Healthy Protein Cinnamon Rolls - Scary Good!
Serves 12
20 mins prep
25 mins cook
45 mins total
Soft, fluffy but Healthy Protein Cinnamon Rolls topped with protein powder Cream Cheese Icing! These protein powder cinnamon rolls are made with a sugar free filling and icing and only a little butter - the perfect easy, skinny, low calorie cinnamon buns to satisfy your cravings!
Filling:
Frosting:
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Make Dough:
In a small bowl, warm the milk in the microwave for about 40-45 seconds to about 110°F - it should be like warm bath water, not hot to touch.
Warm milk is needed for the yeast to rise.
Stir in sugar until dissolved.
Add yeast, stir and let rest for 10 minutes until frothy.
In a large bowl - whisk together flour, unflavored protein powder, vanilla protein powder and salt.
Create a small well in the middle of the flour, and add in melted butter and yeast-milk mixture.
Mix with a large spoon to form a shaggy dough.
Transfer to a lightly floured work surface and use hands to knead into a ball of dough, about 3-4 minutes.
Rest 1:
Grease a large bowl and place ball of dough inside. Cover with damp warm towel and let rest 1-1½ hours until doubled in size.
Cut Rolls:
Transfer to a lightly floured surface and then roll (flour the rolling pin) into a large rectangle about 18”x 12” size and ⅓” thick.
In a small bowl combine softened butter, almond butter, zero calorie brown sugar and cinnamon.
Spread mixture on dough leaving around ¼ inch on all sides.
Gently but tightly roll up dough from the long 18” end until it meets the other end.
Cut log into 12 pieces (about 1½” thick each) using a sharp serrated knife.
Line a large baking pan with parchment paper and place each roll in pan.
Rest 2:
Cover pan with warm towel and keep in a warm place; Let rise another 45-50 minutes.
Preheat oven to 325°F when 15 minutes are left.
Bake:
Pour milk over cinnamon rolls and place pan in oven.
Bake for 25 minutes until edges puff up and are lightly browned.
Let cool for about 10 minutes.
Frosting:
In a small bowl whisk together softened cream cheese, Greek yogurt and protein powder until smooth. Or use a hand mixer.
Spread over cinnamon rolls and serve!
