In 1956, the Pillsbury Company began packaging and selling cinnamon rolls in refrigerated tubes, allowing generations of kids to wake up to the sweet smell of sticky dough wafting through the house.

1956 Ever since the invention of canned cinnamon rolls in 1956, breakfast pastry lovers around the world have had a simpler way to get this all around crowd pleaser on the table.

About Pillsbury Starting with a few flour mills on the banks of the Mississippi River in 1869, Pillsbury has been helping families make memories through food for nearly 150 years.

Pop Culture. The Doughboy's first commercial aired on November 7, 1965.

Cinnamon rolls have a great shelf live. They stay good at room-temperature for up to 2 days, in the fridge for up to a week, and in the freezer for up to 2 months if stored properly. What is this? Store them in an airtight container or wrap them tightly with plastic wrap.

A cinnamon roll is a sweet baked dough filled with a cinnamon-sugar filling. Made with a rich dough leavened with yeast, their characteristic form is due to rolling a dough sheet containing sweetened cinnamon filling.

The company originated in 1869 when Charles A. Pillsbury bought a share in a Minneapolis flour mill. After the purchase of additional mills and the introduction of enhancements to the milling process, his firm was reorganized in 1872 as C.A. Pillsbury and Company.

The Pillsbury Company is a US-based company that was one of the world's largest cake manufacturers and producers of grain and other foodstuffs until it was bought by General Mills in 2001. General Mills brands consist of Annie's, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, Yoplait, Haagen-Dazs, and Blue Buffalo.

Working in his uncle's flour mill, Pillsbury realized that he could make the flour milling process more efficient by using steel rollers rather than buhr stones to mill the grain into flour. In 1872, he convinced his uncle and his father to join his company, which he called Charles A. Pillsbury & Co.

To Store: Store leftover cooled homemade cinnamon rolls in an airtight container for 3-5 days. Rewarm individually in microwave for about 15 seconds or until soft. To Freeze: Baked rolls can be frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator and warm in the microwave for a few seconds.

They can stay in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours (the longer they are refrigerated, the more the filling might liquify and seep out of the rolls – that may happen to a minor extent anyway, so don't panic).

A few facts about cinnamon buns

• The cinnamon bun's origin is a hotly debated topic.
• It goes by many names.
• Cinnamon rolls in Sweden are not as sweet and heavy as they are in the United States.
• In the UK, the bun got big over the last few years.
• The largest cinnamon bun ever created weighted 521.5 kg (1,149.7 lb)