Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
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Crescent roll cinnamon rolls made with just crescent roll dough, butter, sugar, and cinnamon are gooey perfection ready for the oven in 5 minutes!
Crescent roll cinnamon rolls are chewy sweet gifts from heaven. Perfect because they can be in the oven baking in less than ten minutes! Serve them with a delicious cup of hot butter coffee.
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Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
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Crescent Roll Cinnamon Roll Ingredients
- Crescent roll dough – I prefer to use the solid sheets, but the kind with triangle perforations will work too.
- Butter – You’ll want it to be room temperature or softened, but not melted.
- Brown sugar – We used light brown, but dark brown is fine as well.
- Ground cinnamon – They are cinnamon rolls, after all.
Icing ingredients
- Powdered sugar – Also sometimes called confectioners sugar or icing sugar.
- Milk – My preference is whole milk.
How do you make cinnamon rolls with crescent dough? (Step-by-step)
⭐ First, mix together butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
⭐ Next, lay dough out flat and spread cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over dough. Roll dough starting at short end.
⭐ Then, cut each dough roll into 6 evenly sized cinnamon rolls and place in a baking dish or large pie plate.
⭐ Finally, bake until golden brown and cooked through. Finish by pouring glaze over warm cinnamon buns.
Preparation
Can you prepare crescent roll cinnamon rolls ahead of time?
You can prep the rolls the night before and store them in the refrigerator until read to bake. Cover tightly with plastic wrap while stored.
What should you bake them in?
I like to bake the rolls in my large pie plate, but you could also use an 8×8 baking dish, or if you prefer them more spread out, a 9×12 dish, or even a baking sheet.
Leftovers and storage
How long do crescent cinnamon rolls last?
The rolls will last 2 – 3 days in the refrigerator. I don’t suggest leaving them at room temperature since the icing is made with milk. Store in a sealed container or cover with plastic wrap.
Can you freeze cinnamon crescent rolls?
You can freeze the rolls! For best results, allow to cool to room temperature, and freeze before adding the icing. They will last in the freezer for about a month.
Tips and tricks
🟢 I find that the tops tend to brown more quickly than the bottoms cook, so I like to move the baking dish to the bottom rack for the last several minutes of cook time.
🟢 If your icing is clumpy, try whisking it with a stick blender, or putting it in the microwave for 15 seconds to smooth it out.
Variations
- Try using our cream cheese icing recipe instead of the sugar glaze.
- Skip the cinnamon and sugar and spread on some cinnamon apple butter on instead.
- Make them savory with butter and garlic instead of butter and cinnamon!
❤ If you love this recipe, definitely try our cinnamon roll cookies next! ❤
Complete this meal with our recipe suggestions
If you’re planning a big breakfast or a brunch and want to serve more than just these delicious crescent roll cinnamon rolls, try it alongside a hashbrown breakfast casserole, fluffy blueberry pancakes, and easy poached eggs with blender hollandaise sauce!
More breakfast recipes to try
- French toast casserole recipe
- Easy blueberry muffins
- Crispy homemade waffles
- Cinnamon roll casserole recipe
- Perfect hard boiled eggs
- Recipe for cinnamon roll waffles
- See all our breakfast recipe ideas!
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Tools we love
- Pyrex pie plates – The ones you see in this post, and my personal favorite pie dishes!
- Bakers half sheet – It’s cool, we only have about six of these bakers half sheets because they’re good for absolutely everything.
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How to Make Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 packages crescent roll dough 8 ounces each
- 3 tablespoons butter room temp/soft
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
For icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 - 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- Lay dough out flat, if needed press/pinch together triangle perforations. Spread cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over dough. Roll dough starting at short end.
- Cut each dough roll into 6 evenly sized cinnamon rolls and place in a baking dish or large pie plate.
- Bake on center rack at 325F for 25 - 30 minutes, until cooked through. If you find the top is cooking more quickly than the bottom, put the dish on the lower rack for the last several minutes.
- While cinnamon buns are baking, whisk together powdered sugar and milk to create a glaze.
- Pour glaze over warm cinnamon buns and enjoy!
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Notes
- If you prepare these ahead and bake straight from the refrigerator you will need to add an additional 5 - 10 minutes of cook time since they are starting at a much lower temperature. Cover with foil the first 10 minutes to prevent over-cooking the tops.
- If you can find the sheet version with no triangle perforations, this is preferred, but not necessary.
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This is a great idea, but definitely needs more time to cook. I cooked for 25 minutes at 325 and then 7 minutes at 350 and still raw in places. Super disappointing. I refrigerated overnight before baking in the morning to try to avoid leaking. There was a lot of liquid, but thatās ok. It stiffens up if you donāt serve right away. The cooking time was what ruined it.
Hi Sasha – I’m so sorry you didn’t get the result you intended. If you refrigerate overnight before cooking then it’s going to need a longer cook time since it’s starting from a much lower temperature. I’m not sure what you mean by “it stiffens up”, in my experience these stay soft unless overcooked. I will make a note in the recipe card for folks who refrigerate first. xo
Your oven may need calibrating,
There were no quantities given for the ingredients. Also, it shows the dough spread out into a rectangle shape but instructions say to start at the short end.
You had to scroll past the printable recipe card with detailed ingredient information (including amounts) to leave this comment. And yes, a rectangle has a short sides and long sides. I’m not sure where the confusion is.
Great recipe! We made with the crescent roll grands buttery version – ended up being amazing following the directions. We cooked for 30 min at 350. Were cooked through.
Super excited to make these. My mom really likes cinnamon rolls and this seems like a really crafty way to make them with out using a yeast dough. I am making them for Motherās Day brunch. Happy Motherās Day everyone!
One question, is the butter mix enough for both batches or just one sheet? Want to make them for my grandchildren who absolutely love them!
Canāt wait to try.
butter mixture is for both, but if you wanted more filling, you could certainly double it š
I’ve made a similar recipe in the past but included chopped spiced pecans in with the brown sugar/butter mix, add maple syrup to your sugar glaze. Also freezing your prepared rolled dough for about 5-10 minutes may make it easier to slice thru when ready to bake.
Wow I also used the 8oz. Grands croissant roll and I just used 1 roll of it but I used all of the butter, brown sugar and cinnamon mix it was great for a very sweet and tasty roll. I baked them at 325Ā° for 25 minutes and that was perfect. Great recipe and I will make them exactly the same way again.
Can you bake these in a cream bath.
I’m not sure, we haven’t tested the recipe in this manner, please let us know if you try!
Sounds easy and delicious! My kind of baking!!
You’re going to need way more filling than the recipe calls for and your butter needs to be melted, not softened. I probably won’t use this recipe again.
Hi Amanda – It sounds like something was mis-measured, this is a recipe we make regularly and I can confirm the measurements listed are correct. I definitely don’t recommend using fully melted butter as it will just end up pooling under the rolls. xo
Was looking for something sweet and loaded with cinnamon on a chilly morning for just two of us, so I halved the recipe and followed the rest of the instructions as written. Rolls were perfect! Thanks for sharing.
These are my families favorites
I add chopped pecans or walnuts before rolling up. I also add vanilla creamer over the rolls before I bake them.
Thank you so much! An easy great recipe.
They only last 30 minutes if I’m lucky! š„³