Want to make cinnamon rolls from scratch but don't want to spend the time preparing the dough? Make Cake Mix Cinnamon Rolls. These Tie Dye Cake Mix Cinnamon Rolls are light and flaky like traditional cinnamon rolls but are prepared in a fraction of the time.
Ingredients
1pouch each of Yellow, Orange, Red and Black sprinkle jimmies and Nonpareils. A total of 8 pouches all together
1box of French Vanilla cake mix
2 1/2Cflour
2Cwarm water
2 1/2tspactive dry yeast
1tbspcanola oil
1/2Cunsalted sweet cream butter, melted
1/2Clight brown sugar
1tbspcinnamon
Red and Orange gel food coloring
Cinnamon Roll Icing
4Cpowdered sugar
1½tsppure vanilla extract
10tbspwhole milk
Instructions
Incredible Sprinkle Mix directions:
Combine all sprinkles into a closed container and shake until combined.
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
Split dough into two and add red gel food coloring into one dough. Knead until color is combined
Add the orange gel coloring into the second dough and knead until combined.
Place dough balls into their own large glass bowl and brush the 1 tbsp oil onto the top of the dough and sides of the glass bowl
Cover with a kitchen towel and let sit for an hour
Once the dough has doubled in size, combine the dough slightly by molding together then place dough onto 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 oven is preheated, bake the cinnamon rolls for 30 minutes
Cinnamon roll icing directions :
Using a standing mixer, combine the powdered sugar, vanilla and whole milk together until smooth and creamy
Once the cinnamon rolls have been baked, remove from oven and drizzle the icing onto the cinnamon rolls
Sprinkle some of the incredible sprinkles onto the rolls
Allow cinnamon rolls to cool for about 15 minutes before enjoying!