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Stupid Easy Homemade Caramel Rolls
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Stupid Easy Homemade Caramel Rolls ~ Fresh, Sticky Caramel Rolls That Are Fool Proof and Easy! Great for Beginners and Seasoned Bakers!
Stupid Easy Caramel Rolls! Anyone can make them!
Stay at home Mom’s… how do you do it? Seriously, how do you do it? I don’t know how you get anything accomplished all day long. The day is spent putting out fights, feeding children, keeping them alive, keeping them entertained etc.
I can’t get one moment of productivity out of the entire day I feel!
Today, literally, I had Koert napping. As soon as I put Ry down he woke up. As soon as he went down for another nap I heard Ry crying from her room as I walked to put him down in his crib. I’ve decided I think I could win the lottery quicker than I could coordinate naps most days! When it’s 4:00 pm I quick run around the house like a crazy woman putting it back together and trying to hid the fact that most my day is a hot mess from my husband. If he asks me what I did that day when I gets home, I take it personally and that he thinks I didn’t do anything, give him a glare and say kept his children alive! He swears he’s just asking to see what the kids did and has no hidden meaning in the question. Do I believe him?
And then, we have the days all the stars align. Usually this is the day Miss K is at pre-school so Ry has no one to fight with! Those days I feel like a rock star and want to pat myself on the back. These days, my friends, are far and few between!
These days, I make these delicious Caramel Rolls! After my aunt snuck a caramel roll out for me one day and then Miss K spied it and demanded I make “those sticky things” I decided it was high time I mastered Caramel Rolls.
After a few rounds of testing these babies were born! You guys, if you are scared of Caramel Rolls and Yeast please, please don’t be. Especially with this recipe. YOU CAN MAKE THEM!
Let’s just say I’ve messed this recipe up in a million different ways and they still turn out. They are essentially fool proof I do believe! Let’s see I’ve ran out of half and half and had to use milk before, or coffee cream. I’ve also measured wrong and added not quite enough half and half and they still turned out!
I made a double batch of these and sent them to work for my husband’s birthday and they were devoured. I assure you if you want an easy Caramel Roll recipe this is it!
Stupid Easy Caramel Rolls
Stupid Easy Homemade Caramel Rolls ~ Fresh, Sticky Caramel Rolls That Are Fool Proof and Easy! Great for Beginners and Seasoned Bakers!
Ingredients
Caramel
- 1 c. brown sugar packed
- 1/3 c. butter
- 1/4 c. light corn syrup
Dough
- 1 c. warm water
- 3/4 c. half and half
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/4 c. butter melted
- 3 Tbsp regular yeast
- 1/2 Tbsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 5-6 c. bread flour
Filling
- 6 Tbsp butter melted
- 2/3 c. brown sugar packed
- 2/3 c. white sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Spray a 9x13 inch baking pan with non-stick spray. Set aside
- In a small sauce pan bring brown sugar, butter and light corn syrup to a boil. Pour into bottom of prepared pan. Set aside.
- In a stand mixer, mix together water, half & half, sugar, melted butter and yeast. Let sit for 15 minutes.
- Add in salt and eggs. Mix until combined. Add in 5-6 c. bread flour until dough comes together and isn't sticky. Knead in stand mixer for 10 minutes. Let sit for an additional 10 minutes.
- Prepare your filling by mixing together melted butter, brown sugar, sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
- On a floured surface, roll dough into a 12x16 inch rectangle.
- Spread filling over the top and roll up, starting at the long side. Cut into 12 larges slices. Place in prepared 9x13 inch baking pan with caramel sauce.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown on top and cooked through.
- Cool 5 minutes in pan. Flip pan over on serving platter. Serve immediately.
- Store leftovers in air right container.
Nutrition
Calories: 640kcalCarbohydrates: 109gProtein: 9gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 454mgPotassium: 145mgFiber: 2gSugar: 58gVitamin A: 555IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 1.1mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
The easiest, nicest, wonderful sticky buns I have ever made! We had them Christmas morning and will definitely have them again. I made 2 little buns from left over dough, they were really good, too. Thanks!!
Awesome! I’m so glad you loved them!
You made my Christmas Day with these! My family had made caramel rolls every Christmas morning, just from the Pillsbury tube, but they discontinued them like 10 years ago, and haven’t been able to find anything close to them since.
I made the sauce, but instead- for ease and nostalgia- I used pillsbury cinnamon rolls, cut them up into 8 pieces each and dropped them in to create pull apart style. They were fantastic, though I think I baked a little too long because my edges hardened quickly. But the taste was perfect.
I also used generic maple syrup- since I didn’t have corn syrup- and it didn’t taste of maple.
Thank you!
I’m so glad you loved these! Thanks for the rating and review, Trent!
When I turned the rolls out of the pan and they cooled – the caramel layer from the bottom ( butter, corn syrup, brown sugar) is hard as a rock! I don’t think you can even bite through it! What happened? I brought it to a boil and set it aside while making the rolls just like the recipe said. omg…LOL!
I’m guessing it boiled too long when you were boiling it causing it to get hard when it cooled. Did you you bring it to a boil and remove the pan or let it boil?
Drawn to this recipe primarily because of the name of it(!!) I forged ahead using regular flour and after getting too far into realized I only had 2 packets of yeast which only equalled about 1.5 tablespoons. I refused to give up and I have to say, these live up to their name and they werethe most TENDER rolls i have ever eaten!! So very very nummy!!
Oh I’m so happy it worked out for you! Thanks for the review, Kelly Jo! I’m glad you loved them!
Can I use regular white flour instead of bread flour?
Can I add nuts? If so, at what point in the recipe? On top of the caramel sauce in the prepared pan?
Yep, I think that will be best!
I had Carmel rolls for the first time when I visited beautiful Mentor, MN two years ago! They were absolutely delicious!! I will make these this weekend and see if I can do them justice! I’m used to making cinnamon rolls, but these sound wonderful!
Caramel rolls are definitely a game changer! I hope you enjoy them!
Can you make these the night before and bake in the morning?
I haven’t tested making these ahead, I don’t know if it would work.
I’d really like to know this as well!
Has anyone tried it? How did it work?
Will using frozen bread dough give same result as opposed to making own dough?
I haven’t tried that but I think it would probably work!
Is this just another name for sticky rolls ? I want to make them tomorow.
Caramel rolls are a little like sticky rolls!