Perfectly flaky crescent rolls with a cinnamon sugar filling and sweet vanilla glaze. This delicious recipe will become one of your favorite crescent roll desserts!
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Easy Dessert in 20 minutes
Do you ever find yourself craving dessert late at night but don’t feel like baking up a storm? These dessert crescent rolls are the PERFECT treat and are easy to whip up! :)
I made these cinnamon crescent rolls yesterday and they were such a yummy treat. The boys loved them and were begging for seconds. These were seriously very easy to make and it’s the perfect treat to let your kids help out with.
With this recipe, you can have a yummy dessert prepared and cooked in 20 minutes. They’re perfectly flaky, with a delicious cinnamon sugar filling and sweet glaze. Similar flavor to a cinnamon roll or cruffin, but easier and more flaky!
If you’re a fan of all things cinnamon and sugar, you’ll love my easy homemade churros, monkey bread, cinnamon oat baked apples, cinnamon swirl bread and cinnamon roll sugar cookies.
Ingredients
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Pillsbury crescent rolls: You can find these in a can in the refrigerator section.
- Butter: This will add great flavor and help bind the sugar and cinnamon.
- Brown sugar: This will make the sweet filling even more delicious.
- Cinnamon: This adds the perfect flavor and replicate a cinnamon roll.
- Powdered sugar glaze: just powdered sugar and milk to create this easy powdered sugar icing.
How to Make Cinnamon Crescent Rolls
Step 1: Preheat oven and prepare baking sheet
Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll out the crescent dough and lay on top of the baking sheet.
Step 2: Spread filling on crescents
Mix together butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Using a spoon, spread the filling on top of crescent dough. Then roll up the crescents and place on baking sheet with seams down.
Step 3: Bake crescents
Bake the cinnamon crescent rolls for 9-12 minutes, or until tops are lightly golden.
Step 4: Drizzle with glaze
Whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Then once the crescents have slightly cooled, drizzle glaze on top. Serve and enjoy!
Crescent Roll Desserts Variations
- Add chocolate chips or Nutella to make a delicious chocolatey version. It has similar flavors as my chocolate chip cinnamon rolls, but made with less work and time.
- Add nuts or chopped fruit for more flavor and texture.
- Other yummy toppings: powdered sugar, cream cheese glaze, caramel or melted chocolate.
- Can also make a variation for Nutella crescent rolls. Check out the ingredients and instructions in the recipe card below.
- Another fun variation is to make a cheesecake filling by spreading cream cheese on top of the dough before adding the brown sugar. You could even add some diced strawberries.
- I love using Pillsbury crescent roll dough for convenience just like with my crescent roll pizza recipe, but feel free to use homemade dough if desired
Storage and Reheating
- Storage: Add to an airtight container or zip top bag and store in fridge for 2-3 days.
- Freezing: Wrap each crescent individually in foil, then place in a freezer bag. Store in freezer for 1-2 months.
- Reheating: Reheat in the oven at 300°F until warm for best results (about 3-5 minutes).
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Cinnamon Crescent Rolls
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Ingredients
- 8 ounce package Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls (8 rolls)
Filling:
- ¼ cup butter , softened
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 Tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract , optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll out the crescents and lay them on the baking sheet or counter.
- Mix together the butter, brown sugar and ground cinnamon. Spread the filling on top of the crescent rolls with a spoon. You may not use it all. Then roll up and place on sheet with seams down.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges.
- Whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Once the crescents have slightly cooled, drizzle glaze on top. Enjoy while warm.
Notes
- Feel free to use homemade dough if desired.
- Can add in extras like chocolate chips, nuts or chopped fruit before you roll.
- Other yummy toppings: powdered sugar, caramel or melted chocolate.
- Freezing: Wrap each crescent individually in foil, then place in a freezer bag. Store in freezer for 1-2 months.
- Reheating: Reheat in the oven at 300°F until warm for best results (about 3-5 minutes).
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Categorized as: American, Biscuits + Rolls, Bread, Freezer-Friendly, Nut-Free
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
Very good 👍
I made it and found out I was short on cinnamon so I filled in with a little allspice and nutmeg along with the cinnamon and they were delicious! I’m going to make them again today. My husband loves them.
That sounds so delicious and the perfect variation for the holidays!
Great, simple recipe! My first batch was good & now my batch is better! Thank you
You’re welcome, Russell! So glad you enjoyed the recipe :)
These were so good I had to try a variation so I added an apple slices to each with the sugar cinnamon
Oh my goodness they were delicious, and gone before I knew it. Thanks.
What an amazing idea! I’m going to try that next time :)
I also add apples
Yum!
Quick, tasty, comforting dessert that I made for my hubby and me.
I followed your instructions + added chopped walnuts to the butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.
Thank you for this tasty dessert in a pinch!
Yum, chopped walnuts sound like a delicious addition. I’m so glad you and your hubby enjoyed the recipe :)
Wonderful recipe and my family are dessert junkies so these are quick and easy. I added a small slice of cold cream cheese at the wide part of roll. Yummy! Thanks so much for sharing
Cream cheese sounds like a delicious addition! So happy to hear the recipe was a hit with your family :)
Was very easy & good !!
So glad you liked them!
These are AMAZING and so quick and easy to make!!!
So glad you liked them! :)
Can you use cinnamon sugar instead of brown sugar?
Yes you could :)
Thank you. Making as I text.
Hope you enjoy! :)
Literally SOOOO AMAAAZING! Fav food!
I’m so happy you love them! :)
I really expected these to be sweeter than they were. More like a cinnamon roll, but they just were not. They were easy enough to make, maybe if I try this recipe again, I’ll sprinkle sugar over them after I glaze them.
It was the closest thing to heaven & so simple, easy & fast! Enjoyed by the whole family with only one request, to make 2 batches next time! 🤤 HA! 🤣😂
I’m so happy to hear your family loved it!! :)
I did something completely wrong here.. all of my filling bubbled out and now my crescent rolls are sitting in puddles. Do you happen to know what I may have done wrong? :-(
The filling does come out a bit, but it shouldn’t all come out. You could try putting more of the filling in the center of the dough instead of covering the whole piece of dough and that could help.
I LOVED this recipe! So quick and easy to make! For the icing, I used half & half instead of milk for a thicker consistency. I also tried two batches: one like the recipe suggests and then one with mini marshmallows inside for “Hocus Pocus” rolls and they came out AMAZING! Definitely a favorite dessert in our household now. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Thank you for leaving a comment Jamie. :)
It’s a great recipe !!
Huge hit! Everyone loved it!!
I haven’t made it yet, this is the first time I’ve been to this site, it looks amazing!!
It was simple to make and very good our family likes it better than the store bought
I’m so happy to hear you love them! :)