Description
These Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls are perfect for fall and for feeding a crowd! They’re easy to make with a cake mix and they always comes out perfect.
Ingredients
Scale
Caramel Apple mixture
- 2 apples, peeled and finely chopped
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of salt
Cinnamon Roll dough
- 5 – 6 cups flour, divided
- 1 box Caramel Apple Cake Mix, or you could use vanilla
- 2 (.25 oz) packages of quick rise yeast
- 2 1/2 cups warm water
Filling
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 can Caramel Apple Frosting (you could sub vanilla or cream cheese frosting as well!
Instructions
Caramel Apple Mixture
- In a medium saucepan combine apples, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat for approximately 15 minutes until apples are soft and mixture thickens. Set aside to cool.
Cinnamon Rolls
- In large bowl combine cake mix, 4 cups of flour and yeast. Pour in warm water and mix to combine.
- Turn the dough out on a floured surface and add in 1-2 more cups of flour, kneading until the dough is elastic and soft.
- Place dough in a large greased bowl and cover. Allow to rise for 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400ยฐ and grease 2 9×13 baking pans.
- When dough has doubled in size remove from bowl and divide in half.
- Roll half of dough out on a floured surface into roughly a 10×14 inch rectangle.
- Mix together the cinnamon and light brown sugar for filling.
- Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with half of the cinnamon sugar mixture. Reserving the other half for the second dough.
- Top this with half of reserved caramel apple mixture.
- Roll up the dough and cut it into 12 slices and brush with a little bit more butter. Place your rolls into one of the prepared pans and cover with a towel for another 20 minutes. Rolls will almost double in size.
- Repeat process with the leftover dough and remaining toppings.
- Bake each pan for 15 minutes until golden brown.
- Microwave the frosting for 20-25 seconds, stirring until smooth and pourable.
- Drizzle frosting over cinnamon rolls.
- Serve warm.
Notes
If you can’t find the Caramel Apple Cake Mix, simply sub in a vanilla or french vanilla cake mix. Also, you can easily use vanilla or cream cheese frosting.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 257
- Sugar: 19.7 g
- Sodium: 99.6 mg
- Fat: 8.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 41.6 g
- Protein: 2.9 g
- Cholesterol: 14 mg