Keto Cinnamon Rolls
The most authentic keto cinnamon rolls recipe you will ever have. This low carb breakfast pastry is made with almond flour, true cinnamon roll flavors and WITHOUT using cheese to make the keto pastry dough!
1 bun
8
Servings
175
Calories
16.5g
Fat
4.5g
Protein
1.9g
Net Carb
4.2g
Total Carbs
Fluffy, golden-brown keto cinnamon buns filled with a buttery, sweet blend of spices and topped with your choice of two gooey, sugar-free icing options. All that is missing is a cup of coffee!
These are a simple solution to a cinnamon roll craving without using keto fathead dough to make them. Because, let’s face it, mozzarella cheese doesn’t really belong in a cinnamon roll!
The downside of using fathead dough to make low carb cinnamon rolls is that these rolls have a cheese like taste. There is an underlying cheese flavor when you sink your teeth into each bite of cinnamon roll.
This keto cinnamon rolls recipe doesn’t use fathead dough. Instead, we use a combination of almond flour and protein powder, along with some levening agents to produce a fluffy cinnamon roll without the need for cheese. In this recipe, the xanthan gum helps hold the dough together. It’s structural roll replaces the need for melted mozzarella cheese in other low carb cinnamon roll recipes.
Along with my glazed keto donuts, these buns make for a sweet breakfast in the mornings or for special occasions like Christmas and Mother’s Day. They are the best keto cinnamon rolls I’ve had to date and many others agree. You will never go back to any other keto recipe once you try this one!
These easy keto cinnamon rolls are the ultimate make-ahead breakfast treat because they can be made the night before baking.
How to make keto cinnamon rolls
Since we are making cinnamon rolls without fathead dough, the recipe for this pastry is quite simple.
- Combine dry ingredients – Whisk together almond flour, protein powder, sugar free sweetener, baking powder, xanthan gum, cardamom and salt.
- Finish the dough – Stir in melted butter, sour cream and hot water.
- Roll out dough into a thin rectangle by placing cinnamon roll dough in between two sheets of parchment paper and using a rolling pin.
- Make cinnamon mixture using brown sugar free sweetener, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Spread on butter and spice by brushing on melted butter on top of the pastry dough and sprinkling cinnamon “sugar” mixture.
- Roll and cut into buns.
- Bake at 325 degrees until golden brown.
- Top each cinnamon roll with your choice of keto frosting options.
Keto Cinnamon Rolls Recipe Video
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Cinnamon Buns Ingredients
2 cups almond flour - 1/2 cup unflavored or vanilla protein powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar-free sweetener
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup golden monk fruit, or erythritol
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- pinch of salt
Buttered Icing Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/2 cup powdered sweetener
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sweetener
Keto Cinnamon Rolls Directions
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Preheat oven
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
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Combine dry ingredients
Combine almond flour, protein powder, sweetener, baking powder, xanthan gum, cardamom and salt to a medium bowl. Mix until combined.
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 cup protein powder
- 2 tablespoon sugar-free sweetener
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons xanthan gum
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon salt
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Now the wet
Mix in 1/2 cup melted butter, sour cream and hot water.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup hot water
Quick Tip
Dough will feel sticky. -
Roll it flat
Place dough in between two sheets of parchment paper and press and roll into a rectangle shape about 1/4 inch thick using a rolling pin.
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Cinnamon mixture
In a small bowl, combine brown sugar free sweetener, cinnamon, ground nutmeg and a pinch of salt.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar free sweetener
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch of salt
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Butter & spice
Using a pastry brush or the back of a spoon, spread 2 tablespoons melted butter onto the top of the rectangle of dough. Sprinkle cinnamon sweetener mixture on top the butter.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Quick Tip
Leave about 1/2 inch border of dough bare from cinnamon mixture. -
Create a cinnamon roll log
Starting at the long end of the rectangle dough, tightly roll up the dough over the filling. Cut the dough crosswise into even slices (about 1 inch thick). Arrange sliced cinnamon rolls onto a parchment lined baking tray or dish. If dough is sticky and too soft to cut, refrigerate the dough for 30-60 minutes before slicing.
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Bake it
Bake at 325 degrees for 16 to 20 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown on top.
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Buttered keto icing
To make the buttered keto icing, combine butter, powdered sugar free sweetener and vanilla in a small bowl. Drizzle over baked cinnamon rolls.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar free sweetener
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Quick Tip
Microwave for 20 seconds if mixture is too thick. -
Cream cheese icing
To make the keto cream cheese frosting, beat together softened cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar free sweetener in a medium bowl until light and fluffy. Spread on top of cool cinnamon rolls.
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar free sweetener
What is the donut oan used for? Do you mean a sheet pan?
That was a typo. 🙂 LOL. I deleted that sentence. Just preheat your oven. You will cook these on a baking sheet but it doesn’t need to be greased. The rolls will sit on top of a sheet of parchment paper on the baking tray.
Love it! So delicious!! I made the cream cheese frosting for them. Thanks for sharing all your amazing recipes!!
I’m so glad you liked them! Cream cheese frosting is my favorite on cinnamon rolls.
Is there a substitute for protein powder?
The protein powder acts similar to gluten in a flour based recipe. It helps with structure; unfortunately, it is essential. You could try adding more almond flour and another teaspoon of xanthan gum to help hold everything together.
I made the cinnamon rolls and they tasted fantastic. The Cardamon really gave it this festive and fresher taste. The rolls were soft in the center and slightly crunchy at the edges. Such buttery taste! Thank you for perfecting this recipe.
I made these Sunday, one of the best keto bread treats ever. We are still eating they are keep great in the fridge. I warm them up for 10 seconds perfect. Thank You for this great recipe.
Wonderful! I’m so glad you liked the recipe
I had to make this recipe twice because the first dough was basically sand and kept falling apart. The second batch was better by adding two eggs to bind the dough but still had a issue rolling the dough. The recipe does work by adding eggs.
Oh no! I’m sorry the recipe didn’t work for you. That’s odd that your dough looked like sand. It should look like it does in the video – with a tacky texture. Did you make any substitutions or omissions? Did you use collagen powder instead of protein powder? I’m glad you got it to work with eggs.
I was excited to see this recipe on YouTube especially since it is not made from a fat head dough. I have a daughter that can’t eat dairy do you have an option for sour cream replacement
Annie, these were a success! Want to point out a possible typo, however. In the ingredient list there is 2 tablespoons monkfruit sweetener or sweetener of choice. But, it is not listed in the directions at all. The sweetener for the filling and icing/frosting is listed in directions, though. Read it over and thought it was just me. Anyway, I assumed you meant the 2 tablespoons went in the dry ingredients. Chilling the dough for 30 mins made it much easier to roll out and up, as well as greasing the parchment paper. Then, buttering the knife made it a breeze to cut through the dough.. Thanks for another easy, delicious recipe. I enjoy your channel.
Thanks for pointing that out. You are correct it goes in the dry ingredients. I fixed it! Thanks for the tips on cutting the dough too!
Can I use whey protein powder instead of vanilla/unflavored protein powder? I’m not sure what the difference is. I’ve seen other recepies call for protein powder but whey is the only unflavored I have been able to find in store. All the other ones are vanilla or chocolate and I dont want to have to buy both if I don’t have to.
Yes! You can use whey protein powder.
Loveee this recipe! Really one of my favorite dessert/breakfast up to now in the kept World!! Thanks for creating this!
I got a little question about the nutrition facts, is it the details for one serving OR for all the recipe?
Thanks in advance !
The recipe makes 8 cinnamon rolls. I guess the pictures are a little misleading because I doubled the recipe for the video. The macros are for one cinnamon roll.
Thanks for the clarification!
So I will know now that all the macros are always per portion 🙂 It’s helpfull when you are a beginner in that keto world!
Oh, also, the macros per serving: is it for the rolls with cream cheese frosting or the buttered icing frosting?
It’s for the buttered icing frosting.
I have been doing keto now for five months. Today l had a craving for cinnamon rolls. Fortunately I checked your site. these were so good. I thought perhaps my husband might od on them, lol. He couldn’t eat just one. this will be a frequent repeater for sure. As with all your recipes I try, this is definitely a keeper. Made exactly as written.
Yummmy!!!!! Keep up the good keto cooking!
This is definitely a five star rating….
will definitely try this, i loved your keto carrot cake, I did the cake countless times now ?
Thought these were tasty! I probably will leave out the cardamom next time as I didn’t think they added much, for me. And I rolled it out too thin and it wouldn’t roll up without tearing, so I just shoved it in a pan like a cake. Still tasty!
I wanted to mention that the recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of cinnamon but you say one teaspoon in the video. I followed the recipe and I’m glad I did as one teaspoon wouldn’t have been enough.
I can’t get over how good these are! Thank you for your wonderful recipe.
Can I use collagen powder instead of protein powder?
I haven’t tried using collagen in this recipe. If you try it, let me know how it works.
Thank you for posting this. I had the same question! I will follow the recipe and not the video.
For the cream cheese frosting recipe, in the video you say 1/2 stick of butter (and you specified 4 TBs) but in the recipe, it says 1/2 cup of butter which is 1 stick. Which amount should I use?
It’s a 1/2 cup butter or 1 stick. I think I get confused because I put the big bar of Kerrygold butter and 1/2 stick of that is 1/2 cup.
Do you have a recipe for Pecan Sticky Buns? The dough is and filling is similar other than you add Pecans. The only thing that I’m worried about is how to make a caramel sauce that will work for the top ( once you invert the buns). Can you help? Also, I’m aware that adding pecans, other ingredients will change the macros.
This should work for sticky buns too. I actually have a keto monkey bread recipe coming out soon with a caramel sticky syrup. So you can use that. This recipe should be up by Thanksgiving.
These look wonderful! I do have a question. Can I use vanilla keto chow for the protein powder? Thank you!
I haven’t tried that so I’m not 100% sure, but if keto chow has around 25g of protein per 1/4 cup, then it should work.
I love this recipe!
These cinnamon rolls cannot be keto!
oh but they are!!! 🙂
This recipe looks so so good.
Is there a substitute I can use instead of protein powder?
You can try using coconut flour instead. It will change the texture though, they will be denser
I made these and they’re delicious I’m so glad I don’t have to miss out on one of my faves
The recipe for the roll says 1/2 cup butter melted, but lower down in step 3 it says 1 cup butter melted. Which is correct?
The 1/2 cup butter is correct. I updated the recipe.
I love your recipes though havent tried all. Some, yes. Is there a good substitute for cardamom? Is not available 8n my place. Thank you.
I’m glad you are enjoying the recipes! You can just omit the cardamom if you don’t have it. Or try a pinch of nutmeg.