Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup light brown or coconut sugar
• 2 tablespoons dark muscovado sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 3 ounces (about 12 tablespoons) bacon bits
• 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling (we used whole-wheat all-purpose baking flour)
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cardamom
• 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup plus 1 teaspoon cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 1 ¼–1 ½ cups cold milk
• Sugar, for dipping
• Butter or vegetable oil for greasing the muffin tin
• 1 cup confectioners’ (powdered) sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
• 1 ½ teaspoons bourbon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ tablespoons milk