Mini Cinnamon Rolls
Mini cinnamon rolls come out of the oven warm and soft, before being topped with a sweet vanilla glaze. You’ll love the gooey cinnamon center of this bite-sized treat!
Ingredients
- 1 crescent roll dough sheet
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
- ½ tablespoon cinnamon 1½ teaspoons
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
Glaze
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract or maple extract
- ⅛ cup whole milk
Instructions
- Unroll the sheet of crescent dough onto a lightly floured cutting board.
- In a small bowl, mix together the softened butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon to form a paste.
- Use a spatula to spread the butter/sugar mixture over the crescent dough to the edges.
- Roll the dough up tightly into a log, rolling along the long edge so that your finished roll is about 14 inches long.
- Slice the roll into 12 even pieces.
- Place one piece of cinnamon roll into each cavity of a lightly greased mini muffin tin. As you are placing each roll into the muffin tin, press up the center of each piece gently so that the spiral of the cinnamon roll is facing up in the muffin tin rather than concave down into the muffin tin.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cinnamon rolls are lightly browned and cooked through.
- Whisk together the glaze ingredients. Dip the top of each cinnamon roll into the glaze and set on a serving platter.
Notes
This recipe can easily be doubled. One crescent roll sheet will make 12 mini cinnamon rolls.
If you don’t wish to cook these mini rolls in a mini muffin tin, you can also line them up in an 8x8 baking dish or even in a pie plate. Adjust the cooking time as needed.
When the cinnamon rolls are baking, they will rise from the highest point of the cinnamon roll in the muffin tin. If you shape them to gently pop up in the center, they will rise nicely and cook into a dome. If the center of the cinnamon roll is pressed into the muffin tin and the outer edges are higher, the cinnamon rolls will lift up around the edges, and the center will puddle in the bottom.
Oven temperatures vary and may need to be recalibrated periodically to ensure they are accurate. Make sure to check your mini cinnamon rolls at the lower end of the recommended baking time.