What happens when you combine a cinnamon/marshmallow roll with monkey bread? You produce these babies! This recipe is not only simple, but fun to bake as well. Kids and adults of all ages will enjoy making AND eating them!
Culinary Skills Children Will Learn:
- How to measure ingredients with measuring cups and spoons
- How to flatten biscuits
- How to roll ingredients into biscuits
- How to utilize a microwave to melt butter
- How to keep track of cooking time
This recipe has been a HUGE hit among the children in my culinary classes. It was such a hit, in fact, that they requested to stay an extra 15 minutes after class was over to make more of them!
Who can blame them though? Once you see how easy, not to mention how fun they are to make, you may understand the joyous gravity of it all.
You start out with refrigerated biscuit dough.
Flatten each piece of dough, douse them in butter, then douse them again in cinnamon and sugar, then take your marshmallows and place them individual on top of each piece. Then you’re going to bring up the edges of the dough to form a ball around the marshmallow.
Place each piece of dough inside a muffin tin greased with crisco (for non-stick purposes) and bake!
It really is that easy.
Word of caution though: Things can get messy quick. Like, super quick! But isn’t that the fun in it all?
Another word of caution: When the rolls are finished baking, it can leave your muffin tins with oodles of baked on stickiness. Be prepared to use some arm muscles to clean them.
Despite these two things, there is a cool part about them. When they are finished baking, the marshmallows disappear…leaving the insides hallow, but full of sugary sweetness!
I guess that’s what the kids like 😉
So if you have children (or grandchildren) make this recipe with them today. They will enjoy every second of it. Promise 🙂
Serves: 10 rolls
Calories Per Serving: 289
Ingredients
- 1 can of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits, 10 count (NOT the flaky kind)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp. ground cinnamon
- 10 large marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a muffin tin with Crisco or spray copiously with cooking spray.
- Place the stick of butter in a microwave safe bowl and heat on high for 1 minute, or until completely melted.
- In another small bowl, mix the granulated sugar with the ground cinnamon.
- Flatten one biscuit then place the biscuit inside the bowl with the melted butter. Cover both sides of the biscuit with the butter.
- Move the biscuit into the bowl with the cinnamon and sugar. Cover each side with the mixture.
- Place the biscuit on a plate and place one large marshmallow on top.
- Roll or gather the edges of the biscuit to cover the marshmallow, making sure to seal the edges together.
- Place roll open side down inside the muffin tin.
- Repeat steps 5-9 until all the biscuits are rolled.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until rolls are puffy and set. (Let the kids keep track of the time)
Libby's Notes
Recipe Source:
Robin Martinez, Owner of Kids in The Kitchen
Nutrition
Calories: 289kcal
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This is a really great treat to make with your kids. My kids love making these 😉
Hi Libby!
I really want to make these with my 2 yr old but I’m unsure what the buttermilk biscuits are?
We’re in the UK. Do you know of a brand here you can point me in the direction of please?
Hi Phil! I’m not familiar with brands in the UK, however, this is the kind we use: https://www.pillsbury.com/products/biscuits/refrigerated-biscuits/buttermilk-biscuits-value
If you can find something similar to this, then it would work. 😉 Hope this helps some 😉
Interesting, never seen such a thing!
Really appreciate your reply, I’m sure I can find something similar now – will let you know how we get on. Many thanks.
Very welcome 😉 If you can’t find something similar, you can always try using yeast dough. However, you would have to probably adjust the recipe a bit, mostly to make sure the dough is proofing correctly. Good luck and let us know how it goes 🙂