QUICK CINNAMON HAWAIIAN ROLLS
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Quick Cinnamon Hawaiian Rolls start with premade rolls. They’re covered with a blanket of cinnamon
Hawaiian Roll Cinnamon Rolls (or Hawaiin Roll Cinnamon Buns whatever you want to call them.) are the bomb!
These Hawaiian Roll Cinnamon Rolls have been a favorite recipe from readers of Call Me PMc since I first published them way back in 2015. Yes, they were here before the TikTok viral videos, which actually brought them to the attention of more readers. I hope you enjoy my recipe!
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. Kings Hawaiian Cinnamon Roll Sliders – 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
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 use any 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
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.
Yes, absolutely. You can add pecan, walnuts, or any nut to either the cinnamon mixture in the middle of the rolls or to the top. You can actually add nuts to both!
I recommend adding one cup chopped pecans to the cinnamon
Yes, the recipe can easily be doubled or tripled. If you notice in my recipe card where ‘servings’ is displayed, you can +/- that to adjust the servings you want to make.
Yes, you can use any rolls. King’s Hawaiian are perfect because they’re slightly sweet. I used toll house rolls before. Any dinner roll will work especially if you don’t like really sweet food. Obviously, don’t use rolls with rosemary, onions, or garlic in them.
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- Old Fashioned Cinnamon Rolls
- Quick Biscuit Dough Cinnamon Rolls
Quick Cinnamon Hawaiian Rolls
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
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
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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 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Cut the rolls in half horizontally and place the bottom half of the rolls in the 9×13-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.
Nutrition
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Wonderful!! I’m making these for the 4th time in about 6 weeks. We have a lot of weekend visitors and this is so good and easy to make ahead of time. We all love cream cheese frosting, so that’s what I top these with. I also have frozen a few leftovers for my husband and I to enjoy later, even with the frosting on.
This makes me so happy!! Thank you for commenting! I’m glad you like them!
Holy crap!!! These are AMAZING! Just made some and my husband said it’s prob the best thing i have ever made. I loved that i had all the ingredients too
Do you have an Instagram page?
Jill
oh yay!!! Happy you guys liked them!
A friend mistakenly received a 24-pack of Kings Hawaiian rolls and gave them to me. For some reason I don’t love the sweetness when eaten as a dinner roll (or for a savory recipe) so I googled looking for a sweet recipe. This one was fantastic! Perfect Valentines Day treat.
Thank you for commenting. I know what you mean, they’re too sweet for some savory dishes for me as well. But I love the cinnamon rolls. Did you see these Cheesecake Danishes I made with King’s? You may like them too.
These were absolutely delicious! I will definitely be making them again. Quick and easy!
This is a very good recipe! Easy & delicious! I doubled it for Christmas!! My husband who grew up with cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning was very happy to have these & enjoyed every bite!