Ultimate homemade cinnamon rolls recipe with a salted whiskey cream glaze icing.

I’m not quite sure why cinnamon rolls became a Christmas morning tradition in so many households, but I sure am glad that mine was one of them growing up. Cinnamon, sugar, sweet dough. These make for the best aroma in a house after waking up the parents at 5am, being told to go back to bed until 6am, and running past the living room “without looking” at the gifts before everyone stumbles out of bed. These cinnamon rolls give everyone a little extra gift for the holidays… a salted caramel whiskey cream glaze icing with the help of my favorites down the road from Nashville at Jackson Morgan Southern Creams.

I like this recipe for when I know friends are coming over to stay for a day or two. You can make it a day ahead and just have it proofing in the fridge until the morning you want to bake them. You’ll end up with the best yeast roll flavor. If you don’t want to wait, you can do the proofs in the kitchen in just a couple hours while your kids are screaming and ignoring you with their new tablets.

Want another grown-up Christmas gift? A healthy pour of this Jackson Morgan Salted Caramel Cream is absolutely delicious in your coffee. I may or may not have ran out of my usual French vanilla creamer as an excuse to use this instead. It is the right amount of sweet, the perfect balance of warm caramel, and a sweet southern kick that makes your cup-o-joe special. It tastes exactly like lightly salted caramel ice cream melted into your mug. SO GOOD!

While you’ve got this bottle in your hands (or hidden from everyone else so you can keep it for yourself… no judgement here), be sure to check out the other Jackson Morgan recipes that I’ve whipped up. No joke — some of my favorite recipes of all time.

Oh! Almost forgot. These are PERFECT for the freezer. Usually when I am making something and chose to take the time to rest or proof it overnight, I try to freeze whatever I can to make things last longer and more simple for the future. You can make these rolls up through their final rise, toss the pan in the freezer, and then seal them up to bake straight from the freezer anytime. They are as good as the day they were made every single time. — With that said, maybe just double everything and make these now. Cheers, y’all!