dough will work for this recipe and you'll add the apple pie filling before you roll the dough up.
    Once the dough is unrolled it can be gently rolled with a rolling pin or pressed down on slightly to lengthen and widen the strip of dough. Be sure not to press them too thin.
    When rolling the pie filling into the dough, keep your hands on the sides of the dough as you roll the dough overtop of the apple pieces to help keep the apples from slipping out of the sides.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 404kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 532mg | Potassium: 253mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 2mg

    This recipe was originally posted on September 5, 2018, but was republished with additional information about the recipe in August of 2022, with new photos, tips, and tricks in September of 2023 and with updated photos and additional information in September of 2024.

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