This pull-apart treat is as easy as 1-2-3 ingredients, including Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Flaky Cinnamon Rolls with Original Icing. Every sweet bite is stuffed with cream cheese for a breakfast or brunch dish that’s bound to have guests begging for seconds.
Cream Cheese-Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Ingredients 3
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese
- 2 cans (17.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Flaky Cinnamon Rolls with Original Icing (5 Count)
- 1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350° F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening or cooking spray.
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Step2Cut block of cream cheese in half lengthwise, then cut each half in 4 rows by 3 rows to form 24 equal cubes.
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Step3Set aside icing from cinnamon rolls. Separate each can of dough into 5 rolls; unroll each roll, and cut each in half.
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Step4Take one section of dough and fold it over to form a rectangle shape. Place a square of cream cheese on the dough; fold over the dough, and gently crimp it around the cream cheese. Repeat with remaining dough pieces (you will have four leftover pieces of cream cheese).
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Step5Place cream cheese-filled dough balls in pan. Place butter pieces evenly on top.
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Step6Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until deep golden brown on top. Cool 10 minutes; run knife around edge of pan to loosen. Place heatproof serving plate over pan and turn over; remove pan. Cool 10 minutes.
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Step7Drizzle reserved icing over top of bread, allowing some to drizzle down sides. Pull apart to serve; serve warm.
Nutrition
390
Calories
24g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
41g
Total Carbohydrate
17g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 390
- Calories from Fat
- 210
- Total Fat
- 24g
- 36%
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- 60%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 540mg
- 23%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 41g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 17g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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