Cinnamon Roll Twists with Cream Cheese Filling
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On a lazy weekend morning, I love to surprise my family with something special. I don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen making it, however. Sometimes just using the simplest of ingredients prepared in a slightly different way can be downright magical.
And while you might be thinking, “Did she just say breakfast can be magical? Really?”, but trust me. If you tried one of these amazing little cinnamon roll twists, I’m sure you’d agree that magical is a great description.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Twists
Ingredients
- 1 can 13 oz Pillsbury Flaky Supreme Cinnamon Rolls
- 3 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans
Instructions
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Heat oven to 375°F. Line large cookie sheet with silicone baking sheet or parchment paper.
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Beat cream cheese and sugar in small bowl until well combined.
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Separate dough into 8 rolls.
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Unroll each cinnamon roll to form 8 strips.
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Spread light layer of cream cheese mixture on bottom half of cinnamon roll.
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Sprinkle pecans over cream cream cheese.
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Carefully wrap top half of dough up and around to create a twist shape with rounded top. Place each twist on cookie sheet.
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Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until dough is golden brown and baked through.
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Immediately drizzle icing that comes with rolls on tops of warm twists.
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Serve warm.
These twists make for a beautiful presentation, but they are much easier to create than they look!
My family went nuts for these cinnamon twists, and I’m certain you’ll love them too. They taste a lot like a cream cheese danish and cinnamon roll mixed in one.
The only surprising part about these twists is how simple they are to make. So try them with your family. Make them on a lazy Saturday morning and enjoy them with a cup of coffee.
Then come back to tell me what you thought. I’ll be here waiting!
These look so yummy & they’re easy to make!
thank you for the recipe
This would be fun to have kids help with…so simple and delish. Hubby often goes to the bakery on Sunday to get rolls and they are SOOooo expensive and also TOO big to be eating at once. This must be very inexpensive too…and I know they have sales on these rolls a lot.
You take SUCH great food photos girl!
These look absolutely delicious, my mouth is watering!
I already make the round Pillsbury cinnamon rolls for my family. I like this new twist shape and the addition of cream cheese and chopped pecans. They look yummy and fancier. I’m going to make these on Sunday morning. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
How do you do that? I can’t even get both eyes open in the morning. They do look truly scrumptious. Thanks for sharing!
These sound delicious, and I like that they are a little different than the usual cinnamon roll.
What a great simple recipe I will have to try. I know my whole family is going to love these. They will make a wonderful breakfast treat this weekend.
I really love cinnamon rolls, but my heck these are absolutely over the top. The cream cheese makes it sound awesome.
What a wonderfully delicious recipe. Love it because it is easy. Will be trying soo
What a lovely and simple recipe. Thank you for sharing with us.
you didnt mention how many calories? cause that looks DELICIOUS! 🙂 wheres the coffee ?
What a great way to dress up a roll of dough! They look delicious.
Wow, what a wonderfully delicious recipe. Thank you for sharing with your readers.
Incredible, they look so good and perfect. I’m sure if I do this they won’t look this good but maybe will taste somewhat like it.
What a treat! These look so amazing. I always love the frosting on these cinnamon rolls, homemade are always better.
These look great for a fall breakfast or snack
Love Cinnamon rolls but adding cream cheese would make them even better and less sweet tasting.
These look so delicious and cinnamon and cream cheese together sounds fantastic!
I am not a great baker but this cinnamon twists look so delicious I may just get inspired to make them.