Quick Cinnamon Hawaiian Rolls start with premade rolls. They’re covered with a blanket of cinnamon butter then smothered with glaze. Pure, cinnamon roll heaven in 15 minutes!
The best thing about these rolls, the entire roll has the soft buttery texture of the inside of traditional cinnamon rolls.
Quick Cinnamon Rolls. Cheater Cinnamon Rolls. 15 Minute Cinnamon Rolls – Whatever it is you want to call these they are the best cooking hack ever!
Of all the foods in the world, cinnamon rolls are at the tippy top for me. A good cinnamon roll that is soft, fluffy, and sweet is truly my love language. However, I rarely make them from scratch. Mostly because I eat too many, but also traditional cinnamon rolls take a long time to make.
Y’all, I found a solution! Start with premade rolls! Slather those babies with cinnamon butter and you have yourself quick, easy, and amazing faux cinnamon rolls.
You may remember, I made a similar recipe using Sister Schubert rolls. Since they’re frozen, they take a little longer to cook. And, yes, I know Sister Schubert makes cinnamon rolls, but my grocer doesn’t always have them.
Quick Cinnamon Hawaiian Rolls
I used a 12-count package of Hawaiian rolls but you can really use any kind of premade, precooked roll. However, I like the King’s Hawaiian rolls best because they have a subtly sweet and light texture.
You can easily double or triple this recipe.
I always, always use real butter. No margarine, ever. As well, I recommend real butter for this recipe.
For the drizzle!
These rolls are pretty sweet without the glaze, but, come on, they’re cinnamon rolls and cinnamon rolls have icing.
I mixed powdered sugar and heavy whipping cream for the glaze. For my 12-count rolls, I used 3 cups of sifted powdered sugar and three to four tablespoons of heavy whipping cream. Sifting the powdered sugar is necessary, otherwise, you’ll have lumps that are impossible to whisk out. I much prefer heavy whipping cream over whole milk for a glaze. It’s creamier and, frankly, tastes better in my opinion. However, if you don’t have heavy whipping cream use whole milk and add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Another option is cream cheese glaze or frosting. Cream cheese glaze has the same ingredients as a cream cheese frosting but with more milk to make it thinner.
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Quick Cinnamon Hawaiian Rolls
Ingredients
For the rolls
- 12-count package Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 tablespoon butter to spread in bottom on the pan
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
For the glaze
- 4 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- ½ cup whipping cream
- 1.5 - 2 cups powdered sugar sifted then measured
Instructions
For the rolls
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a small bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together with a fork.
- Spread 1 tablespoon of the butter on the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan.
- Cut the rolls in half horizontally and place the bottom half of the rolls in the 9x14-inch pan.
- Spread half of the cinnamon butter mixture evenly over the rolls in your pan. Replace the top half of the rolls. Spread the remaining cinnamon butter mixture evenly over the top of the rolls.
- Bake for 12-13 minutes.
For the glaze
- While the rolls are baking, mix the cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, and powdered sugar together. Stir until smooth.
- When the rolls are cooked, drizzle the glaze of the top of the rolls. Serve warm.
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Angie Peltz says
Oh my word!!! These were sooooo amazing! I try to watch the amounts of sweets that I eat, but I could not control myself. I ate way more then I should have. Could not be easier. Will definitely be making these again.
I baked mine in a 7×11 in. Pan and also only used half of the glaze and was plenty.
Paula says
I did the same thing the first time I made them. It’s seriously hard to eat just one!!
Dre says
Very nice, and easy to follow.