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Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls are soft, delicious cinnamon rolls filled with diced apples and topped with crumb topping. It’s the perfect mash-up of two classic breakfast sweets, crumb cake and cinnamon rolls!

Make sure to try out our most favorite Cinnamon Roll Recipe too! We make these ALL the time!

Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls Combine Cinnamon Rolls and Crumble Topping!

It’s officially apple season, which means flannel, cozy blankets, cinnamon scented everything…which makes me supremely excited. Everything about fall feels nostalgic. And what’s so great about apple season, is all the fall baking! It’s 100% my favorite time of year.

What I find myself doing more in the fall, than any other time of the year is baking breads from scratch. For the next 4 months I have to fully stock up on yeast, because I seem to fly through it. The last few years I have really gotten comfortable baking with yeast. My Sweet Dinner Rolls, and Pull Apart Cinnamon Roll Bread are two recipes I make all the time!

My youngest son Max’s favorite treat is cinnamon rolls, so we have a tradition of making them together. And adding crumb topping to cinnamon rolls was actually his idea!

Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

Baking Cinnamon Rolls With Yeast Is Easy!

We like to use Instant or Rapid Rise Yeast most often in our kitchen because it really speeds up the process…and when you have hungry boys in the house this is important. Rapid Rise Yeast is really a great place to start if you are new to yeast baking, OR if you just don’t want to wait! Even when using Instant yeast you can make the dough ahead and refrigerate it, allowing it to rise slowly overnight.

Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients:

The full recipe with the measurements is located at the bottom of this post in the recipe card!

Dough:

  • All-purpose flour
  • Granulated sugar
  • Rapid Rise or Instant Yeast
  • Kosher salt
  • Milk
  • Room temperature butter
  • Large eggs

Filling:

  • Light brown sugar
  • Granulated sugar
  • All-purpose flour
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Melted butter
  • Finely chopped and peeled Granny Smith apples

Crumb Topping

  • All-purpose flour
  • Light brown sugar
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Kosher salt
  • Room temperature butter

Icing

  • Powdered sugar
  • Room temperature butter
  • Vanilla extract
  • Heavy cream

Instructions:

  1. Dough: Combine 3 cups flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, and salt into the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
  2. In a medium microwave safe bowl, heat the milk and butter for 2 to 3 minutes until it’s very warm (120° to 130°F).
  3. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and mix for 2 minutes on medium speed, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the eggs and 2 more cups of flour and mix for 2 more minutes at medium speed. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough, you might not need it all. Replace the paddle attachment with the dough hook and mix on medium speed for 5 to 8 minutes until smooth. Alternately you can knead the dough on a lightly floured surface using your hands for 5 to 8 minutes.
  4. Cover and let rest 10 minutes.
  5. Roll each half of the rested dough into a 12×10 rectangle on a lightly floured work surface.
  6. Filling: While the dough is resting prepare your filling. In a large bowl combine sugars, flour, and cinnamon and stir. Add in the melted butter and mix until combined.
  7. Divide the mixture in half and spread evenly onto each rolled out dough.
  8. Sprinkle the diced apples evenly on top of each. Roll up the dough tightly from the long side and then slice the dough into 1 1/2- inch portions.
  9. Coat 2, 9×13-inch baking dishes with nonstick spray and place the rolls into the pans. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.
  10. Crumb Topping: In a medium bowl mix together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and butter.
  11. Using your hands combine the mixture until crumbs form when squeezed together.
  12. Sprinkle all the rolls evenly with the crumb topping.
  13. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake the rolls for 30 minutes until lightly golden. Allow them to cool slightly before icing.
  14. Icing: In a medium bowl mix together the powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. Whisk in the cream until smooth.
  15. Drizzle the icing on the slightly cooled rolls.
  16. Serve warm or at room temperature
Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

How Long Does Cinnamon Roll Dough Take To Rise?

Once you have all the rolls cut and placed in a baking dish, cover them and let them rise. It will take about 30 minutes for them to double in size depending on the temperature at which you proof them. I like to turn my oven on to the warm setting, let it preheat, and then turn it off while I am preparing the rolls. Then I cover them with a clean towel and place them in the oven that will still be warm but not hot.

If you don’t want to do that, just make sure they are in a warm section of the kitchen. The cooler the temperature the longer they will take to rise!

Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

They bake up like perfection and your house will smell delicious. And of course you can’t forget icing. Or you could sprinkle them with powdered sugar as well!

Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

I don’t know how the combination of crumb topping and cinnamon rolls isn’t a bigger thing in the world. Here’s hoping that is now!

Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

I hope you enjoy these Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls!

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Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

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  • Author: Shelly
  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 24 rolls 1x
  • Category: Bread
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: Breakfast

Description

Easy Cinnamon Rolls that are filled with apples and topped with crumb topping!


Ingredients

Scale

Dough

  • 6 to 7 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 (4-1/2 tsp.) envelopes Fleischmann’s® RapidRise® Yeast
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
  • 2 eggs

Filling

  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 3 cups finely chopped and peeled Granny Smith apples

Crumb Topping

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature

Icing

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 34 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

  • Dough: Combine 3 cups flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, and salt into the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
  • In a medium microwave safe bowl, heat the milk and butter for 2 to 3 minutes until it’s very warm (120° to 130°F).
  • Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and mix for 2 minutes on medium speed, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the eggs and 2 more cups of flour and mix for 2 more minutes at medium speed. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough, you might not need it all. Replace the paddle attachment with the dough hook and mix on medium speed for 5 to 8 minutes until smooth. Alternately you can knead the dough on a lightly floured surface using your hands for 5 to 8 minutes.
  • Cover and let rest 10 minutes.
  • Roll each half of the rested dough into a 12×10 rectangle on a lightly floured work surface.
  • Filling: While the dough is resting prepare your filling. In a large bowl combine sugars, flour, and cinnamon and stir. Add in the melted butter and mix until combined.
  • Divide the mixture in half and spread evenly onto each rolled out dough.
  • Sprinkle the diced apples evenly on top of each. Roll up the dough tightly from the long side and then slice the dough into 1 1/2- inch portions.
  • Coat 2, 9×13-inch baking dishes with nonstick spray and place the rolls into the pans. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.
  • Crumb Topping: In a medium bowl mix together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and butter.
  • Using your hands combine the mixture until crumbs form when squeezed together.
  • Sprinkle all the rolls evenly with the crumb topping.
  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake the rolls for 30 minutes until lightly golden. Allow them to cool slightly before icing.
  • Icing: In a medium bowl mix together the powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. Whisk in the cream until smooth.
  • Drizzle the icing on the slightly cooled rolls.
  • Serve warm or at room temperature

Notes

Store at room temperature for up to 3 days.

To reheat, microwave individual rolls for 15-20 seconds

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cinnamon roll
  • Calories: 433
  • Sugar: 31.5 g
  • Sodium: 263.9 mg
  • Fat: 16.2 g
  • Carbohydrates: 66.6 g
  • Protein: 6.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 56.9 mg

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17 comments on “Apple Crumb Cinnamon Rolls”

  1. Amel Mullican

    I’ve made this recipe twice and it’s been a hit! I’m wondering however, if i can face time and make the dough the night before? If so, do i refrigerate it?






  2. Kathryn Freebrey

    These never went right for me.
    They never doubled inside and the sugar mix ran everywhere 🙁

  3. carla McDonnell

    AMAZING!!!!! It was like apple pie, apple streusel , and cinnamon rolls all merged into one. Will definitely make again and again.






  4. These were superb! I only wish I had made them sooner. I can definitely see myself making these again and again. Thank you!






  5. Made these today and they were awesome. It makes a lot so I brought one pan to work and kept one at home. It took me a bit of time for prep but I can be slow. I could have missed it but the ingredients for the icing does not list the vanilla but the directions say to add vanilla. Most recipes call for 1 teaspoon so I added that and it turned out perfect. I really like how they store at room temp for 3 days. Gives you a chance to consume all those calories. Thank you.






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