Almond Flour Cinnamon Rolls
The cinnamon rolls you crave but with a healthy twist
Ingredients
Dough
- ¼ cup butter softened
- ½ cup almond milk
- ¼ cup Truvia or your sweetener of choice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups almond flour
- 1 cup flaxseed
- 1 cup vanilla protein powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
Filling
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup Brown Truvia or your brown sweetener of choice
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 cup add ins optional - get creative!
Icing
- 2 cup powdered Truvia or your powdered sweetener of choice
- 2 tbsp almond milk more if needed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Dough
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together butter, almond milk, sweetener, vanilla, and eggs
- Add flour, flaxseed, protein powder, and baking powder - mix until combined
- prepare a sheet of parchment paper on a flat surface with sprinkled almond flour. Scoop dough out onto flat surface
- Roll out dough to rectangular shape about 1/4 inch thick. Use almond flour and second piece of parchment paper to keep dough from sticking
Filling
- Add all filling ingredients to saucepan over low/medium heat
- Mix and bring to a boil
- Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes to thicken filling
Icing
- Mix all icing ingredients in small bowl
- Add more almond milk if needed to get icing to your desired consistency
Cinnamon Rolls
- Spread filling evenly onto spread rectangular dough
- Use parchment paper to roll dough into cinnamon roll shape
- using floss or sharp, clean knife - cut roll into 12 equal pieces
- lay each roll onto prepared 13x9 pan
- Bake for 30-40min. Rolls should be golden brown
- After baking, remove rolls from oven and spread icing so that it can melt all over the rolls.
- Cool for 10 minutes and enjoy warm!
Notes
There are so many creative twists you can make with the filling in this recipe. Try layering bacon, using berries, or nuts. The possibilities will all be so tasty!