Cinnamon Roll Casserole.

I promise this ins't turning into a food blog. But today's breakfast was too good to not share. Part of our Family Sabbath Day Plan is having breakfast together. Usually Ross gets the girls up and gets them cereal or bagels or whatever while I mozzy my way to the fridge and pop open a Diet Coke. Not bashing on cereal for breakfast. I love cereal for breakfast, but I wanted our Sabbath Day breakfast to be something to look forward to. And simple. I am not a morning person. The requirement of being exciting and simple is a tall order, I know.

Hence my Crock Pot love. I love everything about my crock pot. It is Heaven sent. And I love breakfasts. Breakfast in a crock pot? GOLDEN. I woke up at 5 to get these bad boys cooking and went back to bed until a reasonable hour. I could have started them the night before and just had the pot sit on "warm" until morning, but I wanted it hot and fresh. So...5 AM. Totally worth it.

Cinnamon Roll Casserole: 

• 2 or 3 12 oz tubes of cinnamon rolls. (I made with two, but next time I would do 3)
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 C. Heavy whipping cream
• 3T Maple syrup
• 2t Vanilla
• 1t Cinnamon
• 1/4t Nutmeg

NIGHT BEFORE PREP: (highly recommend, but totally okay to do before throwing everything in the pot.  Bust open the cinnamon rolls and cut into quarters. I used scissors and just snipped them. Put in a bowl. Cover and keep in fridge.

In separate bowl, mix the eggs, cream, syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cover and keep in fridge.

WHEN YOU ARE READY TO COOK: Spray your pot with cooking spray. Place just enough  cinnamon roll pieces to cover the bottom of the pot. (about half) Re-stir the egg mixture if prepped the night before. Pour liquid over the roll pieces. Use one of the icing packets to drizzle and save the other for later. Place remaining roll pieces on top.

Cook low 2 1/2-3 hours. I did mine on low for 2 and then high for the last half hour and it was awesome. I'm a texture person, so I needed to know the dough was 100% cooked. Drizzle the last packet of icing before serving.

BAM. Awesome breakfast. I used 2 roll tubes and it was plenty for our family of 5. We even had a little leftover. Next time I'd do 3 tubes so we can have more leftovers.