Dessert: Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake for a Crowd

Warm and gooey with a hint of orange--serve an easy coffee cake sure to satisfy the whole crowd.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Cinnamon

Health benefits of Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake for a Crowd

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

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cans (17.5 oz each) Pillsbury™ Grands!™ refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing

Instructions

Heat oven to 375 °F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
In small bowl, mix butter, brown sugar and orange peel. Pour butter mixture into pan; top with 1/2 cup of the pecans.
In small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. Separate dough into 10 rolls. Cut each into quarters. Place dough pieces in sugar mixture; toss to coat. Arrange in single layer in pan.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Drop icing by teaspoonfuls over top of coffee cake; sprinkle with remaining pecans. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Cut into squares. Serve warm.

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