Smoker or Baked Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

This 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!

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!

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. 😉

I thought I’d need to melt a tub of frosting 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.

Of course you can make homemade pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls, but this is faster. Here are a few questions you might have to begin with.

How do you quick rise Rhodes cinnamon rolls?

For this 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.

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.

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

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.

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

If you 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.

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.

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 tin 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.

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.

• Put into the fridge overnight.
• 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.
• Then preheat oven and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes until golden brown.

Printable recipe below can be made in your smoker or oven, both would follow the same temperature. Timing in oven may be a bit less, keep an eye on it once you take off the foil.