Cheater Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Glaze
- Author: Annie Chesson
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 12 small cinnamon rolls 1x
- 1 crescent roll seamless dough sheet
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar
- For the glaze:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees
- Lightly flour a surface of your counter and lay your crescent roll sheet out
- Using a pastry brush, brush enough butter across the top of the dough sheet to liberally coat it – about 2 tablespoons or so (you will use the rest later)
- On top of the butter, spread your pumpkin across in an even layer
- On top of that, evenly sprinkle across your cinnamon and your sugar
- Roll it up (longways, not short ways, so that it’s one long “tube” rather than a fat, short one)
- Slice off the ends to make it neat and clean, and slice into cinnamon rolls (about 1 inch – maybe a little more. It will make about 12 rolls, give or take a few)
- Butter an 11×7 inch baking dish, and add the cinnamon rolls to it
- Brush the remaining butter over top of each roll and bake for about 20 minutes (maybe a little less, maybe a little more) – until the tops of the cinnamon rolls are golden brown
- Meanwhile, make your glaze
- Melt your butter in a microwave safe bowl
- To the melted butter, whisk in your maple syrup and your powdered sugar
- When the cinnamon rolls come out of the oven, coat with the glaze, and you’re ready to serve! These are by FAR best served warm, so I would recommend either eating them fresh, or popping them in the microwave before serving
- *Notes: these are small cinnamon rolls since you aren’t working with as much dough, so don’t let that surprise you! You don’t need to use an 11×7 baking dish – you can really use anything. They fit nicely in an 11×7, but if you don’t have it – no biggie. If you can’t find the seamless sheet of dough, you can use regular crescent roll dough and just pinch together the perforated triangles so there are no seams.
