We love plain or apple pie stuffed cinnamon roll waffles for breakfast or dessert! A great twist on this old fashioned favorite start to the day. Grab a few refrigerated Pillsbury or Cinnabon tubes and we will show you how to make waffles with cinnamon rolls step by step.
Do you love cinnamon rolls, waffles, and apples? Wish you could combine them all? These apple pie stuffed cinnamon roll waffles will satisfy all your cravings this year! Sponsored by Pillsbury. (affiliate links present)
Can you make waffles with cinnamon rolls?
Yes!! I’m sure you’ve baked these the oven before, and made homemade waffles BUT this takes it a step further. Have you used these sweet rolls in the waffle maker yet?? OMG it is such a delicious breakfast recipe where you just flatten slightly and press between the two grates to cook until golden brown!
Using cinnamon rolls INSIDE your waffle iron creates a whole new level of yumminess for breakfast (or dessert), and the cream cheese frosting comes with it too so you can drizzle it on when they’re all done. I know, how could this be a quick easy dessert recipe right??!! It is!! You’re ready right??!!
Ready to dig in to this amazing waffle recipe with filling inside??!! With or without the cream cheese frosting these apple pie cinnamon roll waffles will make you drool!
What’s great though is inside your roll of Pillsbury Grands with Cream Cheese Icing is…..the FROSTING!! No need to make your own or buy a separate tub, it’s all there for you to make a dish of cinnamon rolls in the oven, or try them in your waffle iron like we did here!
How to Make Waffles with Frozen Cinnamon Rolls
If you used a bag of Rhodes right out of the freezer that works too. It does make a great frozen cinnamon rolls recipe for sure. Biggest difference would be the timing. You need 45 minutes to defrost those so they can be rolled out just a bit before laying on the grates.
Ingredients
- Defrosted from frozen or refrigerated cinnamon rolls Grands are larger and work better.
- You can use the frosting that comes in the can or syrup
- Non stick spray
- If you want to stuff pie filling in the center you’ll want a can of that
How to Make Stuffed Waffles with Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls
- Put 1 Pillsbury Grands in your hand and flatten it, do the same for a 2nd
- Fill the middle of one with about 1 heaping tbsp of pie filling in the center
- Place the second over the top of that
- Pinch the edges all the way around so it is pinched together and sealed with no holes so it doesn’t leak
- Set your filled sweet rolls sandwich on a plate lined with parchment paper until you have them all done and prepared.
- Wait until your waffle iron is ready (set to medium temperature if you’re able to adjust its heat). Some larger ones can make more than 1 or 2 like ours but you should leave a bit of space between each one.
How to Make Cinnamon Rolls in a Waffle Iron
- Spray grate of waffle maker with non stick cooking spray
- Place in the very center of your preheated waffle iron
- Put a spoonful of pie filling in the middle with another flattened roll on top
- Let go of the top allowing it to slowly move down on top, not pressing down
- Wait approximately 4 minutes or until the top is golden brown to cook waffle and the edges are cooked
- Remove, serve with the glaze or sugar and cinnamon on top. Powdered sugar works too.
Serve on a plate drizzled with the cream cheese icing included in your container. You can make something similar we call air fryer dumplings with this same filling as well as their crescents.
How long does it take to cook cinnamon rolls in a waffle maker?
This will depend on how thick yours is once you place it on the iron but 3-5 minutes is typical. If you thin it out to fill the center like we shared with you here we thought 4 minutes was perfect to get the outside golden brown and slightly crispy.
THIS is the key to the perfect apple pie stuffed cinnamon rolls turned into waffles! Big enough to hold all that apple pie goodness that is synonymous with Fall. This holds memories of my grandmother in the kitchen. We have all had Pillsbury Rolls right??
Make cinnamon roll stuffed waffles for your kids, thinking outside of the box for breakfast, turned into a dessert is just so fun.
Yes! Skip mixing dry ingredients with melted butter and brown sugar to make homemade batter. Instead pop open a tube of Pillsbury Grands, flatten, and you can even stuff each one with apple pie filling like we did here!
Absolutely. The process is the same as making traditional waffles, but instead of using batter, you use a flattened roll as the dough. Homemade dough would work just as well but may be softer than refrigerated Grands we used here.
Fillings for stuffed waffles is endless and depends on your preferences. Some popular sweet options include Nutella, peanut butter, jam, chocolate chips, fruits, or even marshmallows.
For savory options, you can try cheese, ham, bacon, cooked eggs, or vegetables. We used pie filling here!
How to Save Leftover Waffles
If you added a filling they will get mushy and wouldn’t be worth saving unless you enjoyed again for breakfast for dinner that day. In the case that you didn’t stuff them you could save the cooked pieces in an airtight or vacuum sealed bag and in the fridge. Reheat by throwing them in the toaster to warm!
If you and your family have breakfasts together, and you want to surprise them with something special in the morning you should give our easy apple pie cinnamon roll waffles too! Let us know what you and your family thinks when you enjoy them together. Do you have a special morning treat you like to cook together too?? 😉
How to Make Waffles with Cinnamon Rolls
Equipment
- 1 waffle iron
Ingredients
- 1 can cinnamon rolls, refrigerated, Pillsbury Grands
- olive oil spray
Instructions
- Stuffed waffles – Use your hands or a gentle rolling pin to flatten Grands cinnamon rolls. Spoon some apple pie filling into center of 1 and lay a 2nd on top.
- Use fingers to seal edges and any small openings you may see so filling doesn't leak out.
- Pillsbury cinnamon rolls in waffle iron – If not filling just slightly flatten each Grands to prepare.
- Preheat waffle iron and when it is hot spray with olive oil. Lay cinnamon roll inside and gently close lid.
- Watch carefully and remove when top and bottom rolls are browned, this will take 2-4 minutes depending on their thickness and how brown you want them on the outside.
- Open frosting packet included with cinnamon rolls and drizzle on top when serving.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
