Happy Friday!
It’s going to be 75 degrees today! After hitting “publish” on this blog post, I’m closing up the laptop, putting on some shorts, and spending the rest of the day outside with my best friend, vitamin D.
My mom used to make these cinnamon sugar sticky buns on special occasions. They were our favorite growing up! It was a smart way to get my brother and me out of bed in the morning. Waking up to the smell of baked cinnamon buns is nostalgic! She made these buns on Christmas morning, Easter, and the first day of school.
What is the difference between a cinnamon roll and a sticky bun?
In my opinion, I prefer these buns over cinnamon rolls. They are much easier to make, but they are like eating the centers of cinnamon rolls without all the uncoated breading. They are so good that they don’t even need icing! You could add it, but I’m telling you, you don’t need it! And that says a lot since I’m the type of person that will eat icing out of the tub.
To make the recipe even easier, my mom let the rolls defrost on the counter overnight. That way, she could coat the rolls, pop them in the oven, and they were ready to go! I can’t wait to make these for my kids one day! I made them for Kyle for the first time a month ago, and he said it was the best thing he’s ever had. You’ll have a hard time returning to regular cinnamon rolls after this treat!
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They’re perfect when you have guests staying (imagine waking them up to this smell 😋) and an excellent dish for a morning work potluck or friend’s brunch.
4-Ingredient Cinnamon Sticky Buns
Ingredients
- 1 Bag Frozen Dinner Rolls Bridgford Dough, Parkerhouse Style Rolls
- 1/2 Cup Melted Butter
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Ground Cinnamon or more if you want it extra cinnamon-y
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375-degrees.
- Defrost the Dinner Rolls (approximately 2 hours)
- Dip the defrosted rolls into butter, flatten and heavily coat with cinnamon and sugar, add to a baking dish with the rolls close together.
- Bake for 40-minutes.
- Spoon the glaze at the bottom of the baking dish over the top of the cinnamon buns. Make sure to do this while the buns are still hot.
I hope you all have a great weekend, and you should probably add this recipe to your grocery list 😉
Questions for you!
- Did you have a special tradition breakfast growing up?
- Extra cinnamon or extra icing?
- What is one thing you’re looking forward to this weekend?
Looks amazing 😍❤️🙏🏽 Too bad I live in Europe and we don’t have that roll dough stuff here 🥲
You can always make the dough homemade 😊
We made these over the weekend when the family visited and they turned out amazing! I loved how easy they were to make and the entire family wanted the recipe. Thank you, Taralynn!
I’m so happy they turned out 😀
TaraLynn,
Have a question from the 4-ingredient cinnamon sticky buns recipe. I didn’t see a recipe for the glaze that goes on at the end. Could you share what I missed??
Thank you for your help with this.
Sj from NC.
I usually mix powdered sugar with melted butter for the top! 🙂
Can you make this with brown and bake rolls??
Unfortunately, no. They have to be the uncooked raw dough.
I just made the recipe for Christmas yesterday and my family loved it, so EASY to prepare compared to actual cinnamon rolls.
Thanks for coming back to review! So happy these turned out for you! I love them because they’re much easier than cinnamon rolls and they taste like gooey centers! 😋