Kitchen Tips How To How to Make the Easiest Ever Bacon-Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls By Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves is a Senior Editor at Allrecipes with nearly two decades of experience helping home cooks gain confidence in the kitchen. A self-taught cook who grew up reading cookbooks for fun, Vanessa lives and breathes the challenges faced by busy everyday cooks to get dinner on the table. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Published on September 30, 2015 Close Photo by Vanessa Greaves. It's the most important meal of the day...right? Weekend breakfast goals: Turn ordinary refrigerated cinnamon rolls into adorable minis with the sweet-smoky-salty taste of bacon in every bite. More proof that bacon makes everything better. This happened because I wanted to do something a little special for a recent house guest, and the idea for bacon-stuffed cinnamon rolls popped into my head. The concept has been making the rounds out there on the internet, but I wanted to scale mine down and make minis so I wouldn't have to commit to eating a big ol' cinnamon roll. After all, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. My little experiment actually turned out pretty well, so I'm going to show you how to make the easiest ever bacon-stuffed cinnamon rolls. Bacon-Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls Makes 10 mini cinnamon rolls Ingredients 1 package refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing (I used a 17.5 oz package of Immaculate Baking Company Cinnamon Rolls, contains 5 rolls)10 slices bacon Photo by Vanessa Greaves. Directions 1. Put bacon on a rack in a foil-lined baking sheet and place the sheet in a cold oven. 2. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (or follow cinnamon roll package directions). Let the bacon cook for a few minutes while the oven heats up. Take it out before the bacon crisps. You want it to be cooked a bit but still nice and bendy. Remove excess grease with a paper towel. Photo by Vanessa Greaves. 3. Unroll cinnamon dough into a flat sheet. Cut strips in half widthwise. Place a piece of bacon on each dough strip. Roll up the dough to enclose the bacon. Photo by Vanessa Greaves. 4. Place rolls in a lined or greased muffin pan. Photo by Vanessa Greaves. 5. Bake according to cinnamon roll package directions. I baked these for 15-18 minutes. Vanessa Greaves 6. Let cool for a few minutes before topping with the icing that came with the rolls. Photo by Vanessa Greaves. Each cute little roll was about a 3-biter, and the bacon inside got the big wows from my breakfast crowd. Best of all, they were very easy to make. These are definitely going to make a reappearance next weekend. All photos and food styling by Vanessa Greaves Related • You might also like more ideas for turning refrigerated cinnamon roll dough into something special. • Want to make your own cinnamon rolls from scratch? Get top-rated cinnamon roll recipes, and learn how to form and bake cinnamon rolls like a pro. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit