Christmas is right around the corner and the recipes for cookies and gingerbread will be flooding out Pinterest feeds soon, so I wanted to think a little outside the box and came up with these easy to make Cinnamon Rolls with Gingerbread Cream Cheese Frosting.
I know that’s a mouthful but trust me, they’re so easy. You’ll have these cinnamon rolls done from prep to oven in less than 25 minutes. The secret ingredients in these new favorite Christmas desserts are the crescent rolls. A few months ago I was inspired by Stacie’s Mini Rum Butter Cinnamon Rolls and created my own Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls over on The Bewitchin’ Kitchen.
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There are so many things you can do with crescent rolls. I’ve made hand pies, turnovers, and cinnamon rolls. All you have to do is simply pinch together the seams, lay out the melted butter and pack on the cinnamon mixture. (PS – the leftover cinnamon mixture makes a really nice hand scrub after, like this Chocolate Sugar Scrub).
Seriously, can it get any easier than that? Not only is this recipe easy, but it’s fast. It’s ready in under 25 minutes, so it’s perfect for surprise guests “popping in” around the holidays.
The gingerbread cream cheese frosting is my recipe for Gingerbread Dessert Dip (from The Bewitchin’ Kitchen) but cut in half. I knew it would work beautifully for these cinnamon rolls and I was right.
Cinnamon Rolls with Gingerbread Cream Cheese Frosting
These cinnamon rolls are so easy to put together. Crescent rolls, butter, sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon is all the makes up the rolls themselves and the gingerbread cream cheese frosting recipe is a creamy, holiday infused topping. If you want to add a little extra gingerbread to the recipe, you can sprinkle crushed gingerbread over top of the frosting.
Try my Mini Rum Butter Cinnamon Rolls, Cheesecake Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls and Cinnamon Bread, too!
What is your favorite way to enjoy cinnamon rolls?
You’ll also like this Gingerbread Latte.
Cinnamon Rolls with Gingerbread Cream Cheese Frosting
The perfect Christmas morning breakfast! Turn those crescent rolls into a super easy, but decadent treat.
Ingredients
Cinnamon Rolls
- 1 package crescent rolls
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 tbsps sugar
- 2 tbsps brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Gingerbread Frosting
- 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 1/4 cup greek vanilla yogurt
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/5 tbsps fancy molasses
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ginger
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
For the Cinnamon Rolls
- Pop open the can of crescent rolls and roll out flat. Pinch the seams together to make one large rectangle.
- Pour the melted butter over the dough, and then sprinkle the sugars and cinnamon. Rub it all together.
- Roll the cinnamon rolls and cut into 9, 1-inch pieces.
- Spray a pie dish with non-stick spray and lay the 9 pieces.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- While baking mix together the gingerbread frosting.
For the Gingerbread Frosting
- Mix all the ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl.
- When the cinnamon rolls come out of the oven, let cool for five minutes.
- Pour the frosting over the rolls.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 9 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 155Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 99mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 0gSugar: 13gProtein: 2g
Roseann Hampton says
These look delicious! Pinning!
shelley says
These look amazing!
Linda Bouffard says
PINNED. This looks wonderful. Best wishes, Linda @Crafts a la mode
Randa @ The Bewitchin' Kitchen says
Thank you for sharing Linda!
Jamie @ Medium Sized Family says
These look so delicious that I can practically smell them cooking! Totally doable with the canned rolls, too. Pinned!
Mother of 3 says
I have made cinnamon rolls loads of time using crescent rolls and we just love them… but the addition of gingerbread cream cheese frosting?! That is just brilliant!! Pinned.
Randa @ The Bewitchin' Kitchen says
Thank you so much for pinning 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Linda @thedutchbaker says
Hii 🙂 I have an obsession with cinnamon rolls, in fact a just posted a cinnamon roll recipe today on my blog, but these look and sound INSANE! I would love to try this gingerbread cream cheese frosting but do you know a good substitute for the molasses? 🙂 thank you and beautiful pics! Xx
the cape on the corner says
this looks absolutely amazing. i need to have one!
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Miz Helen says
I can’t wait to make a pan of these fabulous rolls! Hope you have a great week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Miz Helen
Linda says
How decadent and yummy. A perfect dish for the holidays using gingerbread. Thanks for sharing at DI&DI.
Amber says
This recipe looks amazing! What a creative idea using crescent dough! Visiting from the blog hop. Check out my fantastic Lemon Zucchini Coconut bread later if you are in the baking mood!