Oreo Cinnamon Rolls with Oreo Cheesecake Filing
**This recipe was originally published on May 14th, 2014. I recently revisited the recipe and took updated pictures in July 2021**
Hey guys. I did not abandon you, it’s just been busy with school, work, and graduation ceremonies. Luckily, I have the best blogging friends who stepped in to share some delicious recipes with you while I survive being a student. Today, the lovely Amy from Club Narwhal is here with her ever-so-always-drool-worthy desserts (or breakfast?). Hello Oreo Cinnamon Rolls!
You have met my friend Amy before, she was here a few months ago sharing these lemon sugar cookies with marbled royal icing as we did a blog swap inspired by our favorites heels. Ahem…she is a shoe addict too and one of the many reasons I heart her. Here’s Amy:
Cinnamon rolls get dressed up in buttery sweet dough and Oreo cheesecake filling. Top with a dollop of cream cheese Oreo frosting. These oreo cinnamon rolls have all the workings of regular cinnamon rolls but are swirled with incredible and decadent Oreo cheesecake filling.
Hello, lovely A Classic Twist readers! My name is Amy and blog at Club Narwhal. Like Zainab, I pretty much live and dream about food. And shoes. In fact, the
last time I was here, I talked about my favorite peep-toe pumps and shared a delicious recipe for Lemon Sugar Cookies with Marbled Royal Icing. I’m so excited to show you my newest kitchen creation because it involves almost an entire package of Oreos. And frosting. And butter. Lots and lots of butter.
These Oreo Cinnamon Rolls have all the workings of regular cinnamon rolls (I used our favorite Cinnabon copycat recipe for the dough) but are swirled with incredible–and decadent–Oreo cheesecake filling. I sometimes can’t choose between breakfast and dessert. In those cases, I tend to go over the top on both ends, which is exactly what happened here.
You will probably want to eat these rolls fresh from the oven so that the cream cheese Oreo frosting melts in that perfect way. Chase it down with a glass of milk and give yourself a pat on the back. You just achieved breakfast (dessert? snack?) perfection.
Hop on over to Club Narwhal to check out some behind-the-scenes photos of awesome rolls–I particularly love how the crushed Oreos give the dough a marbled look. Thanks so much for having me, Zainab!
Yield: 12 rolls
Oreo Cinnamon Rolls
These oreo cinnamon rolls have all the workings of regular cinnamon rolls but are swirled with incredible and decadent Oreo cheesecake filling.
Prep Time
2 hours
Cook Time
15 minutes
Total Time
2 hours 15 minutes
Ingredients
Oreo Dough
- 1 cup warm milk
- 2½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- ⅓ cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 4½ cups flour (I used All Purpose, but bread flour is a great choice)
- 1 cup crushed Oreo cookies
Oreo Cheesecake Filling
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 cup crushed Oreo cookies
Oreo Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
- ¼ cup butter, room temperature
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup crushed Oreo cookies
Instructions
For the Dough
- Pour warm milk in a large bowl (or bowl of your stand mixer). Sprinkle with yeast, sugar, and salt. Let it sit for 2-3 minutes until the yeast is slightly frothy. Add the eggs one at a time and stir to completely combine after each one. Pour in the butter and stir.
- Add the flour 1 cup at a time, stirring to combine. If you’re using a stand mixer, use the dough attachment and knead for five minutes, until the dough is pulling away from the bowl and leaving the bowl clean looking. If you’re mixing by hand, knead for 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and not sticky. Add the Oreos during the last minute or so of kneading.
- Transfer dough to a greased bowl, cover with a clean cloth, and place it somewhere warm to rise until double in size, about an hour. Meanwhile, make the filling and frosting.
For the Filling
- Beat cream cheese and butter together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add sugar and egg, mixing well. Fold in Oreos. Set aside until ready to assemble the rolls.
For the Frosting
- Beat cream cheese and butter together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add vanilla and salt. Whisk in powdered sugar, one cup at a time. Fold in Oreos. Set aside until rolls are done baking and ready to serve.
To Assemble
- Once the dough has risen, roll into a large rectangle, 16 x 20 inches). Spread the cheesecake filling evenly across the rectangle, leaving one-inch borders all the way around. Roll the dough lengthwise, forming a long log.
- Use plain dental floss to evenly cut the log into 12 equal parts. Place rolls in a greased 9 x 13 baking dish and let it rise until double in size, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees while the rolls are rising. Bake the rolls for 30-35 minutes, until golden brown and dough is cooked through. Let rolls cool slightly, then frost and enjoy.
Thank you very much, Amy, for making me realize my breakfast this morning cannot compare to this awesomeness. I am making sure this happens this weekend. Wouldn’t that be the best way to start Saturday?
Just looking at these buns makes me hungry!
ME TOO!
Amy and Zainab – whoa, these look amazing!!! It’s so great to see Amy here! Love this great take on the cinnamon roll! Pinned and thanks for sharing, ladies – have a fabulous day!
Thanks Cindy!! Hope you have a great day too 🙂
that would definitely be the very best way to start saturday!! 😀
I think I may have just died. Of excited. Because these look absolutely wonderful and I am completely obsessed with Oreos. I have got to make these asap! 🙂
I had a feeling you would love this 🙂
I love the Oreo spin on cinnamon rolls — these look so amazing!
Those are seriously the most fantastic things ever!
Ouh la la digging this cinnamon roll twist. And the fact that the dough is a copycat recipe to cinnabon. WHY is a cinnabon cinnamon roll SO SO good?? Pinning this recipe for sure! Thanks for sharing, now i’ll have to check out your blog 🙂
Oh.my.goodness. I can’t believe you just put Oreos in cinnamon rolls! Where has this been my whole life?! That frosting, that filling, and that perfect cinnamon roll … it is just too much. Amy, you are officially my cinnamon roll queen. Zainab, keep it up! You are doing great! I can’t wait to hear you say “I’m done!” I will do a happy dance for you, even happier than my dance for these cinnamon rolls (which is pretty good, if I do say so myself 😉 )
Oh my gosh I don’t think I’ve seen a more decadent delicious cinnamon roll! I love that there are Oreos in the filling and in that amazing looking cream cheese frosting, look out Cinnabon!
Seriously?! Pure genius!
I need these in my life and in my mouth like, right now! Thanks for introducing me to Amy and her awesome blog, Zainab. These photos are out of control – they are sooooo beautiful! And oreo cinnamon rolls is the best thing I’ve ever heard of.
What an awesome idea! I wouldn’t be able to keep my hands off these!
Seriously!! I am in awe! I cannot control myself when it comes to Oreos. Lovin it!
Oh man, these look like they’d blow my yogurt out of the water! I’m drooling a little. Thanks for sharing.
Good luck with school stuff Zainab!! And oh my gosh WHAT A GUEST POST!! OREO CINNAMON ROLLS??! Way too good. Like…completely unreal. They’re like unicorns!
I don’t even know where to start, these cinnamon rolls sounds amazing. Amy always does a wonderful job! Thanks so much for having her over here to post, Zainab!
This just looks scrumptious!! I would have never thought of adding oreos to my cinnamon rolls, but now, I must! Thank you for posting. The pictures are beautiful!!
So, yeah… my jaw just hit my keyboard! Wowzers! Pinned & sharing. 🙂
Holy crap seriously? This is awesome.
Ohmygoodness. Is this real life?
I know??? It is!!
Oh my. These look amazing! I might not want to make them.. because I will most likely eat them all!! WHOA!
That’s exactly why I WANT to make them lol!
Holy smokes – these are incredible! Oreos and cinnamon rolls in the same sentence? Pure genius Amy! Keep rocking it Zainab – sending you lots of good vibes for school and everything:)
I just told my coworker that I’m craving a donut but now after seeing these, I want one! Never thought of an Oreo cinnamon roll but these look amazing!! Can’t wait to try them!!
OMG I can’t get over how amazing these look! I feel like a slab of fat was just slapped on my buttocks because they look so ooey gooey delicious. Ok I really need to stop staring at them. Amy (bowing down) Genius!
These are blowing my mind. Amy, you never cease to amaze me!
WOW! So much to love about these. And I’ve never actually made a cinnamon style roll yet. These may have to be my first. Pinned!
These will be the perfect first to try!!
This looks delicious! I would love for you share it on my Tasty Tuesday recipe link up here! Everything gets pinned and I would love to have you!
Thanks Stephanie! I’ll visit the link up 🙂
I have NO words except holy crap! amazing does not even cut it
Thank you very much Heather 🙂
These are seriously the bomb dot com, and then some!! 🙂 I wish I had one of these stellar Oreo cinnamon rolls in front of me right now! Pinned!
Hhaah thank you Jocelyn 🙂
Oh my, Amy these cinnamon rolls look amazing! My mind is seriously blown right now. Mmmm I’m going to be dreaming about these tonight 😀 So awesome to ‘meet’ you! Hopping over to your site asap.
Toodles,
Tammy<3
Tammy, I’m glad you ‘met’ Amy!! Yow will love her blog!!
How well do they hold up in the refrigerator overnight?
very well. These can be made the day before and reheated in the morning.
Can the dough sit in the fridge overnight? Or do you suggest making them entirely, but not adding the frosting, then reheating in the over overnight? Cannot WAIT to try these out on Christmas morning!!!
reheating in the oven the next morning***
The dough can sit overnight if you want to get a headstart for sure. I would just set it out at room temperature for about an hour before continuing. Let us know how you love it. They would be perfect for Christmas morning!
Can I fully assemble these, not cook them, leave in covered air right tray over night , let come to room temperature and then bake? Other people seem to be fully baking them THEN refrigerating them. Want to know I can completely prep them the day before. I want to make sure the cream cheese filling stays well Then bake them the next day and top off with my icing.
Hi Lou Lou, I haven’t tried it and cannot guarantee what the outcome would be. But if you must, it’s worth the experiment!
Any idea how to fix the burnt bottoms when I leave it for extra time in the oven 😭😭
I’m sorry to hear that but there is no fixing burnt bottoms. Next time, try to take them out earlier.
For the frosting instructions, instead of saying “Set aside until ready to assemble the rolls.”; ir should say, “Set aside until rolls are done baking, and top.”
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thank you! I’ll update 🙂
Hi just wondering if you did ever add any cinnamon in the filling coz the recipe title says Oreo Cinnamon Roll but in the ingredients i couldnt see any cinnamon stated..
Thanks
There’s no cinnamon. Cinnamon Roll is the general term for a roll like this. But you can add some cinnamon with the filling if you choose to 🙂
I made the rolls this weekend….was afraid some of the steps were crazy, but followed and had faith in the recipe and wow- what a delicious treat! thanks so much for sharing this.
So glad to hear Mikki. Thank you for coming back to let us know.