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Updated Oct 2, 2014
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Add these beautiful butterfly-shaped buns made with Pillsbury™ cinnamon rolls and topped with cherries to your bread basket.

Cinnamon Roll Butterflies

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 30 min
  • Ingredients 2
  • Servings 8
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
  • Step 
    2
    Separate dough into 8 rolls. Cut each in half crosswise. On cookie sheet, place 2 halves with rounded edges touching to form butterfly shape. Slightly flatten each "butterfly."
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 11 to 17 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Step 
    4
    Remove stems from cherries. At top of each "butterfly" where "antennae" would be, make 2 small holes with toothpick; insert 2 cherry stems into each roll.
  • Step 
    5
    Remove lid from icing. Microwave icing on High 10 to 15 seconds or until of drizzling consistency. Drizzle icing over rolls; decorate with cherries. Serve warm.

Nutrition

160 Calories
5g Total Fat
2g Protein
27g Total Carbohydrate
13g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Roll
Calories
160
Calories from Fat
45
Total Fat
5g
8%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
8%
Trans Fat
2g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
340mg
14%
Potassium
0mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
27g
9%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
13g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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