Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls – Rachel Cooks®

Everybody loves recent cinnamon rolls! Smooth, candy, and gooey cinnamon rolls have all the time been a favourite bakery confection, and for good purpose. Cinnamon rolls are so scrumptious, with aromatic swirls of cinnamon and creamy white icing. You’re undoubtedly going to wish to serve them with a cinnamon dolce latte!

Conventional cinnamon roll recipes take a number of hours and plenty of ready for the dough to rise. This shortcut cinnamon roll recipe makes use of refrigerated crescent rolls so you possibly can skip the wait and get your sticky buns within the oven. (For those who love ranging from scratch to make yeast breads, attempt my cinnamon swirl bread. It’s so good!)

“Selfmade” Cinnamon Rolls

SO simple! This foolproof recipe ensures that your cinnamon rolls have a good texture and consistency each time you make them. You merely lay out your entire roll of crescent dough in a single sheet, unfold and sprinkle your recent cinnamon roll filling onto the dough, after which roll and reduce identical to you’ll for any cinnamon roll recipe. This cinnamon roll recipe is ideal for novice bakers, children, or anybody who likes a shortcut (and who doesn’t?).

They don’t style like a shortcut. The top result’s a recent and scrumptious cinnamon roll that appears and tastes such as you’ve been baking all day. Prime it with the included from-scratch icing recipe, and also you’ve obtained a profitable cinnamon roll in your fingers.

Versatile. You may as well bake these rolls up in a muffin tin, or create mini cinnamon rolls with this easy-to-divide, easy-to-use cinnamon roll recipe. It’s so versatile and user-friendly that you simply’ll come again to it time and time once more.

Ingredient Notes

• Refrigerated crescent rolls: You’ll want two 8 oz. cans. Any model will do! For those who use crescent rolls, simply calmly press the seams collectively and also you’re able to go. For those who purchase the dough sheets, you possibly can skip this step.
• Granulated sugar (white sugar) and brown sugar: A mixture of white sugar and brown sugar is used. The brown sugar provides the rolls a caramel taste because it bakes and combines with the butter. I normally use gentle brown sugar. Make sure you firmly pack it into the measuring cup.
• Floor cinnamon: Select an excellent high quality cinnamon. I’ve discovered that retailer manufacturers or generic cinnamon doesn’t have practically as a lot taste.
• Unsalted butter: Take the butter out of the fridge a minimum of an hour forward of time, relying on how heat your kitchen is. The butter must be pretty comfortable to unfold on the dough.
• Icing: This recipe additionally features a candy do-it-yourself icing for the cinnamon rolls. You’ll want extra unsalted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and a tablespoon or two of milk.

Methods to Make Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls

Prep. Flip your oven on to preheat oven to 350℉.  Line an 8 x 8-inch baking dish with parchment paper. I discover that it helps to calmly spray the within of the dish with nonstick spray so the parchment paper will keep in place. Put aside.

Make filling. In a small bowl, mix granulated sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon till mixed.

Put together dough. Place one other piece of parchment paper in your work floor for simpler clean-up. Unroll a can of crescent roll dough onto the parchment paper and press all of the perforated seams collectively, making a strong sheet of dough.

Add filling. Unfold half of the softened butter, about 3 tablespoons, onto the crescent dough sheet. Sprinkle half of the sugar and cinnamon combination onto the butter-covered dough, leaving a small border across the edges.  Press down calmly to make sure the sugar combination sticks to the butter.

Roll and slice. Starting with the quick finish, roll the dough as tightly as potential to kind a log. Slice the dough into 6 equal items and place every part, cut-side down, into the ready baking dish. 

Repeat the method with the second roll of crescent dough.

Bake. Put the pan of crescent roll cinnamon rolls within the preheated oven to bake for 25 to half-hour till they’re golden brown.

Make the icing. Whereas the rolls are baking, you possibly can prep the icing. Soften the butter in a small bowl. Add the vanilla extract and powdered sugar, beating till mixed. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk till the icing has the specified consistency and is clean.

Ice the rolls. Liberally unfold the icing over the nice and cozy rolls. Serve instantly.

Recipe Variations

• Make muffins: To make cinnamon roll muffins, you possibly can bake the rolls in a muffin tin till browned on high and cooked by means of.
• Add mix-ins: Because you’re in control of the filling, you possibly can add your favourite components, like nutmeg, walnuts, or a smidge of hazelnut unfold
• Make it even simpler: Use crescent dough sheets as an alternative of crescent rolls and also you received’t must press the seams collectively!
• Bonus crunchy topping: You might have leftover sugar combination on the parchment paper you used to roll out the dough. Don’t throw it away! Sprinkle the surplus sugar on high of the rolls within the pan earlier than you bake them. The sugar will create a candy crunchy layer.
• Use canned biscuits. For those who like utilizing refrigerated dough, make sure you attempt my cinnamon sugar pull-apart bread, too.

Make forward tip: For those who’re making the cinnamon rolls forward to serve later, retailer the frosting and the rolls individually. Frost these cinnamon rolls proper earlier than you serve them.

Storage: Retailer leftovers at room temp in an hermetic container for as much as 2 days or refrigerate for as much as 5 days

Reheat: Microwave for 20 to 30 seconds to reheat

For the rolls and filling:

• Preheat oven to 350℉. Line an 8 x 8-inch baking dish with parchment paper. I discover it is useful to calmly spray the within of the baking dish with nonstick spray first to maintain the parchment paper in place. Put aside.

• In a small bowl, mix granulated sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon to make the filling. Put aside.

  ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup packed gentle brown sugar, 1 tablespoon floor cinnamon

• Place a bit of parchment paper in your work floor. Unroll 1 can of crescent roll dough onto the parchment paper and press all of the seams collectively, making a strong sheet of dough. (For those who purchased the dough sheets, merely unroll it.)

  2 cans (8 oz. every) refrigerated crescent rolls or dough sheet

• Unfold half of the softened butter, about 3 tablespoons, onto the crescent dough sheet.

• Sprinkle half of the sugar and cinnamon combination onto the dough, leaving a small border across the edges. Press down calmly to make sure the sugar combination sticks to the butter.

• Starting with the quick finish, roll the dough as tightly as potential to kind a log. Slice the dough log into 6 equal items. Place every part, cut-side down, into the ready baking dish. Repeat the method with the second can of crescent dough.

• Repeat the method with the second can of crescent dough. If there’s among the sugar combination left over on the parchment paper, sprinkle it excessive of the unbaked rolls.

• Place the rolls within the preheated oven and bake for 25 to half-hour or till golden brown.

• Whereas the rolls are baking, soften 4 tablespoons butter in a small mixing bowl. Combine the melted butter, vanilla and powdered sugar till mixed. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk till desired consistency is achieved and icing is clean.

  ¼ cup unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 ½ cups powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, extra if wanted

• Unfold the icing over heat rolls. Serve instantly.

• Baking tip: Any extra sugar combination that has spilled out whereas rolling the dough may be sprinkled excessive of the rolls as soon as they’re positioned within the dish. It creates a crunchy topping.
• Storage: For those who’re making these forward, it’s higher to retailer the cinnamon rolls earlier than you frost them. Refrigerate the frosting individually and frost the rolls after reheating them. Retailer cinnamon rolls at room temp in an hermetic container for as much as 2 days or refrigerate for as much as 5 days. Freeze in an hermetic container, wrapped in freezer wrap or freezer storage luggage for as much as 3 months.
• Reheat: Microwave the rolls for 20 to 30 seconds to reheat. Frost and serve instantly. If the rolls are already frosted, it’s possible you’ll wish to skip reheating them.

Serving: 1cinnamon roll, Energy: 279kcal, Carbohydrates: 40g, Protein: 1g, Fats: 14g, Saturated Fats: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g, Monounsaturated Fats: 3g, Trans Fats: 0.4g, Ldl cholesterol: 25mg, Sodium: 153mg, Potassium: 21mg, Fiber: 0.4g, Sugar: 34g, Vitamin A: 297IU, Vitamin C: 0.02mg, Calcium: 19mg, Iron: 0.4mg

Diet info is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

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