Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls Recipe (Pull-Apart)

Name: Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients: 6 cinnamon rolls (frozen, thawed for an hour, cut into fourths); 21 oz pie filling (we used apple)

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Easy Rhodes cinnamon rolls recipe with apple pie filling on your smoker or in your oven is amazing! For breakfast or dessert you’ve got to try this treat! Use defrosted frozen cinnamon rolls to create a pull apart sweet bread in an 8×8 pan.

Now you can make an easy Rhodes cinnamon roll recipe in your smoker or oven! Love cooking meat and veggie smoker recipes but looking for something sweet at the end of your meal? (affiliate links present)

Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls Recipe Easy
Ingredients
How do you quick rise Rhodes cinnamon rolls?
How to Make Rhodes Cinnamon Roll Casserole
Other Frozen Cinnamon Rolls Recipes You’ll Love
Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls Recipe Easy

OH MY I wish you could smell through this screen right now. I made this and I couldn’t take pictures fast enough before my husband and kids dug in!

It was gone in no time, the little I did get was fabulous! Just one of many easy frozen bread dough recipes we’ve shared lately. We made it in our Traeger first and then in our oven. I’ll share instructions for how to do both in the printable recipe card below.

To get your meats absolutely perfect we have this printable meat smoking chart to refer to so each and every time it will be fork tender.

Recently we upgraded to this Traeger pellet smoker and grill and love it.
- We started with an electric smoker that was a Charbroil which worked well to start with.
I like applewood pellets, we always have those on hand and make almost everything.

Especially during the summertime, we love cooking outside! If we can smoke salmon, vegetables AND dessert together I am thrilled. NO heating up the house when it’s hot and a much easier cleanup at the end too. 😉

You only really need 2 ingredients to make this cinnamon roll casserole. The pie filling flavor is up to you but I will say that cherry and apple are probably the best overall.

Ingredients

Frozen Rhodes Bake N Serv cinnamon rolls
Can of apple pie filling
1. you could use any flavor you like
2. cherry, peach or blueberry would be great too
3. chopped nuts or raisins in between the layers or on top would be good too

I thought I’d need to melt a tub of frosting to make this easy dessert recipe, to add to the top but I realize that they included that in this bag! Super helpful when you want everything in one place, it was really tasty too.

A sprinkle of powdered sugar or drizzled with butter with sugar and cinnamon sprinkled on top are good options too. I sometimes will add some chopped walnuts in between the layers and/or on top.

How do you quick rise Rhodes cinnamon rolls?

For this 5 ingredient monkey bread recipe you only need to leave them out for 45 min to an hour max. But if you’re making them traditionally you can preheat your oven to 175 F, turn oven off. Then set rolls inside in a pan for 1-1 1/2 hours or until they double in size.

Can you cook Rhodes cinnamon rolls frozen?

Now you can with the Rhodes AnyTime variety. You buy these ready in a disposable pan, bake frozen, and then serve. The bagged version you see here is meant to rise, or at least defrost for an hour and cut to make monkey bread and other types of easy dessert recipes.

What are the best frozen cinnamon rolls?

Rhodes rank #1 overall, that is why we use them for all sorts of different things. After you make this breakfast casserole, give our air fryer donut holes too.

This is what they look like after about an hour on the countertop. You just need to thaw them enough where you can slice them into fourths. 1 hour seems to be perfect for us.

How to Make Rhodes Cinnamon Roll Casserole

Here are quick instructions but there is a printable detailed recipe card at the bottom of this post too.

Take out 6 frozen rolls bread dough and allow dough to thaw out for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Preheat smoker to 350 degrees. (or oven)
Spray an 8×8 aluminum baking pan with non stick cooking spray
Then spread pie filling on the bottom.
Cut each roll that is semi thawed frozen dough piece into 4 equal pieces. Place them on top spread out evenly.
Cover loosely with foil that has been sprayed underneath with non stick spray. Put on preheated smoker grates and cook for 40 minutes. (or in oven 20 min.)
Then remove foil and continue cooking for 20 minutes to brown top and finish cooking rolls.
Take off, allow to rest for 10-15 minutes, drizzle packet of icing (in Rhodes bag) on top and serve.

The package comes with 2 pouches full of frosting that will thaw out by the time your dessert is done. Just snip off the end and drizzle it on top so it melts all over. You add some chopped nuts on top too.

If you have a much larger crowd you could use the whole bag of 12 rolls. You would need to use a 9×13″ pan instead of this one so the frozen bread pieces can spread and rise properly. Love cream cheese frosting? Use that too. Just grab a tub of frosting from the store, melt for 30 seconds in the microwave and pour that on top.

Can you let Rhodes rolls rise overnight?

You can thaw overnight but I have done it both ways and think it’s best to do the same day. If you’re trying to prep ahead of time place 6 in an 8×8 pan or 12 in a 9×13 pan and cover with plastic wrap.
1. Put into the fridge overnight.
2. If they haven’t doubled in size when you take them out allow them to sit on the counter for an hour or so until they do.
3. Then preheat oven and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes until golden brown.

Should I refrigerate cooked cinnamon rolls?

You can keep them in the same pan you baked them in at room temperature for a few days. Just cover with plastic wrap or in foil. Yes you can store overnight in the refrigerator until the next day but they’ll dry out a bit.

How do you reheat cinnamon rolls with icing?

Just before serving, tent lightly with foil. Put into a preheated oven set to 350 degrees F. Heat for about 10 minutes. To add a bit of moisture you can drizzle some melted butter and cinnamon + brown sugar sprinkle on the top before heating.

Other Frozen Cinnamon Rolls Recipes You’ll Love

For a smaller batch, try our air fryer monkey bread.
To make Rhodes monkey bread in the oven we have directions for that too.

Looking for more smoker recipes similar to this one? We made cheesy garlic smoked bread that was amazing! Use their regular, not sweet, frozen rolls we made this and air fryer garlic bread and Easter egg bread.

We also used these same cinnamon rolls, defrosted slightly, to make our monkey bread in a smoker too!! Complete with some pumpkin, it’s an ooey gooey sweet treat that doesn’t take long to make at all.

Printable recipe below can be made in your smoker or oven, both would follow the same temperature. For the timing in the oven just follow the temp and timing on the back of the bag.

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