Fast Croissant Cinnamon Rolls (Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls) are the proper deal with and are prepared in about 25 minutes.
Prepared-made croissant dough is the perfect shortcut to creating crispy on the surface, and gooey on the within, sugar-coated cinnamon rolls. Did I point out the delectable caramelised base?
Made in a muffin tin they’re much like Cruffins however with out the additional uncovered pastry layers. Serve heat for the last word consuming expertise!
Recipe Background
This recipe was impressed by Gail’s Bakery Cinnamon Buns and Waitrose Cinnamon Croissant Cups which each use croissant dough.
Conventional Cinnamon Rolls are made with enriched yeast-leavened sheets of dough unfold with a skinny layer of butter and a cinnamon-sugar combination.
Cinnamon Buns are comparable however extra bread-like, much like Chelsea Buns though twisted and topped with icing/frosting and might include nuts.
The phrases have been interchanged over time so it usually is dependent upon the place you reside as to what they’re referred to as. Oh and let’s not neglect they’re incessantly referred to as Cinnamon Swirls too!
Making the enriched yeasted dough is time-consuming so I had the concept to make use of ready-made croissant dough to hurry up the method.
Being half Danish I grew up loving flaky, crispy Danish Cinnamon Rolls referred to as Kanelsnegl. Like salty liquorice and pickled herring, the love of cinnamon appears to be in my DNA!
So, when Gail’s Bakery opened a retailer in my city not too long ago I headed there on a mission to strive their Cinnamon Buns. Sadly, the final one was offered earlier than my eyes and I got here away empty-handed!
With an all-out cinnamon craving, I headed to Morrisons and acquired 2 Cinnamon Swirls. They have been the worst pastries I’d ever had and didn’t hit the spot!
I did get to strive a Gail’s Cinnamon Bun on one other event and it lived as much as all expectations!
Nevertheless, ever budget-conscious I made a decision to give you these fast cheat’s do-it-yourself cinnamon rolls.
Why You Ought to Make This Recipe
- Fast and Straightforward Recipe: get pleasure from consuming Cinnamon Rolls in about 25 minutes. That’s faster than going out to purchase them.
- Funds-Pleasant: you can also make 8 Fast Croissant Cinnamon Rolls for about the identical worth as only one from a bakery.
- Style Higher than store/bakery purchased: nothing beats still-warm Cinnamon Rolls, recent from the oven. My daughter mentioned my model was higher than Gail’s so the heat makes all of the distinction.
- Preserve for Days: you may retailer and reheat for that just-baked style.
- Tea-time Emergency: a terrific recipe to rustle up for sudden guests who want a candy deal with.
- Smaller: these cinnamon rolls are smaller than bakery or grocery store ones so that they have fewer energy. Mine have 314 kcal, Gail’s 443 kcal, and Waitrose 394 kcal.
How one can Make Fast Croissant Cinnamon Rolls
The complete recipe is on the backside of this web page.
Components
You solely want 5 easy components to make these fast cinnamon rolls:
- Can of Croissant Dough: I used Jus-Rol. When you’re throughout the pond use a can of crescent rolls or a crescent dough sheet from Pillsbury.
- Gentle Muscovado Sugar: you could possibly additionally use gentle brown sugar but it surely has much less depth of flavour.
- Golden Caster Sugar: you can too use white caster sugar. When you’re within the US use granulated sugar.
- Melted Unsalted Butter: use calmly salted butter for those who want.
- Floor Cinnamon: When you can, use Ceylon cinnamon because it’s higher high quality and more healthy than Cassia. Examine the label.
Technique
- Warmth oven to 200°C, 180°C fan, 390°F, Gasoline Mark 6.
- Grease 8 holes in a muffin tray with butter.
- Unroll the croissant dough and lower it in half to kind 2 lengthy rectangles (throughout the shortest size).
- Pinch the perforations within the dough collectively to shut.
- Paint the melted butter onto the dough sheets with a pastry brush.
- Combine the sunshine Muscovado, golden caster sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar combination onto the melted butter.
- Use a dough scraper to create a good layer of the brown sugar combination and press into the butter.
- Roll every sheet of croissant dough up into a decent log.
- Use a dough scraper or a really sharp knife to chop every log into 4 equal rolls.
- Pull the unfastened finish of every croissant roll and tuck it beneath itself with somewhat push.
- Place the rolls into the greased muffin tray and bake for 12 – 14 minutes or till darkish golden brown.
- Take away from the oven and permit to chill for two minutes.
- Then flip every cinnamon roll on its aspect with a palette knife (to cease them from sticking) and permit them to chill for an additional 2 minutes.
- In the meantime, combine the remaining golden caster sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
- Toss the nice and cozy cinnamon rolls within the cinnamon sugar to coat completely.
- Place croissant cinnamon rolls onto a cooling rack and serve whereas nonetheless heat.
Can You Make These Forward of Time?
Sure, you may put together the cinnamon dough the day earlier than.
Unbaked rolls ought to be saved (spaced aside) in an hermetic container lined with parchment paper and stored within the fridge.
Then bake if you end up prepared.
Storage
Any leftover cinnamon rolls might be saved in an hermetic container the place they are often stored for as much as 3 days.
They are often loved chilly or reheated.
Reheating
One of the best ways to reheat cinnamon rolls is by sprinkling them with somewhat water and reheating them in an air fryer.
Preheat the air fryer for 4 minutes at 180C, 355F, then bake for 4 minutes. You can even reheat them in an oven however that’s much less cost-efficient.
Don’t heat rolls within the microwave as they’ll flip leathery and completely disappointing.
Variations
Listed here are some alternate options to the cinnamon sugar filling that you could possibly strive:
- Grated marzipan and flaked almonds.
- Mincemeat with grated marzipan.
- Chocolate unfold or grated chocolate.
- Jam or jelly, my Apricot Jam can be nice.
- Lemon curd or any fruit curd.
- As a substitute of cinnamon sugar, prime with a cream cheese glaze or icing (powdered sugar glaze).
- Add pecan nuts.
- For a savoury model use Ham and Cheddar cheese, pesto and mozzarella and so forth.
Try these recipes for extra methods to make use of up croissants or croissant dough:
My household thinks these are the very best cinnamon rolls they’ve ever tasted so I can’t advocate them extremely sufficient.
I’m positive you’ll love these simple croissant cinnamon rolls too however don’t blame me for those who get addicted!
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Fast Croissant Cinnamon Rolls
Fast Croissant Cinnamon Rolls are what you make when don’t have time to make cinnamon rolls from scratch. Better of all you may eat them whereas they’re nonetheless heat, crispy and gooey!
Tools
12 Gap muffin tin
Massive pastry brush
Ramekin
small whisk
Tablespoon
Dough scraper
Medium bowl
Nylon Palette knife
Wire cooling rack
Components
For the cinnamon rolls
- 340 g can of croissant dough or crescent roll dough
- 60 g gentle brown Muscovado sugar
- 30 g golden caster sugar
- 2 tsp floor cinnamon
For the cinnamon sugar coating
- 50 g golden caster sugar
- 1 tsp floor cinnamon
Directions
Pre-heat the oven to 200°C, 180°C fan, 390° F Gasoline Mark 6.
Grease 8 holes of a muffin tin with butter being positive to incorporate the highest edges.
Unroll croissant dough onto worktop and lower down the center with a dough scraper to present 2 items.
Pinch collectively the perforations to eradicate all of the holes within the dough sheets.
Utilizing a pastry brush, paint the melted butter onto the dough sheets.
In a bowl, combine the sunshine Muscovado sugar, caster sugar and cinnamon along with a small whisk (to eliminate any lumps).
Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar evenly over the dough sheets with a tablespoon.
Even out with a dough scraper and use it to press the cinnamon sugar into the melted butter.
Roll the dough sheets up tightly from the shortest size to kind 2 logs.
Then use the dough scraper (or a pointy knife) to chop every log into 4 equal rolls.
Stretch out the unfastened ends of every roll and tuck beneath while pushing up barely. If wanted, fan out the layers of dough with a knife in the event that they’ve clumped collectively.
Place cinnamon rolls into the ready muffin tin after which bake within the oven for 12 – 14 minutes till darkish golden brown.
Take away from the oven and permit to chill for two minutes.
Then use a palette knife to show every cinnamon roll on its aspect (to cease them sticking to the tin) and permit them to chill for an additional 2 minute.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon collectively for the coating.
Roll every croissant cinnamon roll within the cinnamon sugar to evenly coat.
Then place on a wire rack.
Serve heat for the very best consuming expertise however will also be loved chilly.
Notes
- When you can’t pay money for caster sugar, use granulated sugar as a substitute.
- When you use Pillsbury crescent roll sheets you could want to extend the cinnamon sugar and butter filling by a 3rd and improve the baking time. Jus-Rol croissant dough has sufficient dough for six croissants and Pillsbury crescent roll dough has sufficient for 8 crescent rolls.