8 Minute Mini Cinnamon Rolls are made with refrigerated dough and bake in under 10 minutes. Sweet and poppable, they'll disappear in minutes!
Once you realize you don’t have to wait for the holidays or a weekend brunch to whip up a batch of 8 minute Mini Cinnamon Rolls, the second half of your life begins.
Don’t you just want to pinch their wee, cinnamon-swirled, yeast-free cheeks?!
That’s right, no waiting for dough to double in size and rise because we’re channeling our inner Sandra Lee and taking help from the grocery store to bust these babies out in record time. All you need is a tube of crescent roll dough, butter, sugar, cinnamon — and 8 minutes.
Dare you to eat just one…!
How to Make Mini Cinnamon Rolls:
Start by smacking open a tube of crescent roll dough. (File that under top 5 most satisfying feelings in life.)
Place half the dough next to each other then pinch the seams together.
Flip then repeat.
Next, take a rolling pin then roll the dough into a smooth square about 1/4″ thick.
Brush on 1 Tablespoon butter then sprinkle with cinnamon and add a dusting of brown sugar. No need to measure, just go with your gut!
Roll the dough into a log then slice into 8 even slices.
Place the rolls into a non-stick sprayed mini muffin tin then bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.
Whee!
Aren’t they the cutest? I can’t even describe how delicious they smell warm out of the oven!
As the mini cinnamon rolls bake, mix up a quick icing made from maple syrup, powdered sugar, and a little bit of milk. While the cinnamon rolls are still warm, drizzle a teaspoon or two of the icing on top of each one.
DROOL…
These sweet and poppable bites are tiny enough to sit on a spoon but pack a cozy, cinnamon-sugar flavor punch.
I advise making a couple batches – they’ll go fast!
Enjoy!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 oz tube crescent roll dough
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
- cinnamon
- brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven according to crescent roll dough package directions. Place half the dough (4 triangles) side by side on a cutting board then pinch the seams together. Flip then pinch the seams on the back side together.
- Using a rolling pin, smooth the seams and roll the dough into a square about 1/4" thick. Brush with half the butter then sprinkle with as much cinnamon and brown sugar as you want. Roll into a log then slice into 8 pieces.
- Place each mini cinnamon roll into a non-stick sprayed mini muffin tin. Repeat steps 1 and 2 with the other half of the crescent roll dough then bake according to package directions.
- Meanwhile whisk together maple syrup and milk in a bowl. Add powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached then drizzle over warm cinnamon rolls.
Nutrition
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Found you on pinterest – these look so good – can’t wait to try them. I will be back to see what other goodies you have to share.
Me and my 5 y/o little girl made these, it took no time at all and she LOVED them. lol now we have to make some for Daddy, I suggest making this as a new bonding moment or do on family day (ours is Sunday). May God bless you all.
I made these yesterday for my son and his friend. They are so easy to make. They loved them! So did I! This is a great recipe for an afternoon snack for kids!!
Made these with my daughter at her sleep over and they were great. Thank you….
I used biscuit dough and they were still great :)
Okay so I remember way back when I was in jr. high cooking class we made something similar to these and the teacher had us use un-flavored dental floss to ‘cut’ them before cooking…it was genius! Put the floss around the roll, cross over at the top and pull.
Oh my goodness! Saw how great these looked and had to give them a try since im becoming baking-obessed & I LOVE how they turned out! You are right there is a lot of big & bold taste in such small rolls! :)
This could very well be the cutest breakfast I’ve ever seen. Yes, I do want to pinch their cheeks!
I can’t wait to make these, thank you!
These are FANTASTIC!!!!!! I will definitely make these as often as possible. My kiddos loved them.
ooooh my goodness.
We stay in South Africa and I’ve not seen that dough anywhere.. do you know what I could substitute that with?
desperately need to make this. hehe.
thank you.
How much brown sugar and cinnamon are people using? anyone using ceylon cinnamon (I just learned about it) and curious if I love cinnamon, which I do, and it is the other kind (cassia), will I like this stuff?
Probably 2 Tablespoons or so per half!
2 tbsp of each per half? (brown sugar and cinnamon) and thanks for the reply
Can i make these in a regular standard size cupcake pan?
I’m sure you can, but they might flatten a bit, and take less time to cook!
thanks for the reply, hoping to get an answer about the amount of brown sugar and cinnamon too that I asked and following up on the pan used, I am on a very strict budget, I think I will just bake them in the round cake pan I use when I bake pillsbury cinnamon rolls, more will fit in the pan of course, but that should work well too, right?
If you use a regular size muffin pan then cut the roll into half the pieces you would for the mini size. Might have to bake a bit longer also.
A regular size pan would require to cut the rolled up log into half the amount of slices.