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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This is a great way to start off Monday, right?
209 Comments on “Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls.”
Can we still be friends if I say this looks too decadent?? But in my defense I don’t like chocolate chip pancakes, scones, or muffins. For some reason I only like chocolate chips in cookies. They don’t seem to fit anywhere else. But I do admire your creativity to combine these 2 recipes!! :)
PS…I made the macaroon tilapia this weekend and we LOVED it. My husband doesn’t even like tilapia and complains when I make it. But this recipe shut him up…thanks! :)
Kelly… I seriously don’t know if we CAN be friends now. The fact that you loved the tilapia somewhat makes up for this.
;)
holy shiest woman. i don’t know how you manage to keep coming up with these ideas, but i LOVE it. i want that whole pan right now. stomachache and all.
happy monday!!
I gained 10 lbs just reading that.
Just imagine eating them…
I think we’re in the part of our relationship where I can be totally honest with you. Here’s the truth. I’m not sure if I want to write you hate mail or worship you with an abundance of white chocolate pb and yoga pants. ;)
Worship worship!
I so wish I had this for lunch today instead of a salad. :)
These are almost cancelling out the fact that it’s rainy today!
Those look so good. I want to eat one right now :)
You are INSANE!! In a good way of course! ;)
You have pure delicious making genius! What a great way to make a Monday a bit tastier :) Thank you for sharing and keep the great ideas coming!!! I cannot wait to try these this weekend! (this will give me the courage to try making my on cinnamon rolls!!)
Thank goodness I’m at work and not within range of any of those ingredients, ’cause I would be making them NOW.
I just typed this comment in your icing recipe…..sorry for the duplication.
Question about freezing. Did you freeze with the icing on them and the rolls “pre baked”. Or bake the rolls, and freeze. OR bake and ice the rolls and freeze.
Can you tell i over think things too much?
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No prob! I would bake them then freeze without the icing. Make the icing after and add it on after you bake!
starred this- omg!
I have always been fascinated by cinamon rolls…probably because I picture myself trying to make them and screwing up the entire recipe LOL they look FABULOUS!!!!
I thought it would be hard too, but it is really easy! You should make these for after your show. :)
I want to eat these everyday for the rest of my life. What a blissful food coma that would be.
Oh. My. Goodness! These look absolutely divine! One of my coworkers brought in Whole Foods Cinnamon Rolls this morning, and I refused to eat one because they didn’t have cookie dough in them. Must. bake. stat.
I think I love you.
that is so funny cuz I was just searchin your archives for a cinnamon roll recipe!!! this is exactly what I needed! you would add cookie dough :) Thank you for another wonderful breakfast recipe!
I aim to please. :)
You are truly twisted, m’am! These look amazing.
OH. MY. GOODNESS. Steph- my partner over at 321delish already commented…but HOLY COW. These deserve 2 comments from every blog out there!
Thanks! You guys rock.
This is the smartest recipe I’ve seen in a very long time! Yum, YUM, YUM!!!
I am going to gain 100lb with this pregnancy and I have you to blame! Hahaha.
I was just thinking the exact same thing. I love this blog, but my jeans may not :)
OMG! Delicious! That is all!
you are insanely creative, those look amazing!
Oh my God. I’m so glad I finally made it through to your site today because these look like the most amazing things ever. I may be stuck in airports all day, but at least I can look forward to a sugar coma as soon as I can get near an oven.
Wow, there are no words…actually only one. Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Oh my goodness. I think these may have won you the best wife in the world award.
you’re trying to killlll mmeeee!
and i’m completely okay with that!
This is obscene. I mean that in the best possible way.
THIS POST IS GOING AT THE TOP OF MY BOOKMARK LIST.
My heart literally stopped.
These look and sound sinfully amazing!
WOW and WOW! I think I’ll be employee of the month, after I make these and bring them to work!!
that looks DELICIOUS!!!!! I’ll have to try it! how do you stay so thin? :-)
I am definitely not “so thin” but you can read more about this in my FAQs. :)
Shut the front door.
You’ve done it again! I’m unhinged, undone, with the mere thought of these sinful sticky buns! I’m sure my boyfriend would just fall into a sugar coma… I’ve already made cupcakes (jumbo and mini) and chocolate strawberries this past weekend.
I soooo wish I had a creative recipe development brain like you–but I am just you share all your recipes–the guys I bake for will flip for these no doubt! :-)
If my dad ever found your blog, it would be dangerous. Very, very dangerous.
Um. How in the heck do you think of these things? I’m always awed and amazed at your crazy-good looking recipes! I would never have thought of this! Definitely a deadly combination of sweets…I love when cinnamon rolls are gooey in the center– IMAGINE if there was gooey cookie dough in the middle… my brain might explode.
I think my brain did explode because I’ve barely been able to function since eating these.
Ok, these are making me drool…seriously! I notice that happens to me alot while reading this blog :)
You need to patent that recipe! YUM!
Seriously! How on earth do you come up with this?! I love it.
Wowww this looks delicious! I’ve only tried cinnamon rolls a few times and never end up buying them b/c they’re always so sweet! But making them at home IS a good idea; I can tweak the sweetness level! *chomp chomp* :) great idea Jess!
I have always hated cinnamon rolls – never enjoyed store bought or anything. Seriously, you gotta make them at home!!
This BLOWS MY MIND. Oh my word I cant even tell you. Brilliant!
This just blows my mind. I don’t know if I should even attempt to make this. Can you just bring me some?!? They look AMAZING.
Wow, apparently Amanda and I were on the same comment wavelength haha!
Haha! Would love to bring you some. ;)
oh my word!
Wow. That sounds amazing. I’ve always loved adding extra cinnamon to chocolate chip cookies, so I can imagine how amazing these taste.
WOW…..all I can say is, WOW!!!!!
Ohh yum! I made some juussttt like this a while ago! For PW actually…
only it had no cinnamon,
so it was like a salty,brownsugar and butter mix you spread over the dough and them sprinkle on chocolate chips and I think they were called chocolate chip cookie sweet rolls. Delish!
Yum!
Cookie dough for breakfast? Count me in! Yum!
I think I`ve fallen in love. Totally swooning over these. Oh my…someone catch me.
omg. I have no words. I want that NOW! lol :-)
I’ve been reading your blog for about a year now and your recipes just keep on getting better and better. Thank you so much for sharing all your delicious sweet secrets! I wish I had more time to bake, but there’s no need…I can bake vicariously through you!
Thank you so much!