Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Delicious, chewy rolls stuffed with apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar- topped with gooey frosting!
Equipment
- 2 9x13 pans
Ingredients
Roll Dough Ingredients
- 1 tbsp active, dry yeast
- 1½ cup warm milk or water
- ¾ cup cane sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 4½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cold, grated butter
Apple Filling Ingredients
- 3-4 large apples honey crisp, pink lady, or golden delicious are best
- ¼ cup butter
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Brown Sugar Filling Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter melted
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Frosting
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 3-4 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Begin by combining yeast and warm milk. Allow to dissolve completely, about 5-10 minutes.
- Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla to stand mixer bowl. (You can mix by hand or with a hand mixer as well.)
- Add baking powder, salt, and two cups of flour to mixer and mix on low speed with a dough hook. Add 1/2 cup of flour and bits of grated butter at a time until the rest has been incorporated. Dough should be slightly sticky, barely pulling away from the edges of the bowl.
- Roll dough into a ball on a well floured surface. Wetting your hands may help transfer the sticky dough. Place dough in a bowl, cover, and allow to rise in a warm place about 2 hours.
- While dough is rising, peel and slice apples.
- Dice apples and heat in a skillet on medium-low heat. Add butter. Once apples are cooked and chewy (takes about 15 minutes) add brown sugar and cinnamon. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Next, make your brown sugar mixture. Combine melted butter, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- After apples have cooled add them to the brown sugar mixture.
- After dough has risen roll it out to about 1/4 in thickness on a well floured surface. (Flour the rolling pin as well to keep dough from sticking.)
- Spread the apple/brown sugar mixture across the surface of the rolled out dough.
- Using a bench scraper or a pizza cutter cut the dough into approximately 1 ½ x 8 inch strips. SEE PICTURE.
- Roll the strips and place in a greased 9x13 pan, allowing space in between rolls for rising.
- Allow rolls to rise about one hour or until nearly doubled.
- Bake at 350 ℉ for about 20-30 minutes.
- Allow rolls to cool 15-20. While rolls are cooling make frosting by combining confectioner's sugar and milk with a hand mixer. Pour over cooled rolls.
