Add some "ho ho ho" to your holiday mornings with these cute Santa cinnamon rolls. Made with Pillsbury™ Grands!™ cinnamon rolls and a smooth cream cheese icing, these sweet breakfast treats are as fun to eat as they are to decorate!
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Santa Cinnamon Rolls
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 5 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 5
Ingredients
- 1 can (17.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Cinnamon Rolls with Original Icing (5 Count)
- 4 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- Red gel food color
- 10 candy eyeballs
- 5 small red gumdrops
- 1 cup miniature marshmallows
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
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Step2Separate dough into 5 rolls. Place rolls 2 inches apart on cookie sheet; flatten rolls slightly with hands.
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Step3Bake about 10 minutes or until light golden brown and firm enough to turn. With fork, turn over and bake 5 to 8 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to cooling rack; cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Meanwhile, in medium bowl, place icing and cream cheese; beat with spoon until well blended. Stir in powdered sugar until mixed well. Transfer 1/4 cup of the icing mixture to small bowl; tint with red food color to desired color. Cover and refrigerate until ready to decorate.
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Step5On flat side of each roll, spread about 1 tablespoon icing mixture over bottom half of roll to make base for beard.
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Step6For hat, spread tinted icing mixture to cover unfrosted part on top half of each roll, leaving a space for the eyes. Attach candy eyeballs to unfrosted portion of cinnamon roll using a small amount of icing.
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Step7Slightly flatten red gumdrop; place near top of frosted beard for nose. Press miniature marshmallows onto frosted beard, and add marshmallow on end of hat for pom pom. Decorate using photo as a guide. Serve remaining icing mixture with cinnamon rolls, or refrigerate for another use.
Nutrition
480
Calories
15g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
82g
Total Carbohydrate
46g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cinnamon Roll
- Calories
- 480
- Calories from Fat
- 130
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 23%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 38%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 600mg
- 25%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 82g
- 27%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 46g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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