Fathead cinnamon rolls are easy keto breakfast pastries made of fathead dough, a low carb cheese dough that create soft pastries with only 3 grams of net carbs per serving. Bonus, these easy keto cinnamon rolls are also gluten-free, ready in 30 minutes to satisfy your sweet cravings with no guilt!
Keep reading to learn how to make these deliciously soft, sweet chewy keto breakfast treats!
Fathead dough is a keto dough that mimics bread dough to create a range of keto baking recipes like pizza, bagels, or this keto cinnamon rolls recipe. Fathead dough is always made of 4 basic ingredients:
The best keto cinnamon rolls are soft, chewy, filled with a sweet cinnamon buttery filling, and topped with cream cheese maple glazing. This fathead cinnamon rolls recipe has it all, plus it is ready in 20 minutes!
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The first step to making delicious keto-friendly cinnamon rolls using fathead dough is to have your ingredients at room temperature. It means you will take the ingredients below out of the fridge 20 minutes before you start the recipe.
How many of us end up with a super dry fathead dough or a fathead dough that melts in the oven? This always happens because you didn’t weigh the ingredients and used cups or tablespoons to measure them.
There are two ways to combine the stretchy mozzarella cream cheese mixture with the rest of the fathead dough ingredients.
First, you can combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Then, combine the melted cheese with dry ingredients and the beaten egg, vanilla, apple cider vinegar. Use a wooden spoon or silicone spatula first, and then when it starts to be difficult to stir, generously oil your hands and knead to form a smooth bowl.
Another option is to blend all the ingredients in a food processor using the S blade attachment. Then, grease your hand to remove the dough from the bowl.
The remaining ingredients you need to make this fathead dough for cinnamon rolls are (full measurement in the recipe card below):
Once the dough is soft, not sticky, wrap the ball in plastic wrap and chill for 5 minutes. This makes it easier to roll the dough.
To make the filling, combine the ingredients below with a spoon into a small mixing bowl:
You can also use regular keto crystal sweetener, but the brown erythritol adds a delicious caramel flavor to the filling.
There’s nothing better than a cream cheese maple glazing on top of lukewarm cinnamon rolls! All you need to make the glazing are:
Beat all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl until smooth and fluffy. Spread 1 + 1/2 tablespoon of glazing per cinnamon rolls just before eating to prevent the glazing from melting on the lukewarm rolls.
Always roll fathead keto cinnamon rolls dough between two pieces of slightly grease sheets of parchment paper or silicone mats. I like to use very large pieces of parchment paper, about 2.8 inches x 20 inches long. First, place the dough ball in the center of the bottom piece of parchment paper. Place the second piece of parchment paper on top. Gently press the dough ball to roughly flatten and start rolling.
Roll evenly into a rectangle of about 11 inches x 8 inches (29 cm x 20 cm). My tip for rolling cinnamon roll fathead dough into a perfect rectangle shape is folding the parchment paper into a rectangle. This way, you encase the dough into the desire rectangle shape, and when you roll it, the dough fits in. Have a look at my picture below to see how I proceed.
Now that you have rolled the fathead dough into a rectangle spread the butter cinnamon filling all over the dough. Don’t add filling on the lengthwise borders. This makes it easier to stick the cylinder together at the end.
Start rolling the dough from the widest side, roll tightly. When you reach the top, brush water or melted butter on the top of the dough to seal the roll.
This recipe makes 12 keto cinnamon rolls. If you roll the dough in the rectangle size provided above, then cut the dough into 12 even cylinders. Each roll contains 3 grams of net carbs. For the detailed nutritional information, scroll below the recipe card. It provides fat, protein, and calories as well.
First, cut the long cylinder in half. Then, cut each half in half again to end up with 4 even pieces. Finally, cut each of these 4 cylinders into 4 rolls, using the same halving method for precision.
Bake the cinnamon rolls into a greased 12-hole muffin tray. They bake way faster this way, and the side crisps slightly, which is delicious. However, if you prefer, you can bake them on a grease baking dish as well. Make sure your rolls don’t touch each other, or they wouldn’t bake evenly.
Cool the cinnamon rolls on a cooling rack while you prepare the cream cheese icing.
I always recommend glazing the individual rolls just before serving. This prevents the glazing from melting on the rolls if they are still lukewarm. Plus, you can easily store the icing in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Serve each cinnamon rolls with 1 1/2 tablespoon of icing.
You can store these cinnamon rolls in the fridge in a sealed container for up to 3 days. Otherwise, freeze in an airtight container and thaw the day before eating. The frosting can be frozen as well.
The most common issues we encounter with fathead dough are:
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Made these keto cinnamon rolls with fathead? Share your feedback or questions below!
XOXO Carine
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Hi there! Do these have to be refrigerated if they’re not iced or is it just recommend in order to keep them fresh for longer?
Yes, you must store these in the fridge as it contains cheese and eggs. More storage recommendation appears in the recipe card, including freezing options
Hi. First i’m a big fan of your recipe. Miam
I’d like to know if cinnamon roll can be frozen. Thanks
Sure, you can freeze them in a sealed container, and thaw at room temperature. Enjoy!