Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls.
Cookie dough isn’t just for [closet] eating. Or dipping!
It’s for stuffing too!
Stuffing cinnamon rolls to be exact.
You may remember that I made my first batch of cinnamon rolls ever this past Christmas. Yes, first ever. It was also my first time ever tasting a homemade cinnamon roll. I really had not lived before that.
A common question I receive is if I have a recipe for cinnamon rolls. I do – but it certainly isn’t my own. In December I made The Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls and will probably never even attempt another recipe. There is no need to. This recipe is simple, foolproof, and yields the most incredible cinnamon rolls I have ever tasted.
And if you recall… I didn’t even like cinnamon rolls before. I’m not a pastry gal. Well, at least I wasn’t before.
I really didn’t think there was any way these could possibly taste better.
But then I stuffed them with chocolate chip cookie dough.
Yeah.
I’m sure you can just imagine how that turned out.
And I topped them with the vanilla cream glaze I first made in December. Good gosh I practically slurped it off the spoon.
I ended up halving the cinnamon roll recipe and suggest using your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough. In fact, I even think store-bought cookie dough would work too. It’s just going to burst out of the cinnamon rolls in an oooey, gooey fashion anyway.
I can barely describe them. The cinnamon rolls are soft and buttery and full of cinnamon sugar, but also oozing with chocolate chip cookie. I didn’t realize it until after they came out of the oven, but this is a combination of two of Mr. How Sweet’s favorite foods. His eyes nearly bulged out of his head when he saw them.
They are incredibly delicious in all of their pants-poppin’ goodness. Two words: make them.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 package dry yeast, or 2 1/4 teaspoons
- 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- melted butter
- cinnamon
- sugar
Instructions
- Mix the milk, sugar and oil in a large pot. Scald the mixture, then let cool for one hour. When it has cooled (but is still slightly warm), sprinkle the yeast into the milk mixture and let it sit for a minute. Add four cups of flour and mix until a dough forms, then cover and let rise for at least one hour.
- After an hour, add the remaining 1/2 cup of flour, baking soda and powder and mix. I use my hands to make sure the dough completely comes together. Flour your workspace and roll the dough with a rolling pin until it’s thin and somewhat rectangular, then brush with melted butter (as much as you want) and generously cover with cinnamon and sugar. Drops balls of your favorite cookie dough all over the cinnamon roll dough, then starting with the end away from you, roll the dough into a line towards you. Slice the rolls about 1 inch thick and lay in pans (I use aluminum 9 inch cake pans) that have been brushed with melted butter. Let the rolls rise for about 30 minutes.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
Notes
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209 Comments on “Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls.”
There is so much going on with these that I dont even know where to start!
My grandma made the BEST cinny rolls. And I still dream about them.
Yours stuffed with cookie dough is just illegal. And i love it!
And the icing, of course, i am a frosting fiend!
Drooling.
:)
Seriously, how did so much genius come to exist in one woman’s head? I bow down to you.
I loooooove cinnamon rolls and cookies. I guess this is the perfect combination! Thanks! :-D
You have truly outdone yourself with this recipe, Jessica! The only way cinnamon rolls could be more tasty is to stuff them with cookie dough, so props to you for creating such a decadently delicious treat. I just finished breakfast, but I would be more than happy to scarf down one of those rolls :).
I know I’ve told you this before, but I want to marry you. That is insane.
OMG these really look incredible, sometimes you are a genius!
They must serve these in heaven. Come make these for me since I never have time in the kitchen!!!!
Definitely if that means I get to play with your cute kiddos!
We’ll all be waiting. ;)
You’re a genius! Great recipe!!!!!!!! Will definitely be making these soon! =D
You are killing me. KILLING me. I give up. Pants-poppin here I come… ;)
WOW! Amazing is the first word that pops in my head. These looks insanely delicious :)
Do these come with a side of insulin? I can already feel myself going into a sugar coma…
With the inclusion of cookie dough I might be able to get my husband to eat cinnamon rolls……I think these will be on my ‘to make’ list this weekend!
Gosh these sound SO good. I can’t even imagine. I wish I had these for breakfast this morning!
ok add these to my list for May. Thanks!
Ohh geez… As if I would need a way to make myself love cinnamon rolls even more. Sigh. This is AWESOME. I have also seen a recipe for cookie-dough stuffed cupcakes that look similarly awesome.
Wow. Those look all sorts of amazing! Chocolate chip cookies and cinnamon are two of my favorite flavors, and now the possibility that they could be all wrapped up together is making me pretty excited to make these!
Genius!!
What a sneaky treat-I love it!
Best cinnamon rolls I’ve EVER seen!!!
Are you kidding me?!? They look fantastic!
Holy yum. Am I dreaming?
oh wow, i don’t know what’s better – the cookie dough, or the cinnamon. i don’t even know if they’d make it into the oven before i gobble them all up. amazing!
i’ve got to hide this from nate…or else i’ll be expected to make them every morning!
Now I’ve come to expect some over-the-top recipes from you (which is what I love about this blog), but when I read the title of this my jaw fell open. These sound AMAZING…and this comes from someone who’s not even a huge cinnamon roll person (too sticky). You need to pitch this idea to Cinnabon and become a gazillionaire.
That is how I always felt about cinnamon rolls too! Trust me… Try them.
Awesome. I think these would be extra good dipped in cookie dough dip.
These looks like the best cinnamon rolls ever!
oh my goodness! What a recipe fusion! You need to open a restaurant- stat!
But then I’d have to actually serve people food instead of eating it all myself.
You just went too far. And I love it.
Please excuse me while I lick my PC screen! They look so yummy…
Just when I think you’ve taken things as high as they can go (I’m thinking of December’s Cookie Dough Dip), you go and do something fabulous like this! It’s funny because this would also definitely combine Adam’s 2 favorite sweets. I’m glad it’s Monday and I already have Saturday’s breakfast planned :)
Let me know if you guys like them!
Amazeballs! That’s all I have to say.
Lol…your recipes get wilder and wilder :-)
No way!? You have to be kidding! I think I just died and went to foodie heaven.
Could these look any yummy-er? No.
I didn’t think Ree’s cinnamon rolls could get any better. But leave it to Jessica to take them over the top. Love these.
I’m pretty much speechless, but had to acknowledge this brilliance. That is all.
Wow, I bet they taste amazing! Though, probably deserve a spot on thisiswhyyourefat.com !!!
Hahah! A few of my recipes have been picked up by the site… I’ve never known if that’s a compliment or a slap in the face! But I agree, I wouldn’t be surprised if these are on there. I’m also waiting for the comments saying, ‘this is why all Americans are fat.’ I get a lot of those!
You told us last night on Twitter you were gonna go there and you did! OMG girl you would have to peel me away from these. So much sugar heaven in one place! xo
Now that’s just over the top outrageously good! I love your description – “pants-poppin’ goodness” – so true, but probably so worth it :-)
There is something about this recipe that is so good, yet so wrong. The cinnamon buns look absolutely amazing!
You are so so evil in the best way.
I just love the way your (sweet) mind works.
Woah.
That’s all I can manage to say right now…
Ya know, I was thinking about chocolate chip cookie dough stuffed pancakes for National Pancake Day tomorrow, but I’m not sure about that one. This one looks great though!!
Oh my gosh I thought the same thing but couldn’t figure out HOW to do it! Please do it so I can make them!
A favorite of some of my younger friends (little cousins, babysitting kids) and my uncle, I have made some chocolate chip cookie-esque pancakes. I will post the recipe today, just for you!
Those sound delicious!
DANG Jess! You are just so creative :) I love you for that!!
Geez. I have to stop reading your blog first thing in the morning :)
Wow, these are over the top delicious!
um…seriosuly? wow. yum!
Holy goodness. We have no words…other than…um YUM.
I am drooling over these photos…and now my pants won’t zip ;)