Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Step 2

Lightly grease 8 wells of a muffin tin. Set aside.

Step 3

Using a small rolling pin, roll out each sheet of puff pastry until you have 2 larger rectangles that are approx 11x15 inches.

Step 4

Spread the softened butter onto the sheets.

Step 5

Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and whisk with a fork to combine.

Step 6

Sprinkle a small amount of the cinnamon/sugar mixture on top of the buttered sheets.

Step 7

Starting on the long end of the rectangle, roll up the dough tightly into a log.

Step 8

Cut the dough in half, giving you shorter logs.

Step 9

Then cut each of those logs in half, lengthwise - exposing the inner layers of the logs.

Step 10

Repeat with the second sheet. When you are finished - you should have 4 pieces out of each sheet.

Step 11

Take each piece and wrap it around your fingers to form the shape of a muffin, with the layered side out. This will give the best chance of all those layers being visible when they are baked.

Step 12

Place each rolled piece in the greased muffin tin.

Step 13

Bake for 30-35 minutes - rotating halfway through. Since all ovens bake a little different, check these in the last 10 minutes or so. For the puff pastry, you want them deep brown and crispy, but they can easily go too far and burn if they aren't watched because the sugar melts and puddles in the bottom of the pan. Left too long, the sugar will start to burn.

Step 14

Remove from the oven and immediately remove from the pan, one by one, by gently releasing any parts that are stuck using a butter knife or thin object.

Step 15

Roll each cruffin in the remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture and place them on a plate or cooling rack to come to room temperature.

Step 16

Store at room temperature in an open container. Closing them into an airtight container will make them sweat and the sugar will become moist and they will lose the texture that makes them great.

Step 17

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Step 18

Lightly grease 8 well os a muffin tin. Set aside.

Step 19

Using a small rolling pin, roll out each sheet of the crescent roll dough until you have 2 larger rectangles that are slightly larger than what you started with and the perforated portions are blended back together.

Step 20

Spread the softened butter onto the sheets.

Step 21

Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and whisk with a fork to combine.

Step 22

Sprinkle a small amount of the cinnamon/sugar mixture on top of the buttered sheets.

Step 23

Starting on the long end of the rectangle, roll up the dough into a log.

Step 24

Cut the dough in half, giving you shorter logs.

Step 25

Then cut each of those logs in half, lengthwise - exposing the inner layers of the logs.

Step 26

Repeat with the second sheet. When you are finished - you should have 4 pieces out of each sheet.

Step 27

Take each piece and wrap it around your fingers to form the shape of a muffin, with the layered side out. This will give the best chance of all those layers being visible when they are baked. You can gently stretch the dough during this process.

Step 28

Place each rolled piece in the greased muffin tin.

Step 29

Bake for 15 minutes - rotating halfway through.

Step 30

Remove from the oven and immediately remove from the pan, one by one, by gently releasing any parts that are stuck using a butter knife or thin object.

Step 31

Roll each cruffin in the remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture and place them on a plate or cooling rack to come to room temperature.

Step 32

Store at room temperature in an open container. Closing them into an airtight container will make them sweat and the sugar will become moist and they will lose the texture that makes them great.