Delicious Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll-Ups – a simple and yummy breakfast treat. White bread flattened and rolled with a cream cheese and powdered sugar mixture, dipped in butter, cinnamon, and sugar!
We love simple breakfast recipes that also work as a quick and easy snack/treat. If you like these cream cheese roll ups, you’ll definitely want to try Cinnamon Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls, and Cinnamon Twists!
Cinnamon + Cream cheese
I admit that we don’t really have the time to make a good breakfast on weekday mornings. The kids have cereal, toast, yogurt or bagels. Having said that, we try to have breakfast for dinner and especially like to make sweet breakfast dishes on the weekend, and for holidays.
On the weekends, we have all sorts of delicious breakfast recipes that we have come to love (like Cinnamon Rolls and French Toast Bake) and one of those recipes are these Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll-Ups.
They are a super simple and quick treat that are filled with cream cheese and covered in a crunchy cinnamon and sugar crust. We usually have all the ingredients on hand too, which is nice. Even the kids like to get in the kitchen and help me make them (they’re really that easy!)
How to Make Cream Cheese Roll Ups:
We love that these are easy and that the kids can help make them.
BREAD. To begin these roll ups, cut off the crust of the bread and flatten with a rolling pin.
FILLING. In a small bowl combine cream cheese and powdered sugar until well blended. Spread 1 – 2 tablespoons of cream cheese mixture onto each flattened bread piece and roll up.
CINNAMON SUGAR. In another bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Dip each rolled bread into melted butter and then into the cinnamon/sugar mixture and place on an un-greased cookie sheet.
BAKE. Repeat for the remaining bread pieces and bake at 350 for 16-20 minutes. Serve warm and watch these bad boys disappear in about .2 seconds.
How to store/reheat cream cheese roll ups? Place in a Ziploc bag or air-tight container and put in fridge for up to 3-4 days. To reheat, use the microwave or reheat on low in the oven.
Change it uP!
There are so many ways to change up this recipe to your liking. We will give you some suggestions below, but be sure to comment and let us know what you’d add to these bad boys.
- Add mini chocolate chips to the cream cheese filling
- Add chopped nuts to the cream cheese filling
- Substitute wheat bread for the white (but make sure it is still soft enough to be flattened)
- Add nutmeg or pumpkin spice to the cinnamon sugar coating for more of a fall flavor
- Use different flavors of cream cheese
However you make them, we have a feeling they’re delish!
If you’re looking to try a new breakfast treat then I highly recommend this one. They’re best served warm but can be eaten at any temp. No matter when you eat them, I can promise you that they won’t last long. 😉
For more great cinnamon treats, check out:
- Cinnamon Roll Cake
- Easy Cinnamon Rolls
- Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake
- Cinnamon & Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
- Crescent Cinnamon Twists
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- Cut off the crust of the bread.
- With a rolling pin, flatten bread.
- In a small bowl combine cream cheese and powdered sugar until well blended.
- In a separate bowl combine sugar and cinnamon - set aside.
- Spread 1 - 1½ tablespoons of cream cheese mixture onto each flattened bread piece and roll up.
- Dip each rolled bread into melted butter and then into the cinnamon and sugar mix.
- Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Repeat for remaining pieces of bread.
- Bake at 350 for 16-20 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm.
- ENJOY!
Video
Recipe adapted from Fashionable Foodie.
The kids loved helping with this one!
I might try this one with crescent roll dough… I have some I need to use up. =) Looks delish!
Amazing! Kids loved it, very quick and easy! Might try using pumpkin spice bread next time
That would be good!! I will have to try that, too! Thank you!
MAde as directed. Super simple, Elegant enuf for the daintiest finger food OBJECTOR. lol Thanks so much for sharing such a wonderful no fail ! Woke up this morning with my head EMBEDDED on my keyboard. Sheep must of finally caught up to me as I was reading non stop all of your recipes. Great Photo’s! Great site!
Awe, thank you so much!!
such a cute little recipe I think I messed it up though, I had no cinnamon so I used ground nutmeg and pepper it tasted weird I do not recommend.
Uh, oh! Well, I appreciate you trying them! Hope you will try them again with cinnamon!
These are awesome, just dont over cook, man the sugar gets hard. Second batch was on the money. thanks for An awesome sweet treat.
You are so welcome! Yes, you don’t want to over-cook. Thank you for sharing that!
I just made these earlier. sooooo good
Glad you like them 🙂 Thank you!
They are so good and I agree about the cream
I’Ve made these For over 30 years & never feel the need to add powdered sugar to the cream cheese…Decadent enough… matter of taste and so far no complaints!
Thanks for sharing that! That’s what I love about cooking/baking, you can make it your own 🙂
Eileen, have you ever made these and frozen for later?
Can you use crescent rolls instead of bread? If so what changes would have to be made to the baking time?
I personally have not tried, so I can’t say for sure about a time. Maybe start at 10 minutes, then add a min until they are done. Maybe 8-10 minutes.
Can you freeze these
I personally have not tried freezing them, so I can’t say for certain how they hold up. I would try just freezing a couple to see & the rest in the fridge.
Really want the cinnamon cream cheese roll ups recipe
It’s there in the recipe box 🙂 Enjoy!!
These are great! Very easy to do and very tasty. We used Nutella in some of them instead of the cream cheese ❤️
Yum! Nutella is a great addition! Thank you for sharing that!
Totally awesome…grandkids want them all the time
Yay!! That makes me so happy! Thank you for letting me know!
Tasted like a churro but better with the cream cheese filling 😋 yummy as is but.. I kinda wanna trip whip cream and strawberry/chocolate drizzle. Saving this recipe i WILL make again. Only issue was some cream cheese oozed out and some of them broke open but I just stuffed back in the goodie back into the roll lol not caring if its pretty or not. Think i need some practice trying to prevent that.
That works 🙂 I am so glad you liked them! Thank you!
Even with mistakes these turn out so good. I’m 82 years old and I get mixed up easy when mixing. Today I inadvertently added the butter to the cream cheese and powdered sugar. I rolled them up anyway and dipped them in another bowl of melted butter, and rolled in the sugar and cinnamon. I thought they would turn out greasy or runny, but they were wonderful with a nice buttery taste which cut the sweetness of the powdered sugar…and they were just as crispy. I thought they might be soggy. Super good. I used honey pecan cream cheese.
Honey pecan cream cheese sounds divine! I’m happy they turned out so well for you! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
These never need to be stored or frozen at my house. They are gobbled up faster than I can make them. Love this recipe. It sits in the front of my recipe box. Thanks for sharing.
Oh that makes me so happy to hear! I’m glad this recipe is a family fav!
Those look so good. I can’t wait to try them.
Let me know how you like them. I’d love to hear!