Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls are the easiest recipe for semi-homemade cinnamon rolls, and is the perfect start to your day! These cinnamon rolls made with crescent roll dough is perfect for a weekend brunch or even a fun weekday morning breakfast. They're so easy to make they can be made any day of the week.
What's a girl to do when she's craving good cinnamon rolls, has no access to yeast, and the canned cinnamon rolls just won't do it? Let the crescent rolls do the work! Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls are the easiest recipe for cinnamon rolls and are perfect for a quick weekend brunch.
This is similar to a recipe that I have in my cookbook, 30 Minute Cooking for Two, except it's scaled for more people and a couple of other differences. While I absolutely love the recipe from my book, I'm now also feeding two hungry little boys in addition to Marc and I. We finish this entire recipe for Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls with no problem, now!
Be sure to check out my TikTok Cinnamon Rolls and Pumpkin Spice TikTok Cinnamon Rolls for two fun ways to used canned cinnamon rolls!
Ingredients in Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
Canned Crescent Rolls - yes, crescent rolls! The refrigerated canned dough is perfect for flaky cinnamon rolls.
Butter - Unsalted butter is used in this recipe to make the cinnamon roll filling.
Granulated sugar and cinnamon - these are also used in the filling to give these rolls the cinnamon roll flavor! Light brown sugar would also work.
Powdered Sugar and Maple Syrup - these two sweeten the frosting for these cinnamon rolls with crescent rolls.
Milk - milk is also used in the glaze that is drizzled over the warm cinnamon rolls.
That's it! Super simple ingredients.
How to Make Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
Prepare the crescent rolls. This crescent cinnamon rolls recipe starts with a can of crescent rolls. I've been able to find crescent roll sheets, where it's actually just one whole sheet of crescent rolls, instead of the triangles, and that would definitely be ideal in this recipe. Otherwise, just pinch the creases together.
Brush with butter. Brush the crescent rolls with melted butter.
Add cinnamon sugar. Sprinkle the cinnamon rolls with cinnamon sugar mixture.
Roll it up. With the longer edge of the crescent roll sheet facing you, roll it into a log.
Slice. Slice the log into 6 cinnamon rolls using a sharp knife or a bread knife, and place them onto a parchment paper lined baking dish or into a loaf pan.
Bake. Bake them in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, until they are golden brown.
Prepare the frosting. While the cinnamon rolls are baking, combine the powdered sugar, maple syrup, and milk in a small bowl. Add a teaspoon or two more of milk to get it to a drizzling consistency. When the rolls are done, drizzle them with the frosting. Enjoy!
Seriously, so easy!
Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls Tips
- This cinnamon crescent rolls recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
- If you can find canned crescent dough sheets, this is the perfect recipe for it.
- I like to bake this in a loaf pan, but a round cake pan or 8x8" baking dish will work well, too.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge.
- If you like cream cheese frosting, use your favorite recipe to top off these cinnamon rolls with it.
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Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
- 8 ounce can crescent rolls*
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 1-2 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 9x5" loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Roll out the crescent roll dough from the can and pinch the seams together to create one square/rectangle crescent roll.
- Brush the dough with melted butter.
- Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Roll the dough up, as you would cinnamon rolls, into a log.
- Cut the log into 6 equal pieces and place into greased loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, until slightly golden.
- While the rolls are baking, make the frosting.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, maple syrup, and milk.
- Drizzle the frosting over the warm cinnamon rolls.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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- This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
- If you can find canned crescent sheet, this is the perfect recipe for it.
- I like to bake this in a loaf pan, but a round cake pan or 8x8" baking dish will work well, too.
I've made the crescent cinnamon rolls from the "Cooking for Two" book and they are so delicious! I like the simple modifications, they look tasty. Highly recommend this recipe!
Thank you so much!