Quick Breakfast Idea: Caramel Cinnamon Rolls
When life gives you hectic weekend mornings, which is literally every single weekend for us, you need a special “breakfast food” recipe that is super easy to make and tastes like it took hours to prepare. Enter, overnight caramel cinnamon rolls.
Only five ingredients and most of it is done the night before.
Quick and easy recipes have always been a goal of mine and this recipe is the epitome of quick and easy. It’s inexpensive and tastes like it took hours to prepare.
We love these and they’d definitely be welcomed at our home again.
Here is how to make overnight caramel cinnamon rolls:
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup vanilla ice cream
- 1/2 (12-count) Bag Frozen Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls
First, place the butter and vanilla ice cream into a saucepan. Add both sugars on top and place over medium-high heat.
Allow to come to a rolling boil, whisking constantly. Continue boiling for about two to three minutes for the ingredients to create a caramel.
Remove from burner and allow to cool for about 15 minutes. Place on a pot holder and refrigerate for about an hour until it’s ready to use, when it will be much more thickened up.
While that’s chilling spray a glass baking dish with a nonstick cooking spray and arrange frozen cinnamon rolls (still frozen) evenly spaced out. You want at least 2 inches on each side for them to expand into.
If you’re using the entire bag they will most likely fit but I personally only use about 6 and arrange them because I like them EXTRA gooey, as the more room they have to expand into, the more they can soak up that caramel. Spoon caramel mixture over cinnamon rolls.
Leave cinnamon rolls in oven overnight. Place included packet of icing into the refrigerator to chill overnight.
In the morning you’ll finally get to enjoy your easy-to-make breakfast. Leave rolls in oven as it preheats to 350 degrees then bake rolls (once preheated) for about 20-30 minutes depending on your oven and how many rolls are in the dish, though I usually do about 25 minutes total time once oven is turned on for 6 rolls.
Remove from oven when nicely browned on top. Spread chilled frosting on hot cinnamon rolls and ENJOY!!
Didn’t I say this was the easiest breakfast recipe ever?! The next morning all you have to do is turn on the oven!
I made these as we were recovering from a busy Saturday night. It was an easy way to make breakfast feel special on Sunday morning, yet they’re good any time.
We had these with bacon on the side for dinner last night, so they’re a very adaptable recipe. The kids loved them.
If you’re looking for an easy recipe for brunch or weekend mornings when you’re not sure what to make, I’d definitely try these out.
The BEST Easy Cinnamon Roll Recipe
Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup frozen vanilla ice cream
- 1/2 to a full 12-count Bag Frozen Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls
Instructions
- Combine butter and vanilla ice cream in a saucepan and melt.
- Add sugars and heat to boiling, over medium high heat constantly stirring with a whisk.
- Bring to a rolling boil while whisking the entire time for two or three minutes.
- Remove saucepan from burner and let sit for 15 minutes or so to cool down.
- Once cooled put this mixture in to the refrigerator for an hour or so.
- Spray glass baking dish with nonstick spray and arrange the frozen cinnamon rolls evenly in the dish.
- Give the frozen rolls atleast 2 inches on each side for room to expand or as much room as your dish will allow.
- Pour cold caramel mixture over the rolls and set in the oven overnight.
- Store the packet of icing that comes with the rolls in the fridge overnight. You'll use that on top of the rolls once they're cooked in the morning.
- In the morning do not take the rolls out of the oven.
- They will remain in the oven while preheating.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees until browned on top.
- ** I generally halve this recipe and make six cinnamon rolls at a time. When I do that, for example, I cook them for 25 minutes total from the time I turn on the oven.
- Frost those puppies right when you take them out of the oven. Yum!