Straightforward Cinnamon Roll Casserole – My Baking Dependancy

Use canned cinnamon rolls and apple pie filling to make this simple cinnamon roll casserole. This easy and scrumptious breakfast is fast to make, however can be made the night time earlier than you propose to serve it for a fair simpler morning.

In case you’ve been round right here for some time, you understand that my household loves breakfast casseroles.

My household loves them as a result of they’re scrumptious. I like them as a result of they’re additionally simple to make and so they’re the proper make-ahead breakfast or brunch merchandise.

To me, there’s nothing higher than having the ability to get breakfast prep out of the way in which the night time earlier than. I don’t need to have to determine how one can cobble collectively breakfast earlier than I’ve even had my espresso.

My Christmas morning breakfast casserole and make-ahead breakfast casserole are two of my favourite savory recipes, and this cinnamon roll casserole is my new favourite candy breakfast casserole.

What’s cinnamon roll casserole?

Cinnamon roll casserole is simply the following manner I’m taking store-bought cinnamon rolls and turning them into one thing even higher.

(In case you haven’t tried my cinnamon rolls with heavy cream but, you gotta!)

This easy recipe is sort of a cinnamon roll model of french toast casserole. As a substitute of utilizing bread as the bottom of the casserole, we use canned cinnamon rolls.

I wish to amp issues up much more by including apple pie filling to present the casserole much more taste and a little bit of a fall twist.

Pour over a custard such as you’d use for french toast or croissant bread pudding, let it relaxation, and bake it up! End it with the icing that got here with the cinnamon rolls and also you’ve bought a breakfast dish that can put a smile on everybody’s face.

How you can make my simple cinnamon roll casserole recipe

You’ll solely want just a few easy substances and about 10 minutes of hands-on time to assemble this cinnamon roll casserole.

Elements you’ll want

To make this recipe, you will want:

• 2 (12.4 ounce) cans refrigerated cinnamon rolls
• 1 (21-ounce) can apple pie filling
• 4 giant eggs
• ⅔ cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon apple pie spice
• Pinch of salt

Yep, we’re utilizing refrigerated cinnamon rolls for this one. You don’t need to get fancy right here—I usually use the “authentic” Pillsbury cinnamon rolls. If you would like, be at liberty to make use of those with cream cheese frosting, the buttermilk model, and so on.

I like to make use of heavy cream on this casserole to make it additional wealthy. It’s additionally much like simple monkey bread—the heavy cream does one thing magical that makes the refrigerated dough style even higher after baking.

A little bit of apple pie spice provides much more taste to the custard. In case you don’t have any, be at liberty to make use of cinnamon as a substitute.

Making this recipe

Pop open each cans of cinnamon rolls and put aside the included icing packets. We’ll use these later.

Separate the cinnamon rolls and reduce every one into quarters. Add the entire items to a greased 9×13-inch baking dish. Stir within the apple pie filling.

In a bowl or giant measuring cup, whisk collectively the eggs, cream, vanilla, apple pie spice, and salt. As soon as that is nicely mixed, pour the egg combination over the cinnamon roll combination. Give it a fast stir simply to ensure every thing is nicely coated within the custard.

Let the casserole relaxation at room temperature for half-hour earlier than baking at 350°F for 35-40 minutes. When it’s performed, the highest might be golden brown and the middle might be set.

Let the casserole cool for 5-10 minutes, then high with the reserved icing.

Serve the cinnamon roll breakfast casserole heat, topping with maple syrup if desired. It’s the proper candy chew alongside maple black pepper bacon and breakfast potatoes.

Make-ahead directions

Need to save a while? Assemble the casserole the night time earlier than, stopping after you pour the custard over the cinnamon roll combination.

Cowl the pan tightly with plastic wrap or aluminum foil and place it within the fridge in a single day.

The subsequent morning, let the casserole relaxation at room temperature whereas the oven preheats. Bake and end with the icing packets as directed. (Ensure you retailer the icing packets within the fridge in a single day, too!)