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Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

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Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls. Yes, I said BACON. Did you ever think anything was missing in a cinnamon roll before? Probably not, but now that you know that BACON cinnamon rolls exist, do you think you will ever eat a regular cinnamon roll again? Well, possibly, if bacon isn’t an option. However, if you could choose between the two, I’m going to bet my life that you would choose BACON!

Ingredients Needed

Cinnamon Rolls

  • 1 pkg Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls
  • 10 pieces Bacon

Making Your Own Cinnamon Rolls – if you don’t have Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls

  • 1 pkg Pillsbury Cresent Rolls
  • 8 pieces Bacon
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Cinnamon

Maple Glaze

  • 2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Butter softened
  • 1 tsp Maple Extract

Baking The Cinnamon Rolls

Maple Glaze

  • Mix powdered sugar, butter, and maple extract until smooth.

Cinnamon Rolls

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Spray baking dish or pie pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Remove cinnamon rolls from package and separate rolls.
  • One by one, unroll cinnamon roll.
  • Lay 1 piece of bacon on top of each unrolled cinnamon roll.
  • Re-roll the cinnamon roll with bacon. Place each in baking dish.
  • Repeat process until each cinnamon roll has a piece of bacon inside.
  • Bake for 25 minutes or until dough is done. The bacon will fully cook before the dough. Keep an eye on the cinnamon rolls to make sure they are not too dough-y. Let cook until flaky.
  • Pour maple glaze over warm cinnamon rolls.
  • ENJOY!

Making Your Own Cinnamon Rolls

If you don’t have Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls, you might be able to still make this recipe! Isn’t that great? Sometimes you just can’t find the cinnamon rolls at your grocery store, but that doesn’t have to stop you from eating this amazing breakfast! If you have Pillsbury Crescent Rolls on hand, you are in luck and can easily use those to make the Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls. Here is what you will need to do:

  • Lay out the crescent roll dough and pinch together the seams so that you have 1 piece of dough.
  • Mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
  • Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the dough, keeping 1/2″ clear on each of the 4 sides.
  • From bottom to top (width-wise), roll the dough up so that you create a long roll.
  • Slice the roll into similar size pieces. It should yield about 12 – 14 individual cinnamon rolls.
  • At this point, you can pick up in the cinnamon roll stage where you unroll each roll and put a piece of bacon on them and re-roll.

Dig In

When your maple bacon cinnamon rolls are finally ready, it will be difficult to eat them. Why? Because everyone is going to grab one right then and there! Normally, I plate meals for my kids before I serve myself. When it comes to these yummy rolls, it’s each man for himself! Ha, I’m kidding. Well, kind of! I will likely give them theirs first, but I will definitely slap someone’s hand if they are going for a 2nd roll and I haven’t had mine yet. When it comes to yummy food, I have no shame. No shame!

My household loves bacon and they also love the sweet taste of bread-y cinnamon rolls. If you are hooked on cinnamon rolls too, you might want to check out my recipe for a delicious cinnamon roll french toast. It’s so good. It cooks like a casserole in the oven and is super easy to make. We love having it for breakfast on holidays like Christmas and Easter. I’ve also made it just because. Because it’s just too good to wait to eat.

Check it out:

Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake

maple bacon cinnamon rolls made with pillsbury crescent rolls
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Maple Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

What would be better than Cinnamon Rolls? Maple BACON Cinnamon rolls! The sweet and savory tastes combined makes perfect sense and it's easy to make at home.
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Keyword bacon, cinnamon roll
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

Cinnamon Rolls

  • 1 pkg Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls
  • 10 pieces Bacon

Making Your Own Cinnamon Rolls – if you don't have Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls

  • 1 pkg Pillsbury Cresent Rolls
  • 8 pieces Bacon
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Cinnamon

Maple Glaze

  • 2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Butter softened
  • 1 tsp Maple Extract

Instructions

Maple Glaze

  • Mix powdered sugar, butter, and maple extract until smooth.

Cinnamon Rolls

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Spray baking dish or pie pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Remove cinnamon rolls from package and separate rolls.
  • One by one, unroll cinnamon roll.
  • Lay 1 piece of bacon on top of each unrolled cinnamon roll.
  • Re-roll the cinnamon roll with bacon. Place each in baking dish.
  • Repeat process until each cinnamon roll has a piece of bacon inside.
  • Bake for 25 minutes or until dough is done. The bacon will fully cook before the dough. Keep an eye on the cinnamon rolls to make sure they are not too dough-y. Let cook until flaky.
  • Pour maple glaze over warm cinnamon rolls.
  • ENJOY!

Making Your Own Cinnamon Rolls with Crescent Rolls

  • Lay out the crescent roll dough and pinch together the seams so that you have 1 piece of dough.
  • Mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
  • Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the dough, keeping 1/2" clear on each of the 4 sides.
  • From bottom to top (width-wise), roll the dough up so that you create a long roll.
  • Slice the roll into similar size pieces. It should yield about 12 – 14 individual cinnamon rolls.
  • At this point, you can pick up in the cinnamon roll stage where you unroll each roll and put a piece of bacon on them and re-roll.
Bread, Breakfast, Casserole, Cinnamon Roll, French Toast

Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake

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Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake is a family favorite. Kids and adults love this cinnamon roll french toast. Classic french toast with bread, egg, milk, and cinnamon cooked on a pan on the stove is a classic breakfast that everyone has loved for years. However, for a family of 4 or more, you could use an entire loaf of bread! I don’t know about you, but cooking pancakes, waffles, and french toast is stressful to me. My family is obsessed with these breakfasts and as a result, they eat A LOT. I get stressed out when making these dishes because by the time I make enough for everyone, the 1st round of pancakes, waffles, and french toast have already cooled. Wah!

Classic Breakfast Alternative

Because cooking french toast can leave some family members eating cold french toast, a yummy alternative is to bake a big enough batch at the same time. Sounds genius right? It is! Since it cooks at the same time, it’s ready at the same time. Which means everyone can eat a warm breakfast. At the same time!

This french toast casserole makes it easier for you to serve your hungry family a yummy cinnamon french toast and be able to serve it warm! You can even prepare this casserole bake the night before and won’t sacrifice the consistency or taste. Then, you can just pop it in the oven in the morning. This is perfect for holiday breakfasts like Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, etc! There is enough going on in the mornings on holidays, nobody wants to be stuck in the kitchen making breakfast. You want to enjoy your family time. Making this cinnamon roll french toast bake allows you to be part of the quality time and provide a quality meal that everyone will be thankful for.

Ingredients

  • 2 cans Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls 17.5 oz cans
  • 1/2 cup Melted Butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tbsp Flour
  • 1/2 cup Half & half
  • 3 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans Optional

How To Make

As previously mentioned, this recipe can be prepped the night before. Just get everything ready to bake and then cover tightly and refrigerate until you bake it.

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees. Melt butter and coat 9 x 13 baking dish with the melted butter. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract. Open canned cinnamon rolls and slice each roll into 8 slices. Place cinnamon roll pieces into egg mixture and coat thoroughly. Pour the pieces into the greased baking dish and spread evenly. Add remaining egg mixture to the baking dish. Sprinkle with pecans, if using. Bake in oven for 22-28 minutes or until light golden brown. Baking time can vary. Keep an eye on it after 22 minutes. When done, remove from oven. Microwave icing (that came with cinnamon rolls) for 20 seconds. Pour icing over cinnamon roll french toast bake, covering well. Serve warm and enjoy that tasty goodness of cinnamon rolls in a french toast version.

Instructions

  • *This recipe can be prepped the night before*Follow recipe through adding pecans, then cover tightly and refrigerate until you bake it.
  • Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
  • Melt butter and coat 9 x 13 baking dish with the melted butter.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract.
  • Open canned cinnamon rolls and slice each roll into 8 slices.
  • Place cinnamon roll pieces into egg mixture and coat thoroughly.
  • Pour the pieces into the greased baking dish and spread evenly.
  • Add remaining egg mixture to the baking dish.
  • Sprinkle with pecans, if using.
  • Bake in oven for 22-28 minutes or until light golden brown. Baking time can vary. Keep an eye on it after 22 minutes.
  • When done, remove from oven.
  • Microwave icing (that came with cinnamon rolls) for 20 seconds.
  • Pour icing over cinnamon roll french toast bake, covering well.
  • Serve warm.

Easy Recipe & Tastes Great!

Cinnamon Roll French Toast is an easy recipe because the Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls add most of the recipe and all you need to do is slice those up! The rest is easy-peasy as far as baking goes. Just add some cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract, cream, and eggs. Then bake and enjoy. No need to add butter or syrup, but feel free to add it if you prefer. If you keep an eye on your french toast bake ane make sure it’s not over-cooked, this will be a gooey, cinnamon-y french toast that doesn’t need anything added (except the cinnamon roll icing, of course!). I prefer to add chopped pecans or walnuts to the top before cooking. Yes, it adds some additional flavor from your favorite nuts, but it also provides a crunchy texture which is great, when you are chewing this chewy and delectable breakfast!

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Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake

Cinnamon Rolls Made Into a French Toast Bake
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Keyword breakfast bread, breakfast casserole, cinnamon roll, french toast
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

  • 2 cans Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls 17.5 oz cans
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Melted Butter
  • 3 tbsp Flour
  • 1/2 cup Half & half
  • 3 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans Optional

Instructions

  • *This recipe can be prepped the night before*
    Follow recipe through adding pecans, then cover tightly and refrigerate until you bake it.
  • Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
  • Melt butter and coat 9 x 13 baking dish with the melted butter.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract.
  • Open canned cinnamon rolls and slice each roll into 8 slices.
  • Place cinnamon roll pieces into egg mixture and coat thoroughly.
  • Pour the pieces into the greased baking dish and spread evenly.
  • Add remaining egg mixture to the baking dish.
  • Sprinkle with pecans, if using.
  • Bake in oven for 22-28 minutes or until light golden brown. Baking time can vary. Keep an eye on it after 22 minutes.
  • When done, remove from oven.
  • Microwave icing (that came with cinnamon rolls) for 20 seconds.
  • Pour icing over cinnamon roll french toast bake, covering well.
  • Serve warm.
  • ENJOY!