Cinnamon Rolls – a healthier option

People often ask us, “Is it even possible to make baked goods that taste good without dairy? or gluten? or sugar?” – They want to be able to enjoy fresh baked treats and are looking for options.

This recipe will satisfy your craving for a breakfast treat, and it’s a hands-down, more-please winner!

How to make these Cinnamon Rolls

Roll Ingredients

• 2 cups Bob’s Red Mill gluten free 1 to 1 baking flour (plus extra for rolling dough)
• 2 Tablespoons psyllium husk
• 1 Tablespoon nutritional yeast
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 can full-fat coconut milk with guar (best if coconut fat is floating/solid)
• 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Sweet Cinnamon Sauce Ingredients

• ½ cup dairy-free butter (OR combine 1/2 cup coconut oil, a pinch of nutritional yeast, and a few drops of apple cider vinegar)
• ¼ teaspoon stevia glycerite
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• a few drops of vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350℉. Place coconut-oil greased 10” skillet in oven.
2. Combine dry roll ingredients: flour, psyllium husk, nutritional yeast, baking powder, salt.
3. Whisk wet roll ingredients: whisk eggs with liquid from canned coconut milk – if the fat is separated, set it aside. Then whisk in apple cider vinegar.
4. Mix wet roll ingredients into dry roll ingredients, then coarsely mix in reserved coconut milk fat. Cover dough and put in fridge to chill.
5. Combine all the Sweet Cinnamon Sauce ingredients until smooth (but not liquid).
6. Remove dough from fridge, and divide into 8 equal portions. Flour your surface, and shape portions into thick ropes 10-12 inches long.
7. Spread Sweet Cinnamon Sauce along one side of each rope, then roll into a cinnamon roll shape, and place in hot skillet & pour or dollop the remaining Sweet Cinnamon Sauce over the buns.
8. Bake at 350℉ for 20 minutes, then turn oven up to 425℉ for 15 minutes.
9. Remove from oven and indulge!

These cinnamon rolls store well in an airtight container for several days, if you don’t eat them all up right away!