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How To Make Millionaire’s Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

Millionaire’s Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
In our opinion, the weekend is the perfect time for all kinds of relaxing. Binging the new season of Outer Banks, taking care of some online shopping, and making breakfast in bed. The perfect day-off breakfast? A millionaire's bacon cinnamon roll recipe. Millionaire's bacon is when you get a sweet glaze by adding something sugary to the bacon before you fry it. It's the perfect mix of salty and sweet, and crunchy and soft, for a breakfast that everyone will love. Keep reading to learn how to hack a can of store-bought cinnamon rolls.

Everything You Need For Millionaire’s Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

How To Make Millionaire\u2019s Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

One word: yum.

ingredients for the cinnamon rolls

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound thick-cut bacon
  • Brown sugar
  • Cayenne pepper
  • Black pepper
  • 1 can of store-bought cinnamon rolls
sprinkling the bacon with spices

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay the bacon on the parchment in a single layer. Sprinkle with brown sugar, cayenne pepper and black pepper. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden and crispy. Remove from the oven and let cool. Chop bacon into small pieces and set aside.
  2. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove the cinnamon rolls from the can. Unroll each roll completely, top the dough with bacon pieces and roll back up again. Place five rolls in a greased cake pan and top with additional pieces of bacon.
  3. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from the oven and top with icing and more bacon! Enjoy!
crispy bacon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay the bacon on the parchment in a single layer. Sprinkle with brown sugar, cayenne pepper and black pepper.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden and crispy. Remove from the oven and let cool. Chop bacon into small pieces and set aside.

stuffing the millionaire's bacon into the cinnamon roll

Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove the cinnamon rolls from the can. Unroll each roll completely and top the dough with bacon pieces.

putting the cinnamon rolls in the pan

Roll back up again. Place five rolls in a greased cake pan and top with additional pieces of bacon. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown.

adding icing and more millionaire's bacon

Remove from the oven and top with icing and more bacon!

finished cinnamon rolls

Serve the rolls with orange juice and… more bacon (duh!).

millionaire's bacon cinnamon rolls

That’s some ooey, gooey cinnamon roll goodness right there.

millionaire's bacon cinnamon rolls

We think dad will give these two thumbs up.

Finished cinnamon rolls

OUT. OF. CONTROL.

reaching for a bun

Time to get in there for a taste test!

cinnamon rolls with bacon

*Insert heart eyes emoji here*

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