Peanut Butter Protein Cinnamon Rolls – Easy Sweet Breakfast!

Super easy Peanut Butter Protein Cinnamon Rolls with a peanut butter frosting for a beautiful and sweet breakfast! These peanut butter cinnamon rolls use peanut butter powder, protein powder and Greek yogurt, and make healthy, low calorie breakfast rolls!

I recently came across the whole peanut butter and cinnamon combination and really had to try it out in these breakfast rolls.

What a good combination!

Soft peanut butter sweet rolls with a gooey cinnamon filling – these rolls really were amazing.

The best part though, is that they’re super low fat and low calorie because I used peanut butter powder instead of regular peanut butter. A real game changing low calorie protein cinnamon roll.

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Protein Cinnamon Rolls

This healthy peanut butter protein cinnamon roll recipe has no yeast, just a few simple ingredients, and is perfect for a breakfast, post workout or even quick snack.

Here’s what you need for the perfect protein peanut butter breakfast rolls:

For the Protein Cinnamon Roll Dough

• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
• Unflavored Whey-Caesin Protein Powder to replace some of the flour and make a low calorie high protein cinnamon roll.
  I recommend the Multi-purpose mix protein powder from Quest Nutrition.
• Vanilla Whey-Caesin Protein Powder to sweeten the cinnamon roll dough without the sugar; I used Whey-Caesin Quest Nutrition.
• Peanut Butter Powder, also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend Lakanto for a sugar free version (the code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount). Or you could use the one from PbFit or PB2 too.
• 1:1 Zero Calorie Monkfruit Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto, to keep this recipe sugar free; (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too)
• Non-fat Greek Yogurt
• A bit of Unsalted Butter (this is needed) – I recommend light butter
• Baking Powder; No yeast here

The filling for Low Calorie Cinnamon Rolls

• Cinnamon
• 1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto, to keep this cinnamon chocolate roll recipe sugar free;  (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too)
• Some more Butter

And the Protein Peanut Butter Frosting

• Greek Yogurt
• More Peanut Butter Powder (same as above)
• Vanilla Protein Powder. I used ProteinWorld Slender Blend but ProteinWorld Whey is a great options too. Code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount on both.
  

Tips for Protein Peanut Butter Sweet Rolls

This really is an easy one, but here’s some pointers for the perfect protein powder peanut butter sweet rolls recipe:

• Use cold yogurt, milk and butter so that the dough does not get too sticky and hard to roll.

• Use the butter, don’t skip it! I tried a similar recipe without the butter, but the protein cinnamon roll dough was not soft enough.

• Don’t over-mix the dough or it will get too warm and soft.
  Also, the protein powder can make the peanut butter cinnamon rolls tough.

• Flour the work surface and rolling pin to prevent dough from sticking

• Don’t let dough sit out for too long; Work quickly with adding the filling, rolling and baking. You don’t want the dough to get too warm. Keept it in the fridge to cool if you need time.

• Roll up the dough tight enough for it to hold, but not so tight that it does not have room to expand.

Alternates for Healthy Peanut Butter Cinnamon Rolls with Protein Powder

I recommend making this healthy, high protein low calorie peanut butter cinnamon roll recipe using the ingredients and products listed – especially the protein powder since it gives the best results.

If you need other options for the flours and such, here’s some alternatives for healthy peanut butter breakfast rolls:

• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: All purpose flour or 1:1 Gluten Free baking flour with the same weight not cups.
• Unflavored Protein Powder: More flour (by cups); Also use a bit less yogurt.
• Greek Yogurt: Coconut Yogurt (this might take longer cook)
• Zero Calorie Sweetener: Regular sugar

For Vegan Protein Peanut Butter Rolls Recipe

To make this a Vegan protein peanut butter cinnamon rolls recipe, use some of the alternate ingredients mentioned above.

I haven’t tried this out myself, so I’m not sure how this would turn out.

• Replace unflavored whey-caesin protein powder with more flour
• Use Vegan vanilla protein powder;
  ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend that you could try (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here).
• Coconut yogurt in place of Greek yogurt
• Vegan butter in place of regular

More Protein Cinnamon Roll Recipes to Try

• Mini Protein Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls
• Single Serve Protein Cinnamon Roll
• Healthy Protein Cinnamon Rolls – Scary Good!
• Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal For One

Peanut Butter Protein Cinnamon Rolls – Easy Sweet Breakfast!

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Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time25 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Servings: 12 rolls

Calories: 96kcal

Course: Breakfast, Post-Workout

Cuisine: American, European

Super easy Peanut Butter Protein Cinnamon Rolls with a peanut butter frosting for a beautiful and sweet breakfast! These peanut butter cinnamon rolls use peanut butter powder, protein powder and Greek yogurt, and make healthy, low calorie breakfast rolls!

Ingredients

• 1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, 120g, see post for subs
• ¼ cup Unflavored Whey-Caesin Protein Powder, 22g, see post for subs
• ⅓ cup Vanilla Whey-Caesin Protein Powder, 30g, 1 scoop
• ⅓ cup Peanut Butter Powder, 32g
• 4 teaspoon Zero Calorie 1:1 Monkfruit Sugar Replacement, 16g
• 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 cup Cold Non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt, 225g
• 1½ tablespoon Cold Butter, 21g, in small cubes

Filling:

• 3 tablespoon Zero Calorie 1:1 Brown Sugar Substitute, or regular, 36g
• 1 tablespoon Cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon Softened Butter, 11g

Frosting:

• 2 tablespoon Greek Yogurt, 28g
• 1 tablespoon Peanut Butter Powder, 6g
• 1 tablespoon Vanilla Protein Powder, 6g

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly 7” round pan.
• Process dry ingredients in food processor – flour, unflavored protein powder, vanilla protein powder, peanut butter powder, sweetener and baking powder.
• Add Greek Yogurt and butter and process to form dough ball – about 15-20 seconds; Stop as soon as ball forms.

Make and Bake:

• Transfer dough to lightly floured work surface and roll out a long rectangle ⅓-½” thick. (about 18”x 12”).

  Flour rolling pin to avoid sticking.
• Spread softened butter over dough.

  Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle mixture evenly over butter.

  Use fingers to rub mixture into dough.
• Gently but tightly roll up dough from the long 12” end until it meets the other end.
• Cut log into 12 pieces (about 1½” thick each) using a sharp knife or pizza cutter.

  Place rolls in pan, leaving a little gap if you like.
• Bake for 25 minutes until edges puff up and are lightly browned.

  Let cool for about 10 minutes.

Frosting:

• In a small bowl mix greek yogurt, peanut butter powder and protein powder until smooth.
• Spread over cinnamon rolls and serve!

Notes

Recipe adapted from Zach Rocheleau (Flexible Dieting Lifestyle on YouTube) and my Single Serve Protein Cinnamon Roll.

• Nutrition value is calculated using products recommended below.
• See post for alternate ingredients, tips and storage options.

Product Recommendations:

• Quest Nutrition Multi-purpose Mix Protein Powder
• Quest Nutrition Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder
• Lakanto Peanut Butter Powder
  • Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 15% off your order
• Lakanto 1:1 Sugar Substitute
  • Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 15% off your order

Nutrition: 

• Servings: 12 rolls | Serving size: 1 with frosting
• Calories: 96kcal
• Fat: 2.9g | Saturated fat: 1.5g
• Carbohydrates: 14.7g | Fiber: 2.2g | Sugar: 0.8g
• Protein: 8.6g