Crescent Roll Breakfast Rings are easy to make and are filled with great ingredients. Perfect treats and all throughout the year.
This is an important month for me. It is six years ago this month that I posted my first recipe on Vegan In The Freezer. I never, in my life, thought that such a job could be so rewarding and fulfilling.
It seems every day is spoken for but I love everything that is involved. The extra bonus is you, the reader. You who have welcomed me with open arms and offered me so many warm compliments.
Your humor has been a pleasant surprise too. So I say, thank your friends. A little gift for you is this easy and delicious breakfast recipe that I am sure you will love - Crescent Roll Breakfast Rings!
Easy to make and they look very impressive. Tastes darn good too.
This Crescent Roll Breakfast starts with Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. They are vegan but make sure you buy the low-fat ones because then they will not have any trans fats.
Of course, you can use any vegan crescent rolls that you prefer. This is just one that is readily available.
These bakery goodies are easy to make and are filled with a few ingredients that blend perfectly together. Your breakfast will be 'the best'.
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Crescent Roll Breakfast Rings Hints and Tips
Just follow the instructions step by step. The process really easy especially because of the ready-made dough.
You use the rolls as a flat sheet, not to roll up. It's really a wonderful way to use this delicious dough and turn it into a pastry treat.
In the first process, add the required ingredients into a small to a medium-sized saucepan. Heat over medium-high heat just until the sugar is melted.
When you twist the strips before making into a ring don't stretch it. Just lightly twist a couple of times in the opposite direction and then bring around to a circle.
What I mean by 'twist a couple of times in the opposite direction' is this. Take hold of one end with your hand and the other end with your other hand. Now twist one hand forward while twisting the other hand backwards. There! It's twisted.
No need to speed through any of the steps. Nothing can go wrong.
Easy Mini Cinnamon Rolls can be made for the holidays too or year-round. Try not to eat too many.
What Can Be Used Instead of Walnuts?
If you don't like walnuts then there are many others you can try. Almonds, pecans and pine nuts come to mind.
Pine nuts are actually seeds but if your allergic to nuts you still may be allergic to pine nuts so be careful.
I can't really think of a seed that would be a good substitute. Offhand, the only one I can think of that are in a bigger size are pepitas or pumpkin seeds. Not sure they'd work though. If you're game to try it then please go ahead.
Helpful Tools for Making Crescent Roll Breakfast Rings:
- A Classic Rolling Pin will last more than a lifetime.
- This Stainless Steel 1 qt. Saucepan is a very handy small size.
- A nice sharp little Paring Knife will do the trick when slicing the strips.
Crescent rolls are so easy to work with and there is an array of ideas for different types of recipes. Here are a couple you might be interested in.
Crescent Roll Recipes!
- Crescent Roll Pesto Appetizers are a surprise and so very good.
- You can even make cute Mini Cinnamon Rolls in no time.
📋 Recipe
Crescent Roll Breakfast Rings
Ingredients
- 16 ounces crescent rolls 2 - 8 cans ounce crescent rolls
- 1 ½ cup walnuts finely chopped
- ¼ cup dairy-free milk
- ½ teaspoon organic vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon sugar, organic
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
For the Glaze
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon dairy-free butter
Instructions
- Mix walnuts, almond milk, vanilla extract, sugar, ground cinnamon, and maple syrup in a small saucepan.
- Heat to melt the sugar and blend all ingredients. Set aside and let cool.
- Open one can of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls and layout on a lightly floured surface.
- Press the seams together and press out with your fingers or a rolling pin to 14" x 8" rectangle.
- Spread the walnut mixture, that is in the pan, evenly over the whole surface.
- Unroll the other can of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls onto a piece of waxed paper or parchment paper.
- Seal perforations and press out with fingers or a rolling pin to a 14" x 8" rectangle.
- Pick up the waxed paper carefully and invert it over the prepared dough that is spread with the walnut filling.
- Remove the waxed paper, carefully.
- Press and seal all the edges.
- Cut crosswise into 8 strips along the short side so that the strips are 8" long.
- Twist each strip and bring around the ends and seal into a circle.
- Lay on an ungreased Baking Sheet.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes until light golden brown.
For the Glaze:
- While baking -
- In a small saucepan add the maple syrup and vegan butter. Heat through.
- When the rings come out brush each one generously with the glaze.
Heather @ Sugar Dish Me
Ginny Ginny Ginny!!!
Okay first of all I love your blog to bits but I love these crescent rings EVEN MORE!!! Wow!! Talk about a viral recipe! I already plastered these on Pinterest & Facebook and they will grace my kitchen soon! Happy 1 year anniversary!!! What you've accomplished in 12 months is amazing and I can't wait to see what you do with the year to come!
Ginny McMeans
Thank you so much for all your support and good words. It means the world to me.
Ginny McMeans
Thank you so much! I appreciate your time in telling me. It fills up my heart.
Ginny McMeans
Thank you so much Camille!
The Peace Patch
Congratulations on your blog-iversary! I've only just discovered your blog and ohgoodgolly it's superamazing! Beautifully designed and photographed and all sorts of vegan yumfulness. Thanks for the recipe...I'm off to explore some more! 🙂
Heather
Thanks for linking these up at Saturday Night Fever Ginny! You know I LOVE this recipe!!!
Lynn
This sounds great but I sure wish there were pictures showing how to cut the strips and assemble. I have read it over and over and still not sure about how to make it.
Ginny McMeans
Thank you so much!!! This kind of support really fills up my heart!
Ginny McMeans
My pleasure Heather! Thanks for letting me know about it.
Ginny McMeans
I am so sorry. I never thought of that. I will include pictures for this sort of thing in the future.
Lisa
Are you going to be able to put some basic nutritional info in the blog at some pont in the future?
Ginny McMeans
Yes, Lisa. I am actually working on it right now. I hope to get it on my new recipes and then work backwards and add it to all of my older recipes. Thanks for asking.
DeAnne
Just made them for breakfast in bed. Yummy! My first time - it was a little difficult to twist but maybe that comes w/ practice. made them w/ only 1 cup of nuts and used pecans because that's what I had. Definitely spread it so it's not thicker in spots. Very good and I'll make them again. Thanks!
Ginny McMeans
First - Breakfast in Bed! You lucky stiff 🙂 I think pecans would be great in there and thanks for letting me know how much you enjoyed them.
Demeter
What a great breakfast to wake up to! Who doesn't love cinnamon in the morning?!? I love that it's an on the go option too.
Sarah Newman
Mmm what a great holiday recipe! I need to find some GF/vegan crescent rolls. 😀
Chichi
THese look great. I love anything with cinnamon in it.
Amy Nash
These are so cute! I might have to make these for Christmas breakfast!
Natalia
I love everything with cinnamon, but these cinnamon rings look irresistible!
Iryna
What a great recipe for comforting Sunday breakfast. Love anything with walnuts and these crescent rolls look like something my kids would devour.
Adrianne
I am loving vegan recipes lately, so thank-you as this is a good one that I can give a go on the weekend. Congrats on the 6 yrs, long stint and lots of hard work, well done!
Ben Myhre
These look delicious and look like a perfect way to start the morning. Thank you so much for sharing.
Chef Markus Mueller
These look phenomenal! The perfect addition to my brunch spread tomorrow! Now to see if I can rustle up everything i need to make these with by morning.
Kim @ Three Olives Branch
How cute! I love how festive they are. So perfect for the holidays!
Sharon
Hi! the rolls were very good, but I had trouble twisting and getting them into a ring without all the nut mixture falling out. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to seal the edges on the sides after I cut them? Thanks!
Ginny McMeans
Hi Sharon! Thank you and I'm so glad you made them. No, you don't need to seal them. The pretty part is that they do have those openings when baked. I'm sure you're not doing anything wrong. I'm just super careful for my photos and maybe I took longer in the twisting part. Maybe do this - have one sheet down and sprinkle on the mixture then lay down the other sheet. Now lightly press down all over the top sheet so that the mixture is getting imprinted a bit into the dough. This will probably keep a lot of it where it belongs when you twisting. Some will come out, I'm sure, but just tuck it back in, lightly on the edges. My photos were from two different batches and I can see that some are on the outside after baked, on all of the pics. So they don't have to be super neat. Maybe only a few twists too. Like maybe two twists in the opposite direction.
Fred
I wasn’t aware crescents were vegan????
Ginny McMeans
Yes, they are Fred. You do have to check the label to make sure that the one you're looking at is vegan but if it's the Pillsbury one then yes. Buy the low-fat ones so you don't get the trans fats.
Vicki
I don’t eat vegan. Can I use real milk.
Ginny McMeans
You sure can Vicki but you should try plant-based milk. They are delicious and so much better for you. I love all of Silk's milk.
Terri Lindemann
Hi! Ingredients lists cinnamon, but it isn't in the recipe. 🙂 We are carrying on and they look amazing!
Ginny McMeans
Great Terri and thanks! I'll get that fixed right now.
Kay
Hi Ginny, it would be nice to either have a video or step by step photos of this recipe. Thanks.
Ginny McMeans
I agree Kay. I'm working through all of my recipes adding photos and sometimes a video.
Lauren
Made them using regular ingredients and they are yummy as well!
Lucy
I made these today and am happily munching away. I didn't do the twisting step, just rolled them up.
Sandy
These couldn't have been simpler. I remember making something like this years ago. Maybe it was this recipe 🙂 Anyway, they were a delicious treat.