Glazed Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread
This easy Glazed Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread is made with King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls, cinnamon, brown sugar and butter and drizzled with icing. Ooey gooey deliciousness!
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This recipe for Cinnamon Roll Pull Apart Bread is absolutely amazing! It is so delicious and so simple to make! It’s like a gooey giant Cinnamon Roll that you can tear into with family and friends or all by yourself!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
You can use any fully baked dinner rolls for this recipe. Many times you can find a store brand copycat Hawaiian sweet roll.
The honey really adds to the gooey-ness of the filling. However, you can leave it out or substitute with corn syrup.
You can definitely add other ingredients to the cinnamon sugar filling for the pull apart bread to give it your own twist. Some ideas could be chopped nuts, dried fruit, or even chocolate chips!
Yes, you can freeze cinnamon roll pull apart bread. To freeze the bread, let it cool completely after baking, then wrap it first in plastic wrap then aluminum foil. Freeze the bread for up to 3 months. To thaw the bread, place it in the refrigerator overnight, or microwave it for a few seconds until it is soft.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO MAKE CINNAMON ROLL PULL APART BREAD:
- KING’S HAWAIIAN original sweet rolls
- light brown sugar
- salted butter
- ground cinnamon
- honey
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla extract
HOW TO MAKE CINNAMON ROLL PULL APART BREAD:
Preheat oven to 400F degrees. Spray an 11×7 baking dish with cooking spray. Unpackage the rolls and using a serrated knife, with the short side of the rolls facing you, make 3 vertical slices, one on the top of each roll, stopping about ½-inch from the bottom crust.
Repeat on the other side but 4 slices. We are forming a cross pattern on top of each roll.
Carefully place the cut rolls into the baking dish.
In a small saucepan over medium/low heat, combine brown sugar, butter and honey.
Stir constantly until everything is melted and combined (about 5 minutes.)
Remove from heat then stir in cinnamon.
Open each slice you made in the bread and spread on a couple of tablespoons of the glaze. Press the slices together to make sure glaze gets distributed on each side of the slices. Do the vertical cuts first, then the horizontal.
Spread any remaining glaze over the bread. Bake for about 8-10 minutes.
While the bread is in the oven, start making the glaze. Whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract.
Once the bread is finished baking, you can remove it from the pan or serve it directly from the pan (be careful, it’s hot!). Spoon the glaze on the warm bread.
And enjoy!
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Originally Published: June 2014
Updated & republished: January 2023
Glazed Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread
Ingredients
- 1 package (12) King's Hawaiian original sweet rolls
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 4 1/2 Tablespoons honey
For the icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 Tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F degrees. Spray an 11×7 (or 9×13-inch) baking dish with cooking spray.
- Unpackage the rolls and using a serrated knife, with the short side of the rolls facing you, make 3 vertical slices, one on the top of each roll, stopping about ½-inch from the bottom crust.
- Repeat on the other side but 4 slices. We are forming a cross pattern on top of each roll.
- Carefully place the cut rolls into the baking dish.
- In a small saucepan over medium/low heat, combine brown sugar, butter and honey. Stir constantly until everything is melted and combined (about 5 minutes.) Remove from heat then stir in cinnamon.
- Open each slice you made in the bread and spread on a couple of tablespoons of the glaze.
- Press the slices together to make sure glaze gets distributed on each side of the slices. Do the vertical cuts first, then the horizontal. Spread any remaining glaze over the bread.
- Bake for about 8-10 minutes.
- While the bread is in the oven, start making the glaze. Whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract.
- Once the bread is finished baking, you can remove it from the pan or serve it directly from the pan (be careful, it's hot!)
- Spoon the glaze on the warm bread.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
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Just made and tried this (like the plate is still in front of me). Yes, this got kinda messy, but boy, oh, boy was it worth it! It tastes so much like Moravian Sugar Cake!
It is a hit in my home and I’ll definitely make this again and again. But I WILL be putting a piece of foil underneath the pan to catch any errant glaze from now on. 🙂 Thanks for another wonderful recipe!
I made this for my coffee group yesterday and it was s big hit’! It is kind of messy putting the butter/sugar mix on the soft bread, but it is delicious. One thing is s little confusing in the directions. It calls that mixture the “glaze” but then says after baking to put the glaze on the warm bread, meaning the powdered sugar mixture.
Just a thought – why not slice the bread horizontally first and spread on butter, sugar mixture and then slice vertically. Less messy and challenging.
Yummmmy thank god for your. Recipies thank you….
Oh my….sounds scrumptious!! I like the idea of adding pecans. Pinning it!!
looks so yummy will have to try this
thank you
I can't wait to try this! Sounds like a weekend winner.
Rita
Ooooh, love the idea of adding pecans – yummy! Hope you love it!
So quick & easy!. I'm going to add some pecans when I make it.
Looks soooooo delicious. I really want to make this for my kids this summer. Thanks for sharing an easier version of one of their favorite treats.
This looks so so so good!!!
Oh good lord in heaven…this is too yummy to pass up!
Looks poifect! And Gawgeous too! ;-D Our family is wild about hawaiian bread – pinning and will be making soon…YES PLEASE!!
Julianne – LOL! I'm telling y'all, this stuff was so good, we didn't talk the whole time we were eating it. All you heard was "Mmm. Mmmm." Haa!