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Ingredients for healthy cinnamon rolls
How to make
Preparation Video
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Recipe Video
Healthy cinnamon rolls: Minimized sugar, maximized healthiness.
Delicious cinnabons with cinnamon sweetness inside and creamy frosting. The best thing about this recipe is that cinnabons turn out to have low calories and consist of healthy ingredients. The struggle about regular cinnabon recipe is that it contains a lot of sugar. In this recipe I am using less amount of sugar. You still get a sweet result but the rolls are not overloaded with sugar. Except for this, normally cinnabons contain a lot of butter – because the sugar has to melt inside of it.
I substituted butter with a little bit of coconut oil. The combination of coconut oil with coconut sugar turned out very delicious. The frosting on top consists of sour cream and a little bit of sugar. I am also sharing a special hack, how to melt and soak a frosting inside of cinnabons to get the perfect healthy version of your favorite snack.
How to prepare healthy cinnamon rolls
Ingredients
- 550 g cottage cheese around 5% fat
- a pinch of salt
- 50 g maple syrup
- 3 eggs
- 60 g vegetable oil *
- 1.5 tsp baking soda + 0.5 tsp white vinegar
- 420-550 g whole wheat flour *
Filling for healthy cinnamon rolls
- 30 g melted coconut oil
- 70 g coconut sugar
- 1.5 tbsp cinnamon
Frosting for healthy cinnamon rolls
- 200 g sour cream
- 30 g powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix 550 g of cottage cheese, a pinch of salt, 50 g maple syrup, 3 eggs. Add 60 g vegetable oil and mix everything together. If your cottage cheese has grainy consistency, blend everything in a blender.
- In a separate cup mix 1.5 tsp of baking soda and 0.5 tsp white vinegar.* Mix them, so foam is created* and add everything to your mixture.
- Start adding 420g – 550 g of whole wheat flour* The amount of flour needed depends on cottage cheese consistency. If your cottage cheese is fluid and has more yogurt consistency like mine, you will need around 550g. If your cottage cheese is grainy, then you will definitely need less, around 420 g. Do not add all the flour at once. Add a little bit and mix, then more and start kneading. Keep adding flour till your dough is soft, but does not stick to your hands.
- Roll out dough. It should be around 40X45 cm. Spread 30 g of melted coconut oil over the dough. Spread 70 g of coconut sugar over the dough. Spread 1.5 tbsp of cinnamon over the surface.
- Tightly roll dough up. I am using a special hack to keep healthy cinnamon rolls in a nice shape – I cut dough into slices with a thread.* I cut them into 20 pieces. Transform into a baking tray and bake 30 mins at 180 C or 356 F.
- Prepare a frosting: mix 200 g of sour cream and 30 g powdered sugar. Take healthy cinnamon rolls out of the oven and cover with frosting. Turn off the oven. Place cinnamon rolls with frosting for 8 minutes in a warm turned off oven. Close the oven. After 8 mins they are ready!
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Tips & hacks for the recipe
*If you do not have any white vinegar you can substitute it through 0.5 tsp lemon juice.
*It depends a lot on your cottage cheese consistency how much flour is needed.
*We are not using any yeast, but still want healthy cinnamon rolls to be fluffy and soft, that is why we substitute it through baking soda and white vinegar mix.
*The dough is very soft and if you cut healthy cinnamon rolls with a knife, they lose their nice form.
