Pizza Dough Cinnamon Roll Recipe
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These easy Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls with our favorite cinnamon filling and cream cheese frosting are gooey, delicious, and ready in 30 minutes! A perfect recipe for dessert or breakfast!
These tasty cinnamon rolls are quick to make and so simple, too! You can use my homemade pizza dough recipe or grab a store-bought dough if you’re in a hurry. They are perfect for dessert on pizza night or a delicious brunch or party treat!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Quick and Easy – These are simple to make and ready in 30 minutes!
Versatile Recipe – Use my homemade pizza dough recipe or a store-bought one. One winning aspect of my pizza dough recipe is it makes enough for two pizzas, so if you’re having pizza night, save half of the dough for these cinnamon rolls!
Great for Breakfast, Brunch, or Dessert – You can use that second pizza dough from my homemade recipe for dessert on pizza night or refrigerate it and have it for breakfast or brunch!
Let me show you how I make these.
How to Make Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full listing of ingredients, instructions, notes, and estimated nutritional information.
Pizza Dough – Use either my homemade recipe or store-bought pizza dough.
Butter (softened), brown sugar, and cinnamon make the cinnamon filling.
Cream Cheese Frosting is made of softened butter and cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and kosher salt.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Roll out and butter dough. After preheating the oven and prepping the pan as directed, place the dough on a large, lightly floured surface and roll to thickness as directed. Spread softened butter on top of the dough.
Make and spread cinnamon filling. Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle generously over the buttered dough.
Roll into a Log. Tightly roll the dough as directed until a long dough log has been formed.
Slice dough. Cut the dough into slices and place onto a lightly buttered baking dish.
Bake Rolls and Make Frosting. Bake until the edges of the cinnamon rolls turn slightly beige, about 15 minutes. While cinnamon rolls are baking, whip up the Cream Cheese Frosting according to the recipe.
Remove from Oven and Frost. Remove the baked rolls and spread with the cream cheese frosting while still slightly warm.
Serve. Serve warm or as desired.
Storage Tips
Baked Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls. They are best enjoyed fresh or within 24 hours of baking. Store them wrapped well at room temperature. To freeze the baked rolls, store them in an airtight, freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Thaw and reheat to serve.
Unbaked Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls. Prepare the cinnamon rolls without baking and store them tightly covered in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator as the oven is preheating and then bake as directed. Additional baking time may be needed since they are chilled. To freeze the unbaked rolls, store them in an airtight, freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight and then bake as directed.
Recipe Notes
This recipe is similar to Bart’s Best Cinnamon Rolls, but the cinnamon roll filling was adjusted slightly to compensate for the difference in the amount of dough.
My homemade pizza dough is made with all-purpose flour, which yields a less chewy roll than store-bought pizza dough, which typically uses bread flour. Both are delicious!
My homemade pizza dough makes enough for two 12-14-inch pizzas. This recipe uses pizza dough for one pizza (1/2 of the dough). This is great to make when you want a pizza night and have enough pizza dough left to make these easy cinnamon rolls for dessert or breakfast the following day! Win/ Win!
You can also double the recipe if you’d like to use the entire recipe for my homemade pizza dough.
Here’s my recipe. I hope you enjoy it!
Pizza Dough Cinnamon Roll Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Baking Pan (8×8-inch)
Ingredients
- 1 pizza dough, homemade or store-bought
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- pinch kosher salt, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375º F. Lightly butter baking dish and set aside.
- Place dough on a large lightly floured surface and roll to a 1/4 inch thickness. Spread softened butter over the top of the dough.
- Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle generously all over the buttered dough.
- Tightly roll the dough, beginning at the long edge, until a log of dough has been formed.
- Cut the dough into 3/4-inch to 1-inch slices and place onto a lightly buttered baking dish.
- Bake until the edges of the cinnamon rolls begin to turn slightly beige, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven. Spread with the cream cheese frosting while still slightly warm.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Whip the softened butter and cream cheese together using an electric mixer. Add in the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and pinch of kosher salt, if using.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
