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📋Overnight Cinnamon Sticky Buns Recipe

These Overnight Cinnamon Sticky Buns, adapted from the The Land of Nod Cinnamon Buns, use frozen dinner rolls and are prepped the night before. They are baked in the morning so they are a quick and easy breakfast the next day. They are perfect for bringing along to a holiday breakfast/brunch or breakfast potluck!
Course Breakfast, brunch, Snack
Cuisine American, Canadian
Keyword cinnamon buns, land of nod, sticky buns
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting/Rising 8 hours
Servings 20 buns
Calories 210kcal
Author Adapted from The Best of Bridge, ACES cookbook, pg 39

Equipment

  • bundt pan

Ingredients

  • 20 frozen (unbaked) dinner rolls
  • 1 ½ teaspoon lemon zest
  • ¼ cup butterscotch instant pudding powder
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • ½ cup butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • ¼ cup whipping cream
  • ¼ teaspoon maple extract
  • ½ teaspoon butter extract
  • ¾ cup raisins * or substitute almonds or pecans
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Spray a 10 inch bundt pan generously with non-stick cooking spray and add frozen rolls.
  • Sprinkle lemon zest over rolls.
  • Then sprinkle on the butterscotch pudding powder, cinnamon and brown sugar.
  • Mix melted butter, vinegar, extracts and whipping cream together and pour over buns. Then sprinkle on raisins or almonds or pecans.
  • Cover with a damp cloth and let sit at room temp overnight.
  • In the morning, preheat oven to 350 F and bake for 25 mins.
  • Let sit for 5 minutes, then turn onto a plate or platter to remove buns from bundt pan.

Garnish (optional)

  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.

Notes

📖 Variations & Substitutions
  • Raisins- you can substitute almonds or pecans
  • Maple extract- you can substitute 1.5 tablespoon of maple syrup, but be sure to reduce whipping cream by 1.5 tablespoon and reduce brown sugar by 1 tablespoon
  • Butter extract- I do not recommend you substitute for this, but if you absolutely have to, you can use a rum extract or in a pinch, use vanilla extract
🌡️Storing 
Make- ahead: We have a lot of breakfast potlucks at work and that's why I love make-ahead breakfasts like these Overnight Cinnamon Buns!! When I have to be out the door by 7 am, there isn't much time for prepping and cooking, so doing most of it the night before is ideal. I have also made these a day in advance, but you can make them up to 3 days in advance if you store them in the fridge (in a sealed container). They do reheat quite nicely.
Freezing: You can freeze these sticky buns for up to 3 months in a sealed container.
🍽 Equipment
You will need a bundt pan. You could also use an angel food cake pan if you don't have a bundt pan (it will just look a little different).
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Nutrition Facts
📋Overnight Cinnamon Sticky Buns Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 210 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Cholesterol 13mg4%
Sodium 272mg12%
Potassium 105mg3%
Carbohydrates 33g11%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 147IU3%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 90mg9%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 272mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 2mg