These Easy Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls are made with store-bought crescent roll dough and a few basic pantry staples to make the best gooey cinnamon rolls with minimal effort! A great, quick and easy sweet treat for breakfast, dessert, or celebrating holidays with family.
1 tubeof crescent rolls in a tube(Pillsbury is vegan)
2Tablespoonsof vegan butterdivided
½ teaspoonof cinnamon
1Tablespoonof brown sugar
3Tablespoonsof powdered sugar
1 Tablespoonof soy/almond/rice milk
1teaspoonof vanilla
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Pop open the crescent rolls and roll the dough into a ball, kneading it to work out the perforations.
Using a rolling pin, roll it out into a rectangle.
Spread 1 tablespoon of margarine over the dough. In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon, and then sprinkle it onto the margarine.
Roll the dough up into a long roll and use a sharp knife to cut it into 1-inch discs.
Put the discs into a lightly oiled muffin tin (a baking sheet will do if you're short a muffin tin), and bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Set aside.
While cooking, mix the margarine and 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar with a hand mixer (by hand is fine, too). Alternate milk, remaining sugar, and vanilla, beating until smooth. Add more plant-based milk or sugar to get the consistency you prefer.
Frost the cinnamon rolls.
Notes
Use a very sharp knife to cut the rolls. If the knife is dull, the cinnamon roll dough will squish down and the filling will likely spill out. A serrated knife can be useful to cut the dough with very little pressure.
Bake until just golden brown. Over baked crescent rolls can become dry, hard, and crumbly in texture. Begin to check the cinnamon rolls around the 12-minute mark and monitor closely. Once the rolls become lightly golden, pull them from the oven. As they cool they will continue to cook!
Cut into 9 rolls. The bake time for these cinnamon rolls is based on cutting the crescent rolls dough into 9 rolls. If you choose to cut them into more or less rolls, the bake time will need to be adjusted accordingly.