Apple Cinnamon Rolls with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting-These light and fluffy cinnamon rolls will remind you of apple pie, but in cinnamon roll form! They are the perfect breakfast treat for fall!
Perfect Fall Cinnamon Rolls
My dad’s cinnamon rolls are the BEST! If you’ve mad them, you know. And if you haven’t read the hundreds of comments!
I created a new cinnamon roll recipe for fall (with my dad) and you are going to LOVE them! Apple Cinnamon Rolls with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting.…YES! They are the perfect cinnamon rolls for fall.
Think of apple pie and cinnamon rolls in ONE recipe. Oh yeah, you are excited now! You will love the juicy apple filling that is surrounded by lots of brown sugar and cinnamon…and don’t forget about that brown butter cream cheese frosting. They are DREAMY!
Serve these decadent sweet rolls for a special breakfast, brunch, or even dessert!
Cinnamon Roll Dough
My dad’s classic cinnamon roll dough is PERFECTION! He used his same dough for the apple cinnamon rolls because why change a recipe when it is perfect in every way? The dough is soft, satiny, and makes the BEST cinnamon rolls.
It is a yeast dough, but don’t be scared. The dough is actually easy to make and the more you make cinnamon rolls, the more confident you will get. You too can master cinnamon rolls! My dad’s recipe is the best cinnamon roll recipe, so you are in good hands:) Read the original recipe for tips, most apply for this recipe too.
Apple Filling
The apple filling makes these cinnamon rolls extra special. The cinnamon rolls are filled with a sweet, sugary, apple filling that will remind you of your favorite apple pie. We like to use Honeycrisp apples or Granny Smith apples.
We don’t peel the apples, but if the peels bother you, you can certainly peel them before chopping them up. Sauté the apples in butter, brown sugar, and a little bit of nutmeg. The nutmeg isn’t overpowering, but will give the apples that extra fall flavor.
The apples get rolled up into that perfect cinnamon roll dough with lots of butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon! Bake until the cinnamon rolls are golden brown and your house smells better than any fall candle:)
Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
If you are a regular reader of our blog, you know I LOVE all things brown butter so I suggested to my dad that we make a brown butter cream cheese frosting to finish the apple cinnamon rolls. He loved the idea so we whipped up some frosting and slathered it all over the fluffy cinnamon rolls.
The brown butter cream cheese frosting was the perfect ending to the cinnamon rolls. The nutty, caramel flavor from the brown butter complimented the apple cinnamon rolls SO nicely.
If you aren’t a brown butter fan, you can make our regular vanilla frosting or a plain cream cheese frosting.
Make in Advance
If you want to make the cinnamon rolls in advance, you can refrigerate them overnight and bake in the morning. After you put the rolls in the pans, cover with plastic wrap and put the pans in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, pull the rolls out and let them come to room temperature while you preheat the oven. You want them to rise a little before baking. Bake and enjoy!
You can also make the frosting in advance. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to five days. When ready to use, let it come to room temperature and stir again until smooth.
How to Store
Cover the cinnamon rolls with plastic wrap or store in an airtight container on the counter for up to four days. I recommend reheating in the microwave for 15 seconds. You can’t beat a warm cinnamon roll!
You can also freeze the baked cinnamon rolls, frosted or unfrosted. Place cooled cinnamon rolls in a freezer bag or container and freeze for up to two months. Defrost before serving. Frost if you froze them unfrosted.
You can freeze unbaked, unrisen, rolls in the pan. Cover them tightly with plastic wrap AND aluminum foil. Remove them from the freezer and allow them to thaw and rise. Bake, frost, and enjoy!
More Cinnamon Roll Recipes
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Lemon Blueberry Sweet Rolls
- Raspberry Sweet Rolls
- Cranberry Orange Cinnamon Rolls
- Mini Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
