Prepare Make-Ahead Cinnamon Bites at night so you can just wake up, bake, and serve! Perfect for lazy weekend mornings together.
Jump to RecipeOver the summer, when we were visiting my family in Florida, we went to my sister’s house for “Cinnamon Roll Sunday.” It’s a tradition she started with her boys where, you guessed it, they have cinnamon rolls every Sunday morning for breakfast. We have tried a lot of different cinnamon roll recipes since. I come back to make-ahead cinnamon bites because it’s so easy.
Well, of course, our boys loved the idea! They immediately started asking if we could do that, too. Justin and I decided that we could do a variant and have “Big Breakfast Sunday”. It isn’t always cinnamon rolls, but something different from our normal school morning breakfast.
I also like to try make-ahead breakfasts, so I don’t have to do much in the morning. We first tried this recipe out on Christmas morning this year and it was such a hit. We’ve made it again a few times now. Since I didn’t take the time to photograph the meal on Christmas, it was a good opportunity to get my pictures and enjoy a delicious breakfast.
As I mentioned, I love make-ahead breakfasts, and this one is really easy in the morning. Or, if you have time to make the entire thing in the morning, you can do that as well. It’s a very flexible meal and so delicious!
Mini Cinnamon Bites Step by Step
Ingredients
- 8 tbsp butter (divided)
- 1 pkg homestyle biscuits
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Melt 3 tbsp of butter and pour it into the bottom of a pie pan or casserole dish.
Cut the biscuits into quarters. I find my kitchen shears work best for this, but a knife will also get the job done.
Use your hands to roll each piece of biscuit into a ball. When I do this step, it starts to make my hands feel funny after a while so I will often recruit someone to help.
In a small bowl, melt 4 tbsp of butter. In another small bowl, mix the sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Take each biscuit ball and roll it in the melted butter, then the sugar mixture until it is completely coated. Place the coated biscuits in the prepared dish. Continue with each piece of biscuit, until they are all in there. If you like more of the crunchy parts of a cinnamon roll, then make sure more are along the edge. I like the soft ones, so I stack a lot of mine close together.
Cover the dish and place it in the refrigerator overnight.
When you are ready to cook, melt 1 tbsp of butter and pour it over the biscuits. Place the biscuits in the oven and THEN set the oven to 350F. Bake for about 30-45 minutes, until the biscuits are cooked through and the mixture is bubbly.
NOTE: If your dish is cold from the refrigerator, place it in the oven while it heats up. A cold dish into a hot oven can make the glass shatter.
Meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, whisk the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract together for icing.
When the biscuits are done cooking, drizzle the icing over them and serve warm.
Mini Cinnamon Bites Leftovers
Storage: Store the cinnamon bites and glaze in separate containers in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 days.
Reheating: You can reheat the cinnamon bites in an air fryer, toaster oven, or oven until warmed through.
Recipe
Originally Published On: January 8, 2019
Last Updated On: December 20, 2022
Make-Ahead and Pull-Apart Mini Cinnamon Bites
Ingredients
- 8 tbsp butter (divided)
- 1 pkg homestyle biscuits
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
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Instructions
- Melt 3 tbsp butter and pour it in the bottom of a glass pie pan or casserole dish and swirl to coat the sides
- Use kitchen shears or a knife to cut the biscuits into quarters
- Roll each piece of biscuit into a ball
- Melt 4 tbsp butter in a small dish
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon
- Roll each biscuit ball into the melted butter then coat with the sugar mixture and place in the prepared dish
- Continue until all of the biscuits have been coated and placed in the dish
- Cover and refrigerate
- When ready to bake, remove the cover from the dish
- Melt 1 tbsp of butter and drizzle it over the biscuits
- Place the dish in the oven, then set the heat to 350F (make sure NOT to preheat the oven as the cold baking dish going into a hot oven could shatter)
- Bake for about 30-45 minutes, until the biscuits are done in the center and the mixture is bubbly
- Meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, whisk the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract to make an icing
- When the biscuits are done baking, drizzle with the icing and serve warm
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutrition content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
Other Cinnamon Recipes to try
- Cinnamon Rolls with the Bread Machine
- Mini Cinnamon Crescent Rolls
- No Yeast Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls in Less than One Hour
- Cinnamon Raisin Bread in the Bread Machine
- Cinnamon Swirl Muffins with Streusel Topping
- Make-Ahead and Pull-Apart Mini Cinnamon Bites
- Cinnamon Sugar Cookies
- Overnight Oatmeal Cups
Ooh, I like the look of these – I love anything with cinnamon in! I could eat these for breakfast every morning, not just on a Sunday, lol!
We totally could too, they are so yummy!
We do big breakfasts on Sundays too, although we didn’t create a name for it. Your monkey bread looks delicious! I can’t wait to give it a try.
We didn’t really have a name either until my boys wanted to do something like my sister’s tradition so we had to come up with a name for them!
This is like monkey bread… I LOVE MONKEY BREAD. Like, I seriously have a frozen bag of it at all times. Might just have to dust off my apron and try this fresh version!
I’ve only had monkey bread once before and didn’t even think about it that this is so similar.
This is something that I will definitely do with my daughter and I know she will enjoy that. Last weekend she was sick and this will be the perfect way to start our weekend tomorrow.
I hope she’s feeling better! This will surely brighten anyone’s weekend.
WOW these look absolutely divine! I love how easy they seem to make as well!
They are so easy! Especially using store-bought biscuits.
Oh my God, this looks absolutely divine. I love everything cinnamon and I love everything bread. My kids would definitely enjoy this as well and it looks so simple to make! Thank you for sharing this Stephanie
Me too! Bread and cinnamon are amazing. I put cinnamon in my banana bread, too and it’s delicious!
These look so good! Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. 🙂
You’re welcome! I hope you get a chance to make the recipe, they are delicious.
I absolutely love cinnamon roles, they are by far my favorite breakfast treat. This looks like the perfect twist, and so simple too.
We eat a lot of cinnamon rolls and similar breakfast here, too. I like that this one can be made ahead of time for the most part.
This looks absolutely easy and yummy to make. Can’t wwit to try with the kids.
The kids all loved these, and I think they would have fun helping to make them but I just didn’t have time to have the boys help before the party.
Amazing tradition, I like how it started because it kinda mean something and good to remember. these mini cinnamon bites looks delicious and first time to know about, I’m gonna have to try it on the next week, thank you for sharing it.
This is such a delicious breakfast! And it’s so easy for a quick breakfast in the morning. I hope you enjoy it!
These look so delicious! My kids will absolutely love them. I am going to make them this week while they are on vacation.
It’s a great one to make with the kids. They could probably help with the biscuits the night before, too.
Those mini cinnamon bites look divine. I can almost smell and taste them. Yum.
Just wait until you smell them baking in the morning! Delicious!!