Description
Breakfast Pigs in Cinnamon Rolls are a sweet and savory quick breakfast made with juicy sausage links wrapped in soft cinnamon roll dough, baked until golden, and finished with creamy icing. This easy recipe is perfect for breakfast ideas, brunch food ideas, holiday mornings, kid-friendly snacks, and a fun make-ahead breakfast that feels special without extra work.
Ingredients
1 can refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
8 fully cooked breakfast sausage links
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon powdered sugar, optional for serving
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Set the icing packet aside, then separate the cinnamon rolls.
3. Gently unroll each cinnamon roll into one long strip of dough.
4. Warm the sausage links if needed, then pat them dry with a paper towel.
5. Place one sausage link at the end of each dough strip and wrap the dough around it in a spiral.
6. Place each wrapped sausage seam-side down on the prepared baking sheet.
7. Stir the melted butter, maple syrup, and ground cinnamon together in a small bowl.
8. Brush the butter mixture over the wrapped rolls.
9. Bake for 13 to 16 minutes, or until the cinnamon roll dough is puffed and golden.
10. Let the rolls cool for 5 minutes, then drizzle with the reserved icing.
11. Dust lightly with powdered sugar if desired and serve warm.
Notes
Use fully cooked sausage links so the sausage heats through before the cinnamon roll dough overbakes.
Pat the sausages dry before wrapping to keep the dough from sliding or turning soggy.
Let the rolls cool for a few minutes before icing so the drizzle stays visible and creamy.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 rolls
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 760mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 31g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 10g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
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