Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups is a tasty make-ahead sweet breakfast or brunch recipe. This easy treat tastes much like cinnamon rolls without the wait time of having the yeast dough rise. Cheese Blitz is sometimes called Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rollups because of the sweet creamy filling that’s rolled between layers of crust with a light dusting of a cinnamon-sugar coating.
Cheese Blitz Roll Ups
A cream cheese and sugar mixture fills flattened out sandwich bread. Next, the bread and cheese is dipped in butter and bathed in cinnamon and sugar. At this point, the rolls can be frozen and baked whenever you need them.
For this reason, I make Cheese Blitz often for game day or brunches. They go simply from the freezer to the oven and are so convenient. Do you cook any make-ahead breakfasts?
Another fact I like about this recipe, it’s a good recipe to have children help with. They love to roll the bread flat. Plus, anytime kids can dunk a treat into butter then sugar, it’s a good thing. Additionally, I’ve found when children help in the kitchen they’re more likely to try new food.
Cheese Blitz makes great finger food for brunches and showers!
How to Make Cinnamon Sugar Rollups
Use a loaf of white bread, the fresher the better. Fresh bread will roll flat and stay flat easier.
Cut the crusts off the bread slices.
Roll the bread flat!
The bread slices now about about the thickness of a flour tortilla.
Flat… lots of pictures of flat bread for the best cream cheese roll ups!
Making the cream cheese filling for roll ups
You will need 8 ounces softened cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and egg yolk.
The egg yolk is a binder and will keep the cream cheese mixture from melting in the oven and oozing out of the rollups.
Mix it until smooth! It will mix smoother if your cream cheese is at room temperature.
Without the butter, the sugar and cinnamon mixture will not stick to the bread.
I know, I tried in order to cut fat and calories, but it didn’t work.
Baking Cinnamon Sugar Cream Cheese Rollups
Place roll ups on a cookie sheet or cake pan lined with waxed paper.
All good and happy!
Place the cheese blitz rolls in the freezer for at least 15 minutes – if you can wait that long!
If you want to bake the rollups the next morning, zip them up in a plastic storage bag and refrigerate overnight.
OR, you can freeze the cream cheese roll ups and bake them whenever you are ready for a sweet breakfast treat or simple dessert.
To bake the cheese blitz, place the frozen rolls in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and bake for 25 minutes.
Yum!! You may have to hide some or the kids will eat the all.
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Hi! They look so yummy! I would love to try that in the coming days. I'm a confessed “anything cheese” fan! 🙂 Thanks for sharing and I enjoyed reading your post! I saw it at Happy Hour Projects blog party.
Cool, I like the cream cheese and cinnamon combination!
Such a fun sweet snack!
I love cheese blitz and this is such an easy recipe.
Wow, those look really good!
wow, look fantastic. I found you via Foodie Friday. Sadly I missed the deadline for linking in. Have a great week.
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Oh my goodness these look delicious! I'm pinning them to my breakfast board so I can make them the next time we have overnight guests.
These look so scrumptious. Thanks for sharing them on foodie friday.
Hi! They look so yummy! I would love to try that in the coming days. I'm a confessed “anything cheese” fan! 🙂 Thanks for sharing and I enjoyed reading your post! I saw it at Happy Hour Projects blog party.
Those look really yummy!! Have a wonderful day!-Tiffany