Apple Cinnamon Bun Breakfast Casserole
The easier the recipe, the better, at least in my books! Breakfast casseroles are one of my fave types of recipes to wake up to. You can start the prep work the night before and finish the next day. They are filling and great to serve when you have company over. I’ve made many varieties of breakfast casseroles in the past, but this was my first time using cinnamon buns as a base. Meet the Apple Cinnamon Bun Breakfast Casserole.
Save time and use refrigerated cinnamon buns. I also used canned apple pie filling to keep things easy peasy. It’s bound together by a creamy egg mixture and bakes to a perfect golden brown. You don’t even need any extra toppings because it’s sweet enough on its own.
Yes, it’s almost like a dessert! If you wanted to serve it for dessert, you could. I prefer it first thing in the morning though as a sweet treat to wake up to. It smells so good while it’s baking in the oven.
Check out my other breakfast casserole recipes including Sausage & Butternut Squash Breakfast Casserole, Banana Bread Breakfast Casserole, Strawberry & Coconut Breakfast Casserole and the ever popular, Wife Saver Breakfast.
You might also like this Apple Cake with Butterscotch Sauce.
I’m always looking for new ways to make breakfast casseroles. Any suggestions on what I should try next?
Apple Cinnamon Bun Breakfast Casserole
A sweet way to start your day and feed your guests! It’s made with cinnamon buns + apple pie filling for a mouthwatering breakfast casserole you’ll make again and again.
Ingredients:
- Cooking spray
- 1 container Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls
- 1 can (540 mL) apple pie filling
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Topping
- 1/8 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 1.5 quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
- Cut up cinnamon rolls into bite sized pieced and spread evenly on the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Spread apple pie filling evenly over top of the cinnamon rolls.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, salt, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Pour over top of the apple pie filling.
- To make the topping, stir together brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle over top of the egg mixture. Cover.
- Bake for 30 minutes, covered. Then remove the cover and bake an additional 30 minutes or until egg mixture is set. Serve hot.
This sounds so delicious. I bet this would very quickly become a family favorite.
This would be fantastic for our next brunch – thanks!
HI,
I need to make 10 large servings …. If I tripled this recipe would that make enough ? what size casserole dish would I need do you think ? This is going to be such a wonderful surprise for the family !!
Thank You for any advise & help you can give me.
Yes, tripling it you should have more than enough! I would use a 9×13 pan if you are doubling the recipe. Tripling it, use the 9×13 and the square pan unless you have a bigger dish than a 9×13, then use that.
Thank You so much for the advise !!
Wow that looks stunning!
Can this dish be frozen after it is baked? I would like to make it for a bake sale.
I’m sure it would be ok!
yummy; might just make this for our Christmas morning break. thanks for sharing.
Pinned! YUM! 🙂
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This sounds amazing. Now if I were working I would bring this for our get-togethers. It would disappear in a minute.
Oh my this looks so good – I want some! I’d love to have you share at our what’s for dinner party! http://www.lazygastronome.com/whats-dinner-sunday-link-party-124/
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I just pinned your awesome Breakfast Casserole! Thanks so much for sharing with us at our Thanksgiving Edition of Full Plate Thursday! Hope you have a great week and come back soon!
Miz Helen
I would love to be a guest in your home Stacie. Imagine waking up the smell of that yumminess. It would just make my day
Oh my, I can’t wait to try this recipe. It sounds easy to make and hard to mess up. Thank you for sharing it at Snickerdoodle.
Would make the house smell like cinnamon, wonderfu!
This is such a wonderful recipe. Thanks so much.
DELICIOUS! Apple and cinnamon is one of my favourite combos!
Do you think I can make this the night before and bake in the morning?
Yes, you can do that.
Any suggestions for reheating when needed?
You could reheat in the microwave or in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
This may be a dumb question- but- you bake the cinnamon rolls first right? You don’t just cut up the dough and put it on the bottom?
You cut up the raw dough and it will bake in the casserole.
Can this prepared ahead and frozen then baked? Was wondering about frozen cinnamon rolls baking ok.
Yeah it should be ok! It might need to bake a little longer if it goes in frozen.