These healthy cinnamon rolls pack lots of fiber and protein and combine the best dessert with everyone's favorite breakfast food! So what makes these cinnamon rolls healthy? Oats blended into the filling, rolling the cinnamon rolls in more oats, and a high protein cream cheese frosting!

Let's talk about the recipe!

Ingredients

• Active dry yeast
• Sugar
• Cream of tartar
• Lemon juice
• Warm water
• Plain flour
• Salt
• Butter
• Warm milk
• Cinnamon
• Egg white
• Cottage cheese
• Cream cheese

Make the Dough

Combine the yeast, sugar, cream of tartar, lemon, and water, and let bloom for 5 minutes. Add the flour, salt, butter, and warm milk and knead for 10 minutes. Cover and let rise for 1 hour. Punch down the dough and roll it into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle on a floured surface.

Why cream of tartar and lemon? They feed the yeast and make this dough rise and become nice and fluffy! It's the perfect hack for fluffy cinnamon rolls if you live in a cold climate or have an unreliable house temperature. If you're going to have healthy cinnamon rolls they at least need to be fluffy cinnamon rolls.

Make the Filling

Combine all of the filling ingredients in a blender or immersion blender cup and blend until smooth. Spread over the dough and roll the dough into a cylinder. Roll the cylinder in the egg white and then the oats. Slice it into 10 coins. Arrange them in a greased 9x13 casserole dish, cover, and refrigerate overnight. The next morning preheat the oven to 350f, leaving the cinnamon rolls out of the refrigerator while the oven preheats. Bake for 40 minutes and allow 20 minutes for cooling.

This filling is the real magic of this recipe and is also what makes these healthy cinnamon rolls. Oats are blended until smooth with the butter, sugar, and cinnamon (and a little water to loosen up the filling), so you get a smooth and creamy filling that you wouldn't even know is packed with fiber!

Make the Frosting

Combine all the frosting ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Spread the frosting over the cooled cinnamon rolls.

This frosting is also putting in the work to help our healthy cinnamon rolls earn their title, as everyone's favorite high protein ingredient is sneakily blended in. Cottage cheese blends seamlessly with cream cheese for a high-protein frosting!

Healthy Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

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Servings: 10

Active time: 20 minutes

Total time: 10 hours

Ingredients:

For the Dough

• 3 tsp active dry yeast
• 1 Tbsp
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp of lemon juice
• 2/3 cup warm water
• 3 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp
• 1/2 cup warm milk

For the Filling

• 4 Tbsp butter, melted
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup oats
• 2 tbsp cinnamon
• 4 tbsp water

For Rolling

• 1/2 cup oats
• 1 egg white

For the Frosting

• 1/2 cup cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup cream cheese
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 2 Tbsp milk

Method:

For the Dough

1. Combine the yeast, sugar, cream of tartar, lemon, and water, and let bloom for 5 minutes.
2. Add the flour, salt, butter, and warm milk and knead for 10 minutes. Cover and let rise for 1 hour. Punch down the dough and roll it into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle on a floured surface.

For the Filling

1. Combine all of the filling ingredients in a blender or immersion blender cup and blend until smooth.
2. Spread over the dough and roll the dough into a cylinder. Roll the cylinder in the egg white and then the oats. Slice it into 10 coins. Arrange them in a greased 9x13 casserole dish, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
3. The next morning preheat the oven to 350f, leaving the cinnamon rolls out of the refrigerator while the oven preheats. Bake for 40 minutes and allow 20 minutes for cooling.

For the Frosting

1. Combine all the frosting ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Spread the frosting over the cooled cinnamon rolls.

See Nutrition Info

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 10
Amount per serving
Calories	351
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.5g	16%
Saturated Fat 7.4g	37%
Cholesterol 33mg	11%
Sodium 372mg	16%
Total Carbohydrate 51.9g	19%
Dietary Fiber 2g	7%
Total Sugars 15.8g
Protein 8.5g
Vitamin D 5mcg	24%
Calcium 45mg	3%
Iron 2mg	13%
Potassium 116mg	2%

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About the Author

Hi! I'm Alexandra, and I've been cooking and baking for about 12 years. My passion is making cheap, convenient, nutrient-dense food that still tastes amazing, and helping to perpetuate healthy eating habits without perpetuating diet culture. I want you to find recipes that make your body and your heart happy, without putting any food off limits, or making you feel guilty for loving delicious things

By Alexandra Massengale