Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Paleo Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon rolls were a Christmas tradition in our house. We haven't done that in a few years now, but I wanted to restart the tradition with a healthier paleo twist. I used the biscuit recipe from Elanaspantry.com as the base for these rolls. I hope you like them as much as we did!




Paleo Cinnamon Rolls

Dough
2 eggs
1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
1/4 cup ghee or coconut oil
2 1/2 cups almond flour
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

Filling
2 tbsp ghee or coconut oil melted
2 tbsp cinnamon
3 tbsp maple or coconut sugar

Icing
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup maple or coconut sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp arrowroot

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In large bowl mix eggs, maple and ghee. Add almond flour, salt and baking soda. Mix until well combined. Dump dough onto a piece of parchment paper. Place another piece of parchment on top and roll dough into a rectangle shape about 1/4-1/2 inch thick. In small bowl combine filling ingredients. Spread filling over the biscuit dough mixture. Roll to dough starting at one end (the longer side of the rectangle). Using a sharp knife cut individual rolls from the rolled up dough making each about 1-1 1/2 inch thick. Place on parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes until lightly golden brown. While baking mix the icing ingredients in a small bowl. Remove the rolls from the oven and drizzle with glaze. Serve warm and enjoy!


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12 comments:

  1. This looks amazing!Im going to make these this weekend!

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  2. I hope you like them! My 4 year old was a huge fan! As was my hubby. :)

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  3. OK, I'm late to the party but these were awesome! Totally restored my faith in paleo baking...this is the first paleo baking recipe I've ever liked.

    I made them less paleoish with cream cheese icing: quarter of a block of cream cheese, a dash of honey, vanilla, and a glub of coconut oil. Highly technical and very very delicious!

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  4. Great !! Thanks for sharing. :)

    I've recently posted one at my blog below (and hope to be adding more soon), do check it out if interested:

    Lemon Meringue Pie (Paleo Dessert)
    http://paleodessertsinfo.blogspot.com

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  5. I just made these. Let me say, they did NOT turn out like your picture, however, these are REALLY GOOD!

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  6. Do you think I could make the 'roll' the night before then get up to slice and bake?

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  7. I just made these and they didn't hold their shape! They flattened out and looked more like cookies! :(

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  8. You probably could make them the night before and keep them in the fridge. You may have to bake them a bit longer if they are cold. The flattening may have occurred due to too much moisture in your batter. Did the batter seem wet?

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  9. I made these. Half of the recipe to be exact, was running low on almond flour. They were so good! Especially when I topped them with all natural cocoa powder and topped it with warm coconut cream and more cinnamon and pecans, that I salted. I quickly cleaned off a plate of 6 in just one episode of Orange Is The New Black.

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  10. I bet coconut butter on them is divine! I haven't made these in a while. I may have to do that this weekend. :)

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  11. These did not work out at all for me :( Dough was too sticky. I tried adding more flour and that didn't work. I turned these into cinnamon roll 'squares' with the dough as the base and the cinnamon filling as the topping. It wasn't bad.

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  12. 3 Studies PROVE How Coconut Oil Kills Waist Fat.

    The meaning of this is that you actually get rid of fat by eating coconut fat (in addition to coconut milk, coconut cream and coconut oil).

    These 3 researches from big medicinal magazines are sure to turn the traditional nutrition world upside down!

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