HEALTHY 30 MINUTE CINNAMON ROLLS

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‘Tis the season for miracles!

Nothing says holiday cheer quite like cinnamon rolls. The aroma of cinnamon dances in the air and after one taste of a homemade cinnamon roll… that’s it.

You’ll never eat store bought or light a cinnamon candle (shudder) again.

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I got hooked on making cinnamon rolls around the holidays a few years ago, and it’s a tradition that is just too delicious to end. The art of cinnamon roll alchemy is typically VERY labor and time intensive, but ain’t nobody got time for that! Sometimes I like to pretend to have a life!

But never fear! Princess food blogger is here! I just conjured up my fairy dust and witnessed a holiday miracle. 30 MINUTE CINNAMON ROLLS? FOR 70 CALORIES EACH? AND THEY TASTE LIKE HAPPINESS?

Whew! Crisis averted. Luckily this solution works for everyone.

HEALTHY 30 MINUTE CINNAMON ROLLS

20 min

Prep Time:

15 min

Cook Time:

35 min

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Ingredients

2 cup white whole wheat flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

5 tablespoons applesauce, butter, or Earth Balance

3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

6 tablespoons cane sugar or erythritol, divided

1 tablespoon melted butter or Earth Balance

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 Fahrenheit. Grease an 8-inch pie pan and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut the applesauce, butter, or Earth Balance into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Don't have a pastry cutter? No worries. I don't have one either. Just use a fork to cut in to butter and everything will still be a-okay. Chill for ten minutes.

Combine 3 tablespoons cane sugar or erythritol and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.

After the ten minutes, fetch the bowl from the fridge and add in the unsweetened almond milk, apple cider vinegar, and 3 tablespoons cane sugar or erythritol and stir until combined, making sure not to overwork the dough. If the dough is too dry to incorporate all the flour, add in one more tablespoon of almond milk. Turn out the dough on a clean, lightly floured surface and knead 4 times. Again, make sure not to overwork the dough.

Using a rolling pin (or your hands if you're feeling all rustic like), roll out the dough to a large rectangle of 1/4 inch thickness. Brush the dough with 1 tablespoon melted butter or Earth Balance. Evenly sprinkle the erythritol cinnamon mixture over the dough. Starting with the long side, gently roll the dough up into a log. Using a sharp knife, cut the log into 12 equal rolls. Place the rolls into the prepared pie pan and bake in the oven at 400 Fahrenheit for 12 minutes, or until golden. Let cool and devour.

Notes

Nutritional information calculated with applesauce and erythritol.

Nutrition

Calories: 70 cal

Fat: 0 grams g

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Have you ever made homemade cinnamon rolls?

If you haven’t, what are you waiting for? They’re life alteringly amazing! And if you have, well, you haven’t made them like this.

Recipe adapted from HEALTHY 30 MINUTE CINNAMON ROLLS

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