Butter and cinnamon are combined with brown sugar to make this Cinnamon Roll Filling paste. You can spread cinnamon butter on a plethora of bread, rolls, muffins, etc.

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CINNAMON ROLL FILLING

Cinnamon Roll Filling is basically a cinnamon-flavored butter. It’s sweetened with sugar and makes a perfect spread for bread, rolls, biscuits, pancakes, and more!

I know what you’re asking yourself. Why would I ever need just Cinnamon Roll Filling?

Doesn’t that belong in Cinnamon Rolls?

Trust me, I didn’t know I needed it either until I made too much for a batch of easy cinnamon rolls and stored the extra in the fridge instead of throwing it out. I then found that I used it on sweet potatoes, pound cake, toast, crescent rolls, and biscuits. As well, I stirred a teaspoon of it in my hot chocolate. It was fantastic. You can even add cinnamon bun butter to your morning cup of coffee.

That’s when I decided, I will always need Cinnamon Roll Filling in my life and in my fridge! 😄

Maybe you do too!

CINNAMON BUN BUTTER

When you are preparing to make this is to use real butter, no substitutions, no margarine. As well, you need the butter to be at room temperature. The butter needs to be soft and spreadable so the sugar and cinnamon mix evenly throughout.

Check out some of my cinnamon recipes

Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary based on the products used.

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Cinnamon Roll Filling

Butter and cinnamon are combined with brown sugar to make this Cinnamon Roll Filling paste.

Author: Paula

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Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings: 34 cup

Ingredients

½ cup butter softened but not melted
½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Using a fork or spatula, cream and combine the butter, sugar, cinnamon and salt until well incorporated.
Refrigerate until ready to use.

Notes

Use real butter, no substitutions
Use brown sugar for the deepest, richest flavor.
You may substitute granulated sugar, if desired.

Nutrition

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.

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31 Comments

I made this in the mixer and used it for my cinnamon rolls ! Doesn’t spread easily on the dough but if you use your hand and spread it around it does help and the taste in the cinnamon rolls is amazing.

I’ve always HATED how my filling leaks out the bottom of my cinnamon rolls when they rise. Using this solved my problem! Going to be using this recipe for now until forever. Thank you.

I will be making this as a filling for sugar cookie cake this weekend. Please tell me is it unsalted butter due to the salt in recipe?

Paula says:

04.18.24 at 11:43 am

I always use salted butter, but it’s really personal preference. If your tolerance for salt is low I’d recommend non-salted butter

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I hope this all turns out as good as y’all say I do mine like one the other reviewers had mentioned butter surface then sprinkle cinnamon sugar mix over top but that does have you with a lot of the common sugar mix falling out the end ms as you start rolling it so hopefully this paste filling works and tastes as good as a lot have mentioned. Soo we will see and be back later if not tomorrow with results.