Caramel Rolls are the BEST way to take any cinnamon rolls recipe to a whole new level of gooey goodness! To save time this recipe starts with Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls and they are out of this world!
This recipe is sponsored by Rhodes Bake N Serv frozen dough. As always, all opinions are my own. #frozendough #rhodes
My sister in law first introduced me to these years ago and we fell in love with them! Of course, I asked for the recipe and I immediately became a bit overwhelmed when she first gave it to me because it was about a mile long. And it didn’t even have normal flour. I’m not a beginner baker and I had no idea what in the world that kind of flour even was.
Needless to say, I never tried them, but couldn’t seem to forget about them either.
She made them for us again and this time she Rhodes frozen bread dough! Thank heavens! No more weird flour I’d never heard of! No more kneading dough or hassling with anything that has to do with making homemade caramel cinnamon rolls!
Most caramel sauce for cinnamon rolls requires cooking the sugar until it’s melted then adding cream to make sticky caramel. No cooking required for this recipe! I told you it’s easy!
All of a sudden I knew I they were going to become a staple around here!
How to make overnight caramel rolls?
This recipe can’t be made overnight because the cinnamon rolls will get too soggy.
How to store caramel rolls?
Caramel rolls are best served right out of the oven. However, store caramel rolls in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days.
Can I substitue milk for heavy cream?
No. You need to use heavy cream for this recipe.
How to make Caramel Rolls?
So, the first time she gave me this recipe the instructions included a lot of “just eyeball it”. Obviously it worked great for my sister in law, but not so good for me!
The other day I bugged her and asked her if she’d measure the ingredients for the caramel sauce so I could successfully make them and help all of you successfully make carmel rolls too! I tried it and they were spot on!
So trust me when I say this recipe is SUPER easy!
- Thaw rolls until they are soft, but not risen. Be sure to cover them with greased plastic wrap while they are rising.
- Grease a half sheet baking pan with cooking spray.
- Pour heavy cream in a half sheet baking pan.
- Sprinkle brown sugar over cream.
- Shake the pan a little, and the brown sugar will settle a little bit.
- Set the softened cinnamon rolls in the cream.
- Cover with plastic wrap.
- Let sit at room temperature until doubled in size and completely risen. It usually takes about two hours.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
- Cool.
- Frost with icing packets included in the cinnamon roll package.
How to make other varieties of Caramel Rolls Recipe?
That’s one of the fun things about making this caramel rolls recipe is that you can other things to make them a little bit different.
- pecans, walnuts, or other nuts.
- coconut
If you want to add pecans or coconut sprinkle them right over the cream and brown sugar mixture.
How to make caramel rolls with frozen bread dough
It’s also fun to add apples to turn these into caramel apple rolls.
Thaw Rhodes frozen dough and roll it out into a rectangle that’s about 1/2 inch thick. Spread butter on dough. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Then top with grated or chopped apples. Roll up like a jelly roll. Cut into slices. Then follow the recipe from step 3.
Other Rhodes Rolls Recipes
- Garlic Dinner Rolls
- Spinach Artichoke Bread
- Apple Pie Bread
- Cheesy Monkey Bread
- Pull Apart Pigs in a Blanket Recipe
- Orange Monkey Bread
- Christmas Monkey Bread
Be sure to check out my other quick bread recipes, yeast bread recipes, easy breakfast recipes for other yummy and easy recipes.
Grab the recipe for Easy Caramel Rolls
Be sure to pin my Caramel Rolls Recipe for later! The caramel sauce for these sweet rolls isn’t like traditional sticky caramel rolls, or sticky buns, or whatever you call them! They are creamy, soft, and gooey on the bottom and you are going to LOVE them!
And if you’re feeling all sorts of ambitious you can obviously use your favorite homemade cinnamon rolls recipe, but who has time for that? Especially when Rhodes tastes amazing with no effort!
Caramel Rolls
Ingredients
- 12 Rhodes Frozen Cinnamon Rolls with icing packets
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
Instructions
- Thaw rolls until they are soft, but not risen. Be sure to cover them with greased plastic wrap while they are rising.
- Grease a half sheet baking pan with cooking spray.
- Pour heavy cream in a half sheet baking pan. The cream should completely cover the bottom of the pan. Add a splash more if needed.
- Sprinkle brown sugar over cream. Shake the pan a little and the brown sugar will settle a little bit.
- Set the softened cinnamon rolls in the cream. Cover with plastic wrap. Let sit at room temperature until doubled in size and completely risen. It usually takes about two hours.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
- Cool. Frost with icing packets included in the cinnamon roll package.
Notes
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Nancy Koop says
I scanned this website and so much wanted the recipe for these rolls. Could you send me the recipe on e-mail. I really wanted to try these. Thanks
Amy Engberson says
You can either click on the “jump to recipe” button or scroll to the bottom of the post for the recipe. Here’s a link. https://pitchforkfoodie.com/easy-caramel-cinnamon-rolls-recipe-with-frozen-dough/#recipe
Mark G says
Mine came odd. The topping was too soupy like watered down. It also looked curled. That is even doing a 1 to 1 ratio of cream and brown sugar. I was hoping more of a gooey caramel.
Amy Engberson says
Hmmm. It’s hard to say what happened without being there? Did you use heavy cream? Half and half or whole milk doesn’t have enough fat content to make them set up. Were the rolls frozen rolls, or rolls from a can? That would make a difference too. They really are so amazing!
Pyper Duckett says
Oh yay!!! These look so good!! I’m glad there is now a recipe for them!!
Amy Engberson says
Oh my goodness! Thank you! Thank you! For getting the exact measurements for me! These are the BEST and I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to start running extra miles because of them! So worth it though!
Amy Engberson says
Thank you so much for showing me the ropes! They are seriously the best cinnamon rolls ever, not to mention the easiest!