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    Home » Recipes » Recipes » Breads » Sweet Rolls

    Crispy Cinnamon Rounds

    Published by Melissa on June 17, 2013 | Updated August 14, 2025 | 25 Comments

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    Easy to make crispy cinnamon-sugar pecan rounds. The sugar on the bottom of the rounds caramelizes and gets crunchy while the inside of the rolls is light and fluffy. 

    I’ve team up with Red Star Yeast to bake three delicious recipes from the Red Star website. Today’s post is the last of the three recipe.

    The Red Star Crispy Cinnamon Rounds recipe is a perfect first recipe for those who are afraid of baking with yeast. The dough comes together quickly in a mixer and you don’t have to roll out the dough to make fancy shapes. You just roll pieces of dough in the sugar mixture, flatten it with your hand and bake it.

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    I used a pastry scrapper to divide the dough in to pieces and transfer the pieces to the sugar mixture. The dough is a little sticky, so roll it in a little bit of the cinnamon and sugar before you flatten it out. After it’s flatten, coat it again with the sugar mixture.

    Another change I made, was to put the cinnamon sugar pecan mixture on a silpat instead of wax paper and put it in a rimmed baking tray to help control the mess. I also rotated the baking trays after 8 minutes.

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    These are best eaten hot out of the oven while the bottom is super crispy. They’re tasty the next day, they just aren’t as crisp. You can help keep the rolls crisp by storing them loosely wrapped. 

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    Crispy Cinnamon Rounds

    Cook Time15 minutes mins
    Total Time15 minutes mins
    Servings: 16 -22 rolls
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients 

    • 2 ¼ cups bread flour
    • 2 ¼ teaspoon 1 packet Active Dry Yeast (I used Platinum Instant yeast)
    • 2 tablespoon sugar
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon nutmeg I substituted ¼ teaspoon cardamom
    • ¾ cup water
    • 3 tablespoon shortening
    • 1 egg

    Topping

    • ¾ cup sugar
    • ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts
    • ¼ cup brown sugar
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

    Instructions

    • In large mixer bowl, combine 1 ½ cups flour, yeast, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt and nutmeg; mix well. Add warm water (120-130°F), shortening, and egg to flour mixture. Blend at low speed until moistened; beat 3 minutes at medium speed. By hand or with the dough hook, gradually mix in remaining flour to make a stiff batter. Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about 45 minutes.
    • Prepare Topping: Combine ¾ cup sugar, pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon; mix well. Pour in to a rimmed baking tray lined with parchment paper or a siplat.
    • Stir down batter. Drop batter by tablespoons into sugar mixture; toss lightly to coat. Flatten each piece to a 4 or 5-inch circle, ⅛-inch thick, pressing sugar mixture into both sides. Place on greased foil-lined cookie sheets.
    • Bake at 400°F for 12 to 15 minutes until light golden brown. (Do not overbake). Remove from cookie sheets; cool.

    Notes

    Slightly adapted from Red Star Yeast

    If you missed my first two Red Star recipe posts All-American Pizza and Cherry ‘n Cheese Lattice Coffeecake, be sure and check them out. Both are easy to make and taste fantastic.

    Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Red Star Yeast, but all opinions expressed are always my own.  You can also find Red Star Yeast on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

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    1. Maria

      June 20, 2013 at 7:52 am

      These look amazing!

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    2. Natalie

      June 19, 2013 at 9:15 am

      Looks like such a delicious treat, perfect with a cup of tea!

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    3. Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes)

      June 18, 2013 at 7:26 pm

      Oh gosh those look so delish and these are so unique!

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    4. Angie@Angie's Recipes

      June 18, 2013 at 7:12 am

      A very different flatbread..I love the add of cinnamon.

      Reply
    5. Valérie (France)

      June 18, 2013 at 1:11 am

      Barbara
      Je prends sans hésiter
      Belle journée
      Valérie

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    6. Barb @Creative Culinary

      June 17, 2013 at 10:33 pm

      Love these; a bit afraid to make them though. Yeast? Nope…fear I would eat them all myself!

      Reply
    7. Maryanne @the little epicurean

      June 17, 2013 at 10:19 pm

      Yeast in cookies? I am very interested. I can’t wait to try these. They look delicious!

      Reply
    8. Carol

      June 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm

      Anything crispy with cinnamon sounds like a winner to me-these look delicious, Barbara.

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    9. Melissa B

      June 17, 2013 at 4:17 pm

      These sound delicious! =)

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    10. Loretta | A Finn In The Kitchen

      June 17, 2013 at 3:56 pm

      What a unique recipe! Love the crunchiness on top!

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    11. nessa

      June 17, 2013 at 3:18 pm

      Yum! Nothing beats cinnamon 🙂

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    12. leslie

      June 17, 2013 at 1:39 pm

      Ohhh Barbara..these look and sound wonderful!!!

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    13. ashley - baker by nature

      June 17, 2013 at 11:01 am

      I am a cinnamon fiend, so I am just drooling over these!!!

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    14. Rosa

      June 17, 2013 at 8:51 am

      That is an interesting treat! I bet those rounds taste extremely good.

      Cheers,

      Rosa

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    15. Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking

      June 17, 2013 at 8:45 am

      These look so good, Barbara! Perfect for dunking into a hot cup of coffee for breakfast.

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    16. Cookin Canuck

      June 17, 2013 at 8:42 am

      I’m intrigued by these. They look like cookies, but rise like bread. I have to try them!

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    17. Emily

      June 17, 2013 at 8:35 am

      You had me at cinnamon!

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    18. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef

      June 17, 2013 at 6:57 am

      Cinnamon is my friend but I think I could get friendlier with these cinnamon rounds. I wish we had Red Star yeast in Australia. 🙁

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    19. Averie @ Averie Cooks

      June 17, 2013 at 6:54 am

      They look awesome and I love Red Star Yeast. It’s all I use. And I am a major cinnamon fan so they’re perfect for me!

      Reply
    20. carrian

      June 17, 2013 at 6:48 am

      I adore cinnamon and anything you make!

      Reply
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