Add chopped nuts to the cinnamon filling when making them from scratch or mix them into the butter mixture and pour it over the cinnamon buns.
Add Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting
While the store-bought frosting is pretty good, nothing beats homemade cream cheese frosting on warm cinnamon buns.
Check out my recipe below and thank me later!
Add Chocolate
Because everything is better with chocolate!
Like nuts, you can easily add mini chocolate chips to the filling when making cinnamon buns from scratch.
But for this simplified recipe, sprinkle mini chocolate chips on the rolls right out of the oven.
The chocolate will melt and ooze into the crevices within seconds.
Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Buns
Cinnamon and pumpkin spice – this combo just makes sense.
Adding more fall spices to this breakfast dessert makes it even cozier and more comforting.
I like to add some pumpkin spice to the frosting, but you can also mix it into the heavy cream.
Maple and Bacon Rolls
If you like sweet-savory cinnamon buns, you can’t go wrong with maple and bacon.
Simply add a teaspoon of maple syrup to the frosting and sprinkle with bacon crumbs.
Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 ounces of softened cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons of softened salted butter
- 3/4 cup of sifted powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (or maple syrup)
Directions:
- Beat the cream cheese and butter at medium speed until smooth and fluffy.
- Turn the mixer to low speed, then slowly pour or sift the powdered sugar into the bowl.
- Add the vanilla, then mix until smooth.
- Spread the frosting on the warm cinnamon buns.
