Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls Recipe (Using Crescent Rolls!) (2024)

FAQs

How can I make Pillsbury cinnamon rolls taste better? ›

Canned Cinnamon Rolls: I use and love a can of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls here! But different brands should work just the same. Heavy Cream: Heavy cream is a slightly optional ingredient here, but I do not think it is. I find that adding a splash of cream to the cinnamon buns before cooking keeps them extra moist.

Don't Overmix the Dough

When making cinnamon rolls, mix the dough just until the ingredients are incorporated and the dough is smooth and soft. Overmixed dough leads to tough cinnamon rolls. The dough is ready when it pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl and feels tacky but doesn't stick to your fingers.

Try almonds, walnuts, pistachios, peanuts, or your desired nut to candy. If you buy canned cinnamon rolls you can also add the nuts to the inside since they're uncooked and more malleable. Chop your nuts and then place them delicately in the folds of the cinnamon roll prior to baking.

Cover with foil. Bake 15 minutes. Uncover and bake 12 to 15 minutes longer or until dough is baked thorough in centers of rolls and edges are light golden brown. Let stand 2 minutes.

Adding moisture to the rolls with a little water or butter will soften up a roll that has become a little dry and stale. Cover the roll so that trapped steam will moisten them while they are being reheated. How do you heat cinnamon rolls with icing?

Most cinnamon rolls use a yeast rasied dough. You may have simply not given them enough time for a second rise after rolling and shaping them. Because you're using a sweet dough, and then rolling it with cinnamon and sugar and butter, the yeast needs to work hard to raise the dough.

Can cinnamon rolls rise for too long? Yes definitely! If you let your cinnamon rolls rise for too long you can over-proof them. This can lead to dense rolls or rolls that collapse after baking.

Cinnamon rolls are notably very elastic and stretchy. As the dough bakes, it will expand and cover more space than you'd think. If you want perfectly-cooked cinnamon rolls, you need to give enough space for the rolls to expand during baking.

How long can cinnamon roll dough sit out before baking? ›

Remove the rolls from the refrigerator and let sit at room temperature 30 minutes before baking. Pick the option that works best for you, but don't chill longer than 2 days total.

ONLY add as much flour as needed to handle the dough. It's better for the dough to be sticky at the start than to add too much flour and wind up with dense rolls, instead of light and fluffy ones.

Do you need to refrigerate cinnamon rolls? Unfrosted cinnamon rolls do not need to be refrigerated and will keep best at room temperature. Iced cinnamon rolls, and especially rolls with cream cheese frosting, should be stored in the fridge.

Add more yeast, blend in the starter, or knead in more flour to help initiate rising. Dough that has expired yeast, too much salt, all-purpose or cake flour, or antifungal spices like cinnamon might have trouble rising.

If you want to go for a stronger or more unique flavor, consider adding some nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, or allspice into your brown sugar and butter mixture. Once you've spread the filling over the dough, roll the cinnamon rolls back up and bake them.

Pillsbury™ delivers a scratch-like appearance and homeade taste in a convenient freezer-to-oven format with no proofing required. Once out of the oven, Allow 10-15 minutes of cooling for the product to finish baking. Glazing should take place after cooling but while the product is still warm.

Here's what you do: Using whatever frosting or icing your rolls call for (cream cheese, all butter, even the sleeve of icing from the canned variety), coat the rolls once when they are hot from the oven. The icing will melt into all the nooks and crannies.