Strawberry Crescent Rolls
Strawberry crescent rolls are one of my all-time favorite morning treats! It’s so easy for a weekend family breakfast, brunch party, or you can make it with kids for Mother’s day.
I highly recommend using vanilla extract AND vanilla bean in the filling to create a aromatic, bright vanilla flavor. (You can also use vanilla paste is that is more readily available to you than vanilla bean.)
Another great thing about this easy breakfast recipe is the fact that you can keep the filling on hand anytime. While the strawberry sauce only takes 15 minutes on stove top, you can always make it ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator.
Steps and Tips To Make Strawberry Crescent Rolls
- Store-bought crescent rolls are all dressed up with homemade strawberry jam in this quick and easy recipe. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, and all other morning time occasions!
- Step 1: Make the strawberry jam. Chop all the strawberries and place them in a small pot with vanilla seeds, lemon juice, vanilla extract and sugar. Give it a good stir and simmer over medium heat for about 13-15 minutes. Note that a lot of the liquid will cook out, making it nice and thick. Let your jam cool to room temperature.
- Step 2: Prepare. Preheat the oven to 350°F and cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Grease the paper.
- Step 3: Assemble the rolls. Open the crescent roll dough and cut it into triangles. Spread about a tablespoon of the strawberry jam onto each triangle. Roll up each triangle and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
- Step 4: Dust and bake. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture all over the rolls, then bake for 15 minutes. Enjoy!
- PRO TIP: Keep an eye on your crescent rolls as they bake. Once they rise and have that signature golden brown color, they’re ready to go!
Recipe FAQs
Absolutely! You can easily substitute blueberries, raspberries, or a mix of berries. Just make sure to keep an eye on the amount of liquid, you don’t want to filling to be too thin.
Feel free to also add chopped nuts to the berry filling.
Of course! You can easily omit the cinnamon sugar and instead, use a glaze topping. Use 1/4 cup of powdered sugar, about 1/4 cup of cinnamon (if you wish) and 1 Tbsp of heavy cream or half and half. Combine powder sugar and cinnamon and whisk in heavy whipping cream. Whisk until glaze is smooth and pour some glaze over the warm scones.
If you happen to have any crescent rolls leftover, it’s best to store them in the refrigerator. Use an air-tight food storage container and refrigerate. They should last 2-3 days. You can easily reheat them for a few seconds in a microwave or in the oven at 300°.
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Strawberry Crescent Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 oz package of Crescent Grands dough the big and flaky kind
Filling:
- 10 oz strawberries
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1/3 cup white granulated sugar
Topping:
- 2 tsp white granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Chop strawberries and add them to a small sauce pot. Scrape vanilla seeds into the pot with strawberries. Add lemon juice, vanilla and sugar as well. Mix well until all incorporated. Simmer over medium heat for 13-15 minutes. A lot of the liquid will be cooked out (not all!), making it thicker and easy to spread without pouring out. Let cool to room temperature so you don’t get burned.
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Lightly grease the parchment paper.
- Open the crescent dough, unroll it and cut the predesignated triangles.
- Spread about a tablespoon of vanilla strawberry mixture over each triangle. Carefully roll up the triangles, starting at the wide end. Lay all the rolled strawberry rolls on the prepared baking sheet.
- Mix 2 tsp of sugar with 1 tsp of cinnamon and sprinkle each rolled pastry.
- Bake for 15 minutes, until raised and golden brown.
Notes
- To Add Glaze: Use 1/4 cup of powdered sugar, about 1/4 cup of cinnamon (if you wish) and 1 Tbsp of heavy cream or half and half. Combine powder sugar and cinnamon and whisk in heavy whipping cream. Whisk until glaze is smooth and pour some glaze over the warm scones.
- Storing and Reheating: If you happen to have any crescent rolls leftover, it’s best to store them in the refrigerator. Use an air-tight food storage container and refrigerate. They should last 2-3 days. You can easily reheat them for a few seconds in a microwave or in the oven at 300°
Nutrition
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I was looking for away to use up some strawberries and a can of crescent rolls I purchsed on sale and with a coupon. I came across your recipe and it is wonderful. Very easy, quick to put together, simple ingredients and delicious flavors. Thank you for sharing! I can’t wait to try more of your recipes.
I’m so glad you found the recipe and enjoyed it! It’s always great to hear when a recipe helps make good use of ingredients you have on hand. Thank you for your kind words, and I hope you find many more recipes to love.
If I have left over strawberry filling can I save it?
Hi Nicole,
Absolutely! You can keep it in a glass container for 3-4 days in the refrigerator. It would be delicious on so many things like pancakes, toast, or ice cream.
Can I substitute Original crescent dough for Crescent Grands dough the big and flaky
Hi Lele, you can use original crescent rolls! 🙂
Easy to make and tasty. I doubled the recipe but only used slightly under half a cup of sugar. It was sweet enough. Will be making these again!
I am so happy to hear that, Karen! Thank you <3
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These are amazing! My daughter and I are strawberry fiends! It’s just perfect to make with her, and then have a little mom daughter tea party to enjoy them. Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you so much, Christine! That sounds lovely, I hope you and your daughter enjoy!
Drooling!
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Thank you so much, Jac!
Yep….these look pretty much amazing!
Thank you, Cathy!
I’ve burned my mouth WAY too many times on hot jammy tasty things. You obviously learn faster than I do 😉
These look delicious– love the special touch of the homemade jam!
Aha, thank you Sabrina!
I could have one of these with my coffee any day!
That’s the beauty of it 😉 thank you, kristen!
That strawberry filling sounds incredible! Love the addition of vanilla bean!
Thank you so much, Caroline!
Yum to all those nice desserts. Thank you Lyuba and have a Wonderful Weekend. They come and go so fast.
Thank you, Liz! Enjoy 🙂