Lunch: Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls

Transform the best homemade pizza dough recipe from savory to sweet with this quick and easy cinnamon roll recipe.

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Cinnamon

Health benefits of Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).

Ingredients

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing pan
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/3 cup sugar
1 pound http://www.justataste.com/2010/01/the-ultimate-pizza-dough/ or store-bought pizza dough, at room temp

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 ºF. Grease an 8x11-inch baking dish with unsalted butter.
In a small bowl, stir together the cinnamon and sugar.
Lightly flour your work surface then roll out the dough into a 16x10-inch rectangle. Brush the dough all over with the melted butter then sprinkle it with the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Starting at the long end closest to you, tightly roll the dough into a log. Cut the log into 12 rolls, about 1 1/2-inches each. Arrange each roll in the prepared baking dish about 1 inch apart.
Bake the rolls for 20 to 25 minutes until the dough is fully cooked. (See Kelly's Notes.) Remove the rolls from the oven and let them cool slightly while you make the glaze.

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