Name: Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing pan; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 pound homemade or store-bought pizza dough, at room temp; 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temp; 2 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 Tablespoons hot water (until desired consistency)

Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls

Kelly Senyei
27 October 27, 2014
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Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls Recipe from justataste.com

My thought process leading up to this latest creation was simple: Leftover pizza dough is sitting in my fridge. It’s 8 a.m. I love carbs. I love butter. Hello, Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls.

As history has shown, I’m all for baked goods that don’t involve yeast (See: Easy Sticky Buns with Bacon.) There’s no proofing. There’s no rolling. Heck, there’s even no mixing if you go the store-bought pizza dough route.

And since I’m always in need of a new way to use up leftover pizza dough, ditching savory for sweet seemed like the perfect solution to morningtime munchies. Pizza dough brushed with butter, sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, and drizzled with vanilla glaze? I’ll skip the pepperoni any day for that.

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Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls

Prep: 10 minutes

Cook: 25 minutes

Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

For the cinnamon rolls:

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing pan
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/3 cup sugar
1 pound homemade or store-bought pizza dough, at room temp

For the glaze:

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temp
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 Tablespoons hot water (until desired consistency)

Instructions

Make the cinnamon rolls:

Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Grease an 8x11-inch baking dish with unsalted butter.

In a small bowl, stir together the cinnamon and sugar.

Lightly flour your work surface then roll out the dough into a 16x10-inch rectangle. Brush the dough all over with the melted butter then sprinkle it with the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Starting at the long end closest to you, tightly roll the dough into a log. Cut the log into 12 rolls, about 1 1/2-inches each. Arrange each roll in the prepared baking dish about 1 inch apart.

Bake the rolls for 20 to 25 minutes until the dough is fully cooked. (See Kelly's Notes.) Remove the rolls from the oven and let them cool slightly while you make the glaze.

Make the glaze:

In a medium bowl, stir together the butter, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Whisk in the hot water 1 tablespoon at a time until the glaze reaches your desired consistency. Drizzle the glaze over the slightly warm cinnamon rolls and serve immediately.