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
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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 heavy whipping cream
- 1.5 – 2 cups powdered sugar (aka confectioners) 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
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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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
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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!
I have made this with just plain dinner rolls and they turned out perfect.
Can you make these ahead of time? Best way to reheat? Thanks!
You can make up to the point of baking but don’t bake and cover air-tightly and refrigerate. Then bake when you’re ready – they donn’t take long to heat through.
After making these I don’t think I’ll ever make regular cinnamon rolls ever again!! They taste like donuts 🥰
Thanks!! I agree, they’re so easy and so good!
We are huge, cinnamon roll and Kings Hawaiian bread, lovers, in our family so this recipe was right up our alley. It took no time at all to make. The house smelled so good of cinnamon! I did not have heavy whipping cream, so I used half-and-half with a little vanilla , and it turned out just fine. Having a brunch this coming weekend for Labor Day and I will be making more but I’m going to put raisins in some of them. Very yummy. Thanks!
I’m so so happy you enjoyed them. I’m a huge cinnamon roll lover too!! I could eat them ever day!
These are delicious! Just made them for the 2nd time. However, I didn’t sift the powder sugar this time. The flavor is still delicious but the consistency is very heavy and brown. When sifted it was a thin white glaze, which looks much better. I did add pecans this time, which I will continue to do, as well as sifting the powder sugar.