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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Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 22

Total Time: 42

Servings: cruffins

Calories: 293kcal

Cost: $12

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

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

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °F (175 °C). Lightly spray or grease standard 12-cup muffin tin.
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.
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).
With layers facing outward, roll each section into a spiral shape (like a cinnamon-roll), tuck end under. Place into prepared muffin cups.
Bake for about 22–24 minutes, or until golden brown.
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.

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