Donut Cinnamon Rolls Baking Mix

You can invent sweet rolls that you will absolutely love.  It's not hard. You make them out of donut dough. We'll show you how.

• Questions About Making Sweet Cinnamon Rolls with Donut Dough
• What Others Say About These Sweet Cinnamon Rolls
• How to Make Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls and Their Cousins
• Inventing Apple Pie and More Sweet Rolls
• See What Pastry Fillings are Available 
• You Can Make Your Own Sweet Rolls

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They're not made with bread dough--or even sweetened bread dough. 

They're made with raised, glazed donut dough--like spudnut dough. You know, soft and pillowy with a touch of sweet spices and a hidden splash of flavor--what you find in the best morning donut shops. 

When I was young, college students went door-to-door selling these puffy, vanilla-glazed concoctions--huge, absolutely irresistible donuts.

Well, we're making cinnamon rolls out of that dough mix now. These are cinnamon rolls like none else.  

But don't stop there. You can morph your donut cinnamon rolls into concoctions like maple bacon cinnamon rolls and strawberry sweet rolls and lemon cream rolls. We'll get you started on all these concoctions, show you how. You can make them.

But if you want to stick with our original donut cinnamon rolls, well, they're pretty incredible.

Questions About Making Sweet Cinnamon Rolls with Donut Dough

Are these really made with raised, glazed donut dough? Yep, it's patented or at least secret. We had to make a deal with the original donut dough guys to get the mix.  We buy it in 50-pound bags.

Could I make raised, glazed donuts with this mix? You could. But you would have to deep fry them to make donuts. These are sweet rolls; you bake them. We added a cinnamon sugar packet, a frosting packet, and directions for making the sweet rolls.

What about all those concoctions like maple bacon sweet rolls? The directions for those are on this page. Directions for the original donut cinnamon rolls are with the package.

Could I create my own concoctions? Sure, that's what's fun about baking.  Use the directions here as inspiration for your own concoctions.  You're going to have fun. Your family is going to go crazy.

How many cinnamon rolls is this going to make? A 9 x 13-inch pan stuffed two to three inches high.

Oh, that's a lot of rolls. Seems like a bargain. It is. It's a lot of rolls, plus the cinnamon sugar packet, plus the frosting packet.  

That's a lot of sweet rolls. What am I going to do with the extras? What extras? The neighbors will come and scarf them down if you let them.  But no one ever throws away day-old donut rolls. I like to stick them in the microwave and get them warm with the frosting all melty again. You won't have a problem with extras.

Are these really soft and moist and plump like those original Spudnuts? They are. It's not just flour; there's a secret ingredient--potato flour. If you're a science nerd, potato flour is hygroscopic. Instead of drying out, potato flour draws moisture from the air and keeps pastries moist. They are lighter and fluffier than you can imagine.

How do I make them? We use a stand-type mixer and mix them with the dough hook like bread dough. Others mix them in their bread machine on the dough setting. That's setting "8" on most bread machines. 

The detailed instructions make it easy, even if you've never baked cinnamon rolls before

Dennis Weaver

What Others Say About These Rolls 

"Simply delicious. These were so easy and convenient to make. My bread maker did most of the work. I prepared them for a family brunch, and they were everyone’s favorite. I was asked for the recipe several times."  Lady Rhaal 

"Came out perfect. As someone who has used the dough hook on my mixer only one time before making these, I was surprised at how easily these came together! The dough was so easy to work with and instructions were easy to understand." Kelly Wilson

"Great product! Made these for a family gathering and everyone loved them. Easy to follow directions. Easy to make and absolutely delicious."  Joy Mays

"Tried the cinnamon roll mix for the first time and they turned out amazing! Everyone loved them." Lora Darra

"Easy and Delicious! I made them in my stand mixer, and we enjoyed them very much. Easy directions!"  Esther Hatcher

"Softest dough and easy! I have a recipe for the mall one, but these are so easy and divine! The dough was so easy to make. The instructions are so clear."  Christina Parker 

How to Make Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls and Their Cousins 

To make Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls, use the instructions for Donut Cinnamon Rolls with two exceptions:

1. While the dough is rising, cook one pound of bacon until crisp and crumble it.  You should have about one cup of bacon pieces. Add the bacon pieces to the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Proceed with the rolls.
2. Mix the frosting as directed. Add 1/2 teaspoon of maple flavor to the frosting or to taste.

Inventing Apple Pie and More Sweet Rolls

Same dough; different filling.

What you're looking at is a donut cinnamon roll filled with apple pastry filling and nuts, the same concept as the maple bacon donuts above except we used apple pastry filling and nuts.  You can use your favorite pastry filling. You can omit the cinnamon-sugar mixture if you like. If you use enough pastry filling, it will be sweet enough.

These look different. Instead of cramming the rolls into a 9x13-inch pan as in the maple bacon rolls above, we baked them on a large baking sheet spaced so they wouldn't touch. Instead of expanding upward, they expanded outward.

You can fill these with anything you want. Some of these are filled with raisins, nuts, and apple filling. We've made them with cherry pastry filling and pineapple filling. 

See What Other Pastry Fillings are Available!

We carry about a dozen pastry fillings.  These are the cherry rolls mentioned above. Lemon, strawberry, and blueberry are favorites.  It even comes in Bavarian Cream and Cheesecake.

They come in two-pound "dispenser" bags. You clip the corner and squeeze out what you need, where you need it. You can "mix and match" fillings.

Two pounds is a lot of filling, more that you'll use in one filling, maybe two or three recipes.  Fold the cut corner over, put a clip on it, and stick it in the refrigerator for up to a year.

Leftover filling can be used to fill cupcakes and cakes, fill donuts, between cake layers, in/on desserts such as cheesecakes, on top of ice cream, and to make sandwich cookies.

Pastry fillings are more concentrated than pie fillings. They are not suitable for pies. Conversely, pie fillings are not concentrated and not suitable for filling pastries.

These were made with a lemon pastry filling. They are luscious. The filling was sweet enough and concentrated enough that we did not add frosting--lemon pie in a sweet roll.   

You Can Make Incredible Sweet Rolls 

Load 'em up. Roll 'em up. Slice them and bake them.

Cinnamon rolls ready for rolling

Cinnamon rolls rolled and ready for slicing. The ends and the seams are pinched closed. In the cutting, some of the filling will spill out.  Just scrape it up and pile it on top of the rolls before baking.