Sometimes, you just need a Cinnabon cinnamon roll, and by need, I mean salivating and daydreaming of diving into a pool of cinnamon roll and icing goodness…okay, well maybe not that dramatic, but y’all know that stuff is stupid good and perfect for a cheat day. Unfortunately, there is no Cinnabon kiosk bakery near me, and though it would seem cinnamon rolls from the grocery store would be a poor substitute, these so aren’t.
Luckily I had Pillsbury’s Cinnabon Cinnamon rolls hanging around in my fridge, and I thought it would be cool to make mini monkey bread buns out of these. Y’all, these were so beyond easy I almost feel silly putting a recipe. These are crazy good, so soft and moist in the middle, and the icing poured on top of these, well, wow. Perfectly handheld, perfectly decadent and pretty darn cute too haha.
Our main ‘ingredient’…
Cut up the cinnamon rolls into pieces and place in your bowl…
Pour your melted butter onto the pieces…
Spoon into your tins…
Bake them up, and enjoy!!!
All that delicious icing…
- 2-Pillsbury Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll Tubes (13 Ounce).
- 2-Icing Containers (that come with the tubes).
- 1 Stick of Unsalted Butter, Melted.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray 12 muffin tins with bakers spray and set aside.
- Open the cinnamon roll tubes and set aside the icing that it comes with.
- With kitchen scissors (or your hands) cut up each cinnamon roll into 6 pieces and place in a medium bowl.
- Melt your butter and pour onto your cinnamon roll pieces and mix until all are covered.
- Spoon out your cinnamon roll pieces into your muffin tins 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake your monkey buns for 10-12 minutes depending upon how done you would like them, I took mine out at 11 minutes, and they were still slightly soft in the middle.
- Let the buns cool a little and place your icing in the microwave in 10 second increments until runny enough to spoon over your buns.
- Enjoy!!
These look delicious! I love super simple recipes like these.
Thank you! me too! and they are delicious 🙂