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    Home » Recipes » Christmas Breakfast

    Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls

    Published: Jul 19, 2022 · Modified: Feb 17, 2023 by Tiffany Dahle · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    The Pillsbury cinnamon rolls have been used to make cranberry rolls for Christmas morning.

    Orange cranberry cinnamon rolls make a deliciously easy Christmas breakfast when you use canned cinnamon roll dough and leftover cranberry sauce you froze after Thanksgiving.

    A cranberry filled cinnamon roll has a fork serving up a bite.

    Kids are such funny creatures, aren't they? While my kids won't even think about putting my homemade orange cranberry sauce on their plates at Thanksgiving, they will gobble it right up on Christmas morning when I add the leftovers to these easy cranberry cinnamon rolls.

    To keep things simple, I just use a can of Pillsbury cinnamon roll dough.

    You could make the cinnamon roll dough from scratch with your bread machine and prep the whole pan for the freezer, but the prepared can of dough works just great!

    After all, even busy parents deserve a break on Christmas morning.

    Ingredients

    Truly, there are just two main ingredients for this easy breakfast recipe:

    1. Prepared Can of Cinnamon Roll Dough: Pillsbury, Trader Joe's, Annies, whatever you like.
    2. Leftover Cranberry Sauce: I simply freeze a portion from this Thanksgiving cranberry recipe when I make it the day before the holiday.
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    We prefer the Pillsbury Grands! Cinnamon Rolls because they are larger in size to the classic cinnamon roll recipe.

    There are just 5 rolls in each can so if you have a larger family to serve, you may want to double this recipe and prepare it in a 9 x 13-in pan.

    The easy ingredients to make cranberry cinnamon rolls are on the counter.

    Open the Cinnamon Roll Dough

    Open the can of cinnamon roll dough and lay the log of dough on a cutting board or baking mat.

    Carefully unroll the log, keeping the dough as one solid piece. Don't try to separate each roll individually yet.

    A canister of prepared cinnamon roll dough is being unrolled on a cutting board.

    Spread the Cranberry Sauce

    Use a spoon to spread the cranberry sauce evenly over the dough like this:

    The cranberry sauce is spread over the open roll of cinnamon roll dough.

    Roll and Bake

    Then simply roll the log right back up again and separate the individual cinnamon rolls.

    The cinnamon roll dough has been rolled back up again.

    Place them cut side up in a baking pan and bake according to the instructions on the can.

    The cinnamon rolls are placed in a baking dish, cut side up.

    Ice the Cinnamon Rolls

    I usually reserve the icing from the canister of cinnamon rolls to use on the warm, baked rolls.

    The rolls have been baked and spread with icing.

    But if you're feeling extra fancy or you want to have LOTS of icing on your rolls, my homemade vanilla glaze would be easy to make.

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    Serving Suggestions

    The rolls have been baked and spread with icing.

    Serve the cranberry cinnamon rolls warm for a special holiday brunch.

    For a special even like Christmas morning, you may want to serve them alongside my crockpot hot chocolate bar.

    You could also garnish the platter with these easy sugared cranberries for a special touch.

    Changed your mind and don't want cinnamon rolls?

    The cranberries would taste great in my cranberry orange muffins or you could use the cranberry sauce in my panettone bread pudding, too.

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    A cranberry filled cinnamon roll has a fork serving up a bite.

    Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls

    5 from 1 vote
    These easy cranberry cinnamon rolls use Pillsbury cinnamon roll dough (or another brand of prepared cinnamon roll dough) for the easiest Christmas breakfast ever.
    TOTAL TIME 18 minutes
    PREP TIME 5 minutes
    COOK TIME 13 minutes
    YIELD 5 large cinnamon rolls
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    Ingredients
      

    • 1 can of prepared refrigerator cinnamon roll dough
    • ½ cup leftover cranberry sauce

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 375°F.
    • On a baking mat, open the canister of cinnamon roll dough and carefully unroll the log. Spread the cranberry sauce evenly over the surface of the dough and then roll the log back up.
    • Separate the cinnamon rolls by the perforated lines. You may need a knife to help get them separated neatly. Place the rolls cut side up in a baking dish and bake as directed on the canister, usually about 13 minutes.
    • Ice the warm cinnamon rolls with the canister of icing that came with the canned cinnamon rolls and serve.
    COURSEBrunch
    CUISINEAmerican
    AUTHORTiffany Dahle

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