This easy Apple Cinnamon Roll Bake turns refrigerated cinnamon rolls and canned apple pie filling into a warm, gooey breakfast casserole. Heavy cream keeps the rolls soft while brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and icing make the apple topping extra rich. Basically, we took those cinnamon rolls in a tube that have been saving Saturday mornings since the ’80s, added apples, and made them even harder to resist. No homemade dough required because we have absolutely nothing to prove here.

Apple Cinnamon Roll Bake served in a white baking dish with one portion on a small plate.

Serves: 16
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Rest Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes

Ingredients

2 (8-count) cans refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
1 (21-ounce) can apple pie filling
½ cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons brown sugar
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt

ngredients for Apple Cinnamon Roll Bake, including refrigerated cinnamon rolls, apple pie filling, heavy cream, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, salt and icing.

Get the full printable instructions with measurements at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.

Step-by-Step Directions

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9 × 13-inch baking dish. Arrange the cinnamon rolls in the dish and set both containers of icing aside. Pour the heavy cream evenly over the cinnamon rolls.

Step 2: Transfer one container of icing to a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 20–30 seconds, or until melted and pourable.

Step 3: In a large bowl, combine the apple pie filling, cinnamon, brown sugar, salt, melted butter and warmed icing. Spoon the apple mixture evenly over the cinnamon rolls.

Apple pie filling mixed with cinnamon, brown sugar, butter, salt and icing beside cinnamon rolls covered with heavy cream.

Apple pie mixture was spooned over cinnamon rolls in a white baking dish.

Step 4: Cover the baking dish and bake for 45 minutes. Remove the cover and continue baking for an additional 15 minutes. Because ovens vary, check the center rolls before removing the dish from the oven. They should be fully baked and no longer doughy.

Step 5: Let the cinnamon roll bake cool for 5–10 minutes. Warm the remaining container of icing for a few seconds, then drizzle it over the top and serve.

Apple Cinnamon Roll Bake in a white baking dish on the counter.

🍋 Simply Made Suggestions

Let it rest. Give the cinnamon roll bake 5–10 minutes after it comes out of the oven. This gives everything a chance to set up a bit and makes it much easier to scoop and serve.
Don’t skip the heavy cream. I pour ½ cup over the cinnamon rolls before adding the apple mixture. It helps keep the rolls soft and tender as they bake.
Cover first, uncover later. Keep the baking dish covered for most of the baking time, then uncover it for the final 15 minutes. This gives the center time to bake through without letting the top get too dark.
Check the center rolls. The bake is ready when the cinnamon rolls in the center are fully baked and no longer doughy. Gently pull apart or check one of the center rolls before removing the dish from the oven.
Warm the icing. A few seconds in the microwave makes the reserved icing pourable and much easier to drizzle over the bake after it has rested.

🍏 Easy Variations

Swap the apple filling for peach pie filling. It works—don’t question it.
Add chopped pecans for a little crunch.
Serve it warm with vanilla ice cream and call it dessert.

🍎 Before You Go…

Don’t stop at breakfast. Browse our apple recipes for fall and beyond for desserts, cocktails, savory dishes, and more ways to put apple season to work.

Apple Cinnamon Roll Bake

This easy Apple Cinnamon Roll Bake combines refrigerated cinnamon rolls, canned apple pie filling and heavy cream with brown sugar and cinnamon for a warm, gooey breakfast casserole finished with sweet icing.

Tara

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 20

Servings

Equipment

baking dish 9×13 inch

Ingredients

2 cans of cinnamon rolls with icing (16 count)
21 oz Apple Pie Filling (large can)
½ cup heavy cream
2 Tbsp brown sugar
4 Tbsp butter (melted)
½ Tbsp ground cinnamon
pinch of salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9 × 13-inch baking dish. Arrange the cinnamon rolls in the dish and set both containers of icing aside. Pour the heavy cream evenly over the cinnamon rolls.
Transfer one container of icing to a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 20–30 seconds, or until melted and pourable.
In a large bowl, combine the apple pie filling, cinnamon, brown sugar, salt, melted butter and warmed icing. Spoon the apple mixture evenly over the cinnamon rolls.
Cover the baking dish and bake for 45 minutes. Remove the cover and continue baking for an additional 15 minutes. Because ovens vary, check the center rolls before removing the dish from the oven. They should be fully baked and no longer doughy.
Let the cinnamon roll bake cool for 5–10 minutes. Warm the remaining container of icing for a few seconds, then drizzle it over the top and serve.