Description
Irresistible Pizza Hut Cinnamon Sticks deliver sweet, crispy magic straight from your kitchen. Warm, sugary delights promise a quick dessert escape that satisfies cinnamon cravings with minimal effort and maximum flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2 (13.8 ounces/392 grams) tubes pizza crust dough
Coating Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
Glaze Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
- 2–3 tablespoons milk (adjust for desired consistency)
Instructions
- Warm the kitchen oven to 400°F, creating an ideal baking environment for sweet pastry creation.
- Extract pizza dough from packaging, gently merging into a unified soft mass and allowing it to relax at ambient temperature, ensuring optimal flexibility.
- Generously coat a rectangular baking vessel with melted butter, covering bottom and lower sidewalls, creating a non-stick protective layer.
- Combine granulated sugar and ground cinnamon in a mixing bowl, then delicately dust approximately two teaspoons across buttered surface, followed by a sprinkle of rich brown sugar.
- Carefully stretch and manipulate dough to perfectly align with baking dish dimensions, pressing firmly to establish an even foundation.
- Utilize a sharp pizza cutter to dissect dough into sixteen uniform rectangular segments, creating precise parallel and perpendicular cuts.
- Lavish remaining melted butter across dough surface, ensuring complete coverage for enhanced golden-brown coloration.
- Distribute remaining cinnamon-sugar blend and additional brown sugar evenly, guaranteeing balanced sweetness throughout pastry.
- Position baking dish in preheated oven, allowing transformation for 15-17 minutes until achieving gorgeous caramelized edges and complete internal cooking.
- Meanwhile, whisk powdered sugar with vanilla extract and milk, crafting a silky, luxurious glaze with smooth consistency.
- Once removed from oven, immediately drizzle glaze over warm cinnamon sticks, reserving additional sauce for luxurious dipping experience.
Notes
- Dough Temperature Matters: Let the dough sit at room temperature to ensure even stretching and prevent tough, dense cinnamon sticks.
- Butter Brushing Technique: Use a soft pastry brush to evenly coat the dough with melted butter, creating a golden, crispy exterior and rich flavor.
- Sugar Distribution Hack: Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture and brown sugar in layers for a more complex, cara
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg