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Freshly baked apple butter cruffins coated in cinnamon sugar, on a white kitchen table.

Apple Butter Cruffins

Apple Butter Cruffins are flaky, buttery pastries made by rolling apple butter into crescent-roll dough, cutting into spirals, baking in a muffin tin, then coating in cinnamon-sugar.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes
Servings: 12 cruffins
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 293
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tubes crescent roll sheets 8 oz each, seams sealed if perforated (≈24 oz total dough)
  • 1 ½ cups apple butter divided, about 360 g total; spread over dough
  • ½ cup granulated sugar for topping, about 100 g
  • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon for topping, mixture to coat warm cruffins

Equipment

  • 1 Standard 12-cup muffin tin lightly sprayed or greased
  • 1 rolling pin or flat surface for rolling dough (optional: lightly floured)
  • 1 Small bowl to mix cinnamon & sugar topping
  • 1 knife or knife + bench scraper to cut dough logs into sections
  • 1 spoon or spatula to spread apple butter evenly on dough

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 °F (175 °C). Lightly spray or grease standard 12-cup muffin tin.
  2. On a lightly floured surface, roll or press each tube of dough into a ~12×16-inch rectangle. Seal seams if dough is perforated. Spread ~½ cup apple butter evenly over each sheet.
  3. Starting from the long side, roll dough into a tight log. Cut the log in half, then cut each half in half lengthwise, giving four sections per sheet (total 12 pieces).
  4. With layers facing outward, roll each section into a spiral shape (like a cinnamon-roll), tuck end under. Place into prepared muffin cups.
  5. Bake for about 22–24 minutes, or until golden brown.
  6. In a small bowl, whisk sugar + cinnamon. When cruffins come out of oven, immediately roll each in the cinnamon-sugar mixture to coat. Let cool slightly before serving.

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.