Jul 30 2009
Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Walking our dog Chester on our street has given us the opportunity to befriend a lot of our neighbors. One in particular loves chatting with us all the time, and was generous enough to give us a bunch of apples from his apple tree. We thought it would be fun to make a dessert with it, so we came across a recipe for Apple Cinnamon Rolls. It’s quite a lot of work to do everything from scratch, but we had all the ingredients at home, so we gave it a shot.
I love the colors of these apples! And I love it more because they were free.
Combine 2 cups of flour along with sugar, instant yeast and salt. Then add melted butter, warm milk, eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix together using an electric mixer.
Continue combining more flour until a soft dough forms that leaves the sides of the mixing bowl. Knead the dough for another 10 minutes, cover, and leave to rest and rise for about an hour.
Meanwhile, combine 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and 2 tsp cinnamon. Then add chopped apple pieces to the mixture.
When the dough is ready, roll it out and spread the cinnamon mixture on top. Then, roll the dough into a log and pinch the dough together to seal at the end of the roll.
Cut the roll into equal pieces and place in the bottom of a greased 9x13 baking pan. Cover the pan with a clean towel and allow the rolls to rise until at least doubled in size, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. You can also let them rise overnight in the fridge.
After baking in a 350-degree oven for 30-35 minutes, the rolls should come out golden brown.
Frost with some vanilla glaze and enjoy!
To view or print-out this recipe, click here: Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Great job! These look so soft and flavorful. I guess we can all thank Chester for this recipe.
That looks delicious! I’ve been wanting to try make some cinnamon rolls, but I was too intimidated by all the work. Yours turned out looking great!
These look amazing! On a Sunday morning these would totally hit the spot:)
Huyen – it was definitely a lot of work! Daniel pretty much did the whole thing himself! I’m sure yours would turn out great too – you have the hands of a baker! Good luck!!
The bun rolls look great and tasty. Cinnamon and apple are the best!
so nice, i always make bun with cinnamon, i would wanna try this with apple!
Your cinnamon rolls look wonderful – and I love the idea to add apples. Fantastic! Lately I have been starting to crave more of the “autumn” foods – like apples and cinnamon. I will definitely give these a try!
Oh yum! It looks sooo good! I bet the whole house smelled really good while it’s baking =)
Totally worth the effort, especially when you have everything on hand. Sounds sweet enough to eat without a glaze too.
My problem with this…I would eat the whole pan! I have not made cinnamon rolls in a long while…need to try this one…
This looks amazing! Love the beautiful swirls. I hope I can bake like this one day
yummm..they look great. Thank you again for inviting us over yesterday..i love being YOUR neighbor! too bad we don’t have fruits to give you.
deelish
I just made two loaves of raisin bread and your cinnamon rolls are just down my alley. Beautiful presentation! If you like cinnamon the way I do, suggestion, increase cinnamon to a tablespoon –the flavor and scent is wonderful. Touché!
Hey! The rolls look delicious! I was wondering how much of sugar, yeast, butter, milk and eggs to add to the batter???? And also, how many apples to the mixture?? Thanks!!
Seriously….What happened to the rest of the directions?
I thought the same thing…recipe is located right under last picture: “To view or print-out this recipe, click here: Apple Cinnamon Rolls”