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Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls with Homemade Caramel Sauce

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Rising time 2 hours
Total Time 4 hours 25 minutes
Servings: 12 Rolls
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 650

Ingredients
  

Dough
  • * 585 g all-purpose flour
  • * 70 g granulated sugar
  • * 7 g instant yeast
  • * 6 g salt
  • * 360 g warm whole milk
  • * 85 g softened unsalted butter
  • * 1 large egg
Cinnamon filling
  • * 100 g softened unsalted butter
  • * 150 g light brown sugar
  • * 15 g ground cinnamon
  • * Pinch of salt
Apple filling
  • * 400 g Granny Smith apples peeled and diced
  • * 50 g unsalted butter
  • * 70 g brown sugar
  • * 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • * ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • * 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • * 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • * 12 g cornstarch
  • * 20 g water
  • * Pinch of salt
Cream cheese glaze
  • * 125 g full-fat cream cheese
  • * 28 g softened unsalted butter
  • * 150 g powdered sugar
  • * 30 g milk
  • * 1 tsp vanilla extract
Caramel sauce
  • * 100 g granulated sugar
  • * 45 g unsalted butter cubed
  • * 80 ml warm heavy cream
  • * 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method
 

  1. Combine flour, sugar, yeast and salt. Add milk and egg, then knead in the butter. Knead for 8–10 minutes until smooth. Cover and rise for 1–1½ hours.
  2. Mix the cinnamon filling ingredients until smooth.
  3. Melt the butter for the apple filling. Add apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Cook for 5–8 minutes. Add vanilla and lemon juice.
  4. Mix cornstarch with water, add to the apples and cook for 1–2 minutes until thick. Cool completely.
  5. Roll dough into a 45 × 35 cm rectangle. Spread cinnamon filling evenly, roll tightly and cut into 12 rolls.
  6. Arrange in a greased 23 × 33 cm baking dish. Cover and rise for 30–45 minutes.
  7. Bake at 175°C conventional or 165°C fan for 25–35 minutes. Cool for 10–15 minutes.
  8. Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar, milk and vanilla, then beat until creamy.
  9. Melt sugar in a saucepan until amber. Whisk in butter, slowly add warm cream and simmer for 1–2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
  10. Spread cream cheese glaze over slightly warm rolls. Add cooled apple filling and drizzle with caramel sauce.