Apple Cream Cheese Rolls (Made with Pizza Dough)
These apple cream cheese rolls are made with a homemade apple filling, a sweet cream cheese filling, spread over a refrigerated pizza dough, rolled up and cut into 1 inch disks, baked to golden perfection and drizzle with glaze and caramel.
Servings: 12 Servings
Ingredients
Apple Filling
- 2 Granny Smith apples, peel, core and chop into small chunks (about 4 cups)
- 1½ cups water
- ¾ cups sugar
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 13.8 ounce Pillsbury® classic pizza dough
Glaze Drizzle
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- Ghirardelli caramel sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375° and lightly spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface.
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, add diced apples, water, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and cinnamon. Stir frequently until the sauce has thickened. Remove from heat and let cool.
- In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla together until smooth.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over dough in an even layer half inch from the edges.
- Spoon the apple mixture over the cream cheese mixture and tightly roll up.
- Slice dough approximately 1-inch thick and place on the prepared baking sheet. Reshape if needed.
- Place the rolls on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden.
- Remove from the oven and let cool while making the glaze.
- Top each roll with glaze drizzle and caramel.