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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
- Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 loaf white bread thin slices
- 5 1/2 oz cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter melted
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!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe adapted from Fashionable Foodie.
I cant believe these are made with regular bread! Not what I expected! lol I cant wait to try them! ANY THING with cream cheese added to it only gets better! Thanks! Shared on Shari’s Crafty Nook! My friends will love it!
I know, crazy, huh? They are so good and I totally agree about the cream cheese! Enjoy!!!
Hi, my sister in law made these as one of her appetizers. OMG! Delicious! They are very similar to Churros. I’m making them this holiday. I’m making double because I know they will go fast! 5 Stars!!
Oh, thanks so much!! That makes me so happy to hear! Thank you for letting me know 🙂
I just finished my 1st batch. Delicious BUT some of them opened up. I followed recipe. Has this happened to you?
I’m glad you thought they were good! Yes, that has happened…I just keep going 🙂 Thank you for giving them a try!
Update: Everyone LOVED them. 2 batches gone. Making more for New Year’s????.
Hooray!!! So glad to hear 🙂 Thanks so much!
Can these be made a day ahead?
I’m sure they could, I haven’t made them early, but I would maybe save the step where you dip them, until you are ready to bake them. Not sure if they would get soggy. Let me know how they turn out! Thank you!
Oh my gosh- so I am “fashionably foodie” well I was . Thank you so much for sharing this recipe . Sadly that blog is no longer active anymore, but please follow me @freshfitkitchen on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter . I appreciate the love and hope you will follow the new blog.
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Thanks!! Good luck with your blog!! I’ll have to check it out!
They are so good and I totally agree about the cream
Since you had to make them while actually measuring the cream cheese, could you please break that down into the ounces used, not just “2/3” of an 8 ounce brick of cc? Thanks.
5.3 ounces… it’s more of an estimate. I needed more than half the bar but not the whole bar but it just depends on how much cream cheese you like. 😉
How ’bout some nutrition info on the Cinnamon Cream Cheese Rollups?!! They look great, but I need to know the carb and sugar grams…
thanks!
Sorry, I don’t calculate the nutrition info for my recipes. 🙁
If you’re looking for less sugar, substitute wheat bread for white, get the carb/sugar info from package. Instead of sugar, use Stevia granules. Try a little less than called for since it can be a little sweeter. I imagine CHOPPED nuts would be a grand ADDITION. Just remember, if it makes you hungry, it’s probably tasty…
Have not personally made these yet, but have been looking for easy/fast food to put on our breakfast bar at family reunions. Definitely will be using these.
Hope you guys like them. Thanks for stopping by. 😉
After seeing this recipe last month, I decided to make a savory version, Croque Monsiuer roll ups using potato bread, slathering with dijon mustard, ham, grueyer cheese and turkey. I wish I had pics because they were gorgeous and the perfect finger food for the party I catered. They went before I could get the camera out with demands for more!
Oh man, those sound AMAZING!! I may have to give them a try. I’m sure they were amazing. Thanks for stopping by. 😉
I made these with a few tweaks. I put some vanilla in the cream cheese mixture, used wheat bread, and instead of just butter I dipped them in an egg and milk French toast mixture with a little melted butter as well. Increased the baking time by 5 minutes to make sure the wet bread cooked through. Also, made a puréed strawberry sauce to go on top. It was THE BEST!! Thanks for the recipe!!
WOW!! You’re version sounds amazing. So glad it was a hit! 😀
Hi, several people asked what size cream cheese bar. Please answer?
It’s 2/3 of an 8 oz. bar. Updated the recipe. 😉
Wonderful, quick, easy to fix & good to eat!!
LOOKS FANTASTIC! CAN’T WAIT TO TRY THE CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE ROLL UPS!