Baklava Cinnamon Rolls

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• Baklava Cinnamon Rolls combine a breakfast favorite with a yummy Greek dessert to dial up breakfast time – big time! A few years back, I went through a baklava stage. It was all I wanted to eat for dessert every day for like a month. There was a little Greek café down the street where I’d go and blow $1.50 per slice. Three weeks in, I figured it was time to look for some cheaper way to get my baklava fix. Surely, there was a quick and easy mock-baklava that I could make at home. I was surprised to find very few recipes that pulled together all the flavors of baklava, delivering that golden honey-and-walnut goodness in a few simple-to-bake bites. There were baklava bars – but they took too long, baklava tarts – but I didn't have the required ingredients on hand in the kitchen. So, imagine my delight when the idea for supremely swirly Baklava Cinnamon Rolls came into my life – Pillsbury™ Crescent dough, filled with baklava yumminess, and topped with honey that's the color of the sun. This, dear baklava lovers, is the finest faux recipe I’ve ever come across. Simple, delicious, entirely baklava. You can top them individually for a gorgeous, gooey final presentation. All that honey and walnut mixture oozes into the hot rolls and makes for a remarkable treat, perfect for breakfast, brunch, and dessert. Swirls and swirls and swirls!