Cinnamon Bun Christmas Trees

Cinnamon bun Christmas trees are recipe #7 of our “24 Days of Christmas” Holiday series where I share 24 recipes over 24 days as a virtual advent countdown to Christmas. Christmas is my favourite holiday, especially when it comes to baking, and I think there are endless creations that we can come up with to reflect the holidays. All 24 holiday recipes will be shared across instagram, tiktok and here on the blog where you can print off the full recipe for your baking pleasure!

The Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 Roll Pillsbury Cinnamon Buns, with the frosting!
• Christmas Sprinkles

Instructions

• Start by pre-heating your oven to 350 degrees.
• Unravel your roll of Pillsbury Cinnamon Roll dough and form it all in to one large ball. Roll it out on a floured surface using a rolling pin.
• Grab your favorite Christmas cookie cutters and cut out festive shapes from the cinnamon roll dough. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes, depending on the size o each treat.
• Let these cool completely before icing with the icing included in the rolls and add your favorite Christmas sprinkles.

There is one reason I share recipes online; I just want to encourage more people to get in their kitchens and make something delicious with their own two hands. When developing this 24 Days of Christmas Recipe Series, I really wanted to make sure that the recipe were accessible to bakers of all skillsets, everyone from the triple layer cake makers to the boxed cupcake makers, because I am both of you, depending on the day!

I don’t have children yet, but if I did, this is a recipe I would want to make with them. While you aren’t making this cinnamon bun dough from scratch, this is a really easy, fun treat to make that is ready from start to finish in maybe 25 minutes, with very little clean up.

And yes, if you baked it, I consider it homemade, I don’ care about the rest! Lol.

For these cinnamon bun Christmas trees you are going to buy a roll of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls, form them into one large ball and then roll them out using a rolling pin. Use your favorite cookie cutters to cut out Christmas trees or stars or whatever you love, bake them for about 8-10 minutes and then ice and decorate. Think sugar cookie decorating party, but with cinnamon buns.

I hope you love this simple, sweet treat!

If you love this recipe, make sure to check out mu gingerbread fudge recipe here!