Easy Cinnamon Rolls

***UPDATE – See this post about our new eating habits. (7/10/11)

I found myself with an overabundance of crescent rolls that I needed to get rid of. I also found myself with a craving for cinnamon rolls. How convenient! I love when stuff like that happens. These little gems are so quick you’ll be totally amazed. Your kids will think you hung the moon when you tell them you MADE cinnamon rolls instead of BAKED them. Well, you baked them too. Hmmm. Nevermind. Homemade cinnamon rolls blow these out of the water, but these are still very tasty and good for a quick breakfast. Maybe I’ll tackle homemade cinnamon rolls in another post. 🙂

You’ll need only a few things – crescent rolls, sugar, cinnamon, confectioners sugar, vanilla, and milk. That’s it. Stuff you probably already have. A house is just not a home without cinnamon sugar.

Get your dough out of the can. Seriously, it makes me scream every time. I know it’s coming, but I just can’t help it. I’m wincing the whole time I’m opening it and I STILL jump and holler. Stupid cans. I hate them. Anyway, unroll your dough. This was a dough sheet, so if you have a normal can you will have to pinch all the seems together. Something about pinching dough is so much fun. Get out all your frustrations now!

Mix up your sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Take a big whiff! Don’t get too close, or you might whiff some up your nose….not like I’ve ever done that or anything. I just heard some people do. *Cough*

Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar evenly over the dough. It will seem like a lot, but it’s not too much. Trust me. In the wise words of Pioneer Woman “If some is good, more is better.”

Now, roll the dough back up……so that it looks just like it did when it came out of the stupid roll that made you scream.

Your ends might be poking out. I hate when my end pokes out…..but that’s not a topic of discussion right now. Back to the dough! Just take your hand and push it back in.

I like to cut my dough with my tomato knife. I use it for most of my dough cutting……and I cut a lot of dough up in here. Any serrated knife will do. If you don’t have one, stop reading and go get one NOW – or wait for a yard sale. You can also use dental floss. You can see that demonstrated here but pretend she’s talking about cinnamon rolls and not cookies. Then, go make some cookies.

I always use my 9 inch pan. I have no idea why. I could use 8 and it would work wonderfully…..but I always use the 9 inch. Like I said, I have no idea why. But spray it so they won’t stick.

Put your cut slices into the pan. They look sorta little. No worries! The oven will create some kind of supernatural magic and they’ll get all poofy and beautiful. Pop them in the oven and let the magic happen.

See! How cute! But they’re naked. And we can’t be having naked cinnamon rolls just running around. I think that’s illegal.

In the same bowl you used for the cinnamon sugar (we sure don’t want to dirty another bowl for Pete’s sake!) combine the confectioner’s sugar, vanilla, and milk. Use your mini whisk to get it nice and smooth. You have  mini whisk, right? RIGHT?!

You can pour this glaze over them if you like. Or you can be like me.

For some reason, I like to drizzle. It’s a disease. I make a huge mess, but then I just lick my fingers. Okay, so I guess that’s why I drizzle – more lickage opportunities.

And there ya have it! They won’t last long. Annie ate two! I ate three, but who’s counting? I don’t know how many Barry ate. I was just concerned with making sure I got to eat three. Don’t be taking my cinnamon rolls.

*See below recipe for this week’s giveaway.