Easy Pecan Rolls Recipe

One dish Pecan Rolls with a gooey, sticky caramel sauce and a hint of cinnamon, made in just 10 minutes hands on time! You’ll love this easy Pecan Rolls recipe with a shortcut to save time and effort.

Perfect for breakfast or dessert and great for the holidays!

Pecan Rolls, aka sticky buns, have always been a favorite of mine because they’re so easy to make using crescent roll sheets. One bite and you’d never know that they aren’t made from scratch!

They’re a rich, caramelized, sticky, sweet roll filled with pecans, made in just one dish! Not that we need even more reasons to love Pecan Rolls.

Pecans have long been used in all types of baking. I’ve got a great variety of pecan recipes you’ll love! Check out Chocolate Chip Pecan Snowballs, Salted Caramel Pecan Pie Bars, Pecan Pie Cookies, Pecan Thumbprints and more!

To see just how easy Pecan Rolls are, follow the step-by-step photos or video in this post!

To Make These Easy Pecan Rolls, You Will Need:

You only need a handful of ingredients to make this delicious treat!

• Butter
• Brown sugar
• Pecan bits
• Canned crescent sheets
• Sugar and cinnamon

How to Make Pecan Rolls – Step by Step 

Melt butter in baking dish. Add water,

brown sugar

and pecans.

Stir.

Bake while working on the next step.

Roll out crescent sheets on parchment paper (to eliminate any mess without a fuss) and cover with butter.

Spread cinnamon and sugar onto the sheets.

Roll dough into logs, slice each into 12 rolls.

Remove baking dish/mixture from the oven…

arrange rolls in the baking dish and bake.

Remove from oven and flip onto a plate to reveal beautiful sticky buns.

You can even top them with toffee bits and it really is that easy!

What To Serve With Pecan Rolls

These sweet rolls are delicious by themselves, and you can enjoy them for breakfast or brunch with some coffee or tea. You can also serve these rolls as a dessert and serve them alongside some homemade ice cream like;

• Cream Cheese Ice Cream
• Egg Nog Ice Cream
• Easy Spiced Apple Ice Cream {3 Ingredient Apple Butter Ice Cream}

These Pecan Rolls Are Perfect For A Crowd

This recipe yields a whopping 24 rolls so they are the perfect for entertaining and they look pretty served on a platter! These are great if you have overnight guests over the holiday season – they’ll so appreciate you serving these up for a lazy brunch, and it only takes 10 minutes to prep them so you aren’t slaving in the kitchen for hours!

Can You Make These Rolls Ahead Of Time?

If you want to get on top of things, the night before, you can fill and roll the rolls and place them covered in the fridge to bake the next morning. Just let them come to room temperature before baking them. You can also freeze the baked rolls. Let them cool to room temperature and the wrap tightly in plastic wrap or foil. Let them defrost in the fridge overnight before heating through to serve.

Sticky Pecan Rolls Made With Crescent Dough

These rolls are so easy to make and the crescent dough makes them super quick and convenient too! They are perfectly sweet and sticky, they’re just like the ones you would get from your local bakers.

Top Tips To Make This Pecan Rolls Recipe

• Have a platter that fits your baking dish ready before you begin.
• Be careful when removing the butter mixture from the oven as it will be extremely hot.
• Bake the rolls in a pre-heated oven for the best results.
• Serve warm!

More Brunch Inspiration

• Authentic Belgian Waffle Recipe
• Crème Brûlée French Toast
• Quiche
• Easy Cinnamon Rolls
• Caramel Rolls
• Orange Rolls
• Apple Cinnamon Rolls
• Best Cinnamon Roll Recipe
• Easy Bread Pudding Recipe