Red Velvet Cake Mix Cinnamon Rolls
Moist, sweet cinnamon rolls made with red velvet cake mix. Easy, fun and delicious!
Servings 8 people
Ingredients
- 1 box of Duncan Hines Red velvet cake mix
- 2 1/2 cup flour
- 2 cup warm water
- 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter melted
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Cream Cheese Icing
- 6 tbsp unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 4 cup powdered sugar
- 1½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- 10 tbsp whole milk
Instructions
Cinnamon roll directions:
- Using a large mixing bowl, mix together the cake mix, flour, warm water, and yeast.
- Mix until slightly combined.
- Once combined, place dough onto a floured surface and knead until combined and the dough.
- bounces back after touching it.
- Place the dough into a large glass bowl and brush the 1 tbsp oil onto the top of the dough and the sides of the glass bowl.
- Cover with a kitchen towel and let sit for an hour.
- Once the dough has doubled in size, place dough onto a floured surface and roll out to 1/8 inch.
- Brush melted butter onto the dough and sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar.
- Roll into a log and cut into rolls.
- Place rolls into a baking dish and cover again for another hour.
- Once the hour is up, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Once the oven is preheated, bake the cinnamon rolls for 30 minutes.
Cream cheese icing directions:
- Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and
- whole milk together until smooth and creamy.
- Once the cinnamon rolls have been baked, remove from the oven and smother with the cream cheese icing.
- Allow cinnamon rolls to cool for about 15 minutes before enjoying!