Single Serve Protein Cinnamon Roll (Low Calorie & Sugar Free)

A fluffy, gooey Single Serve Protein Cinnamon Roll with protein powder in the dough and filling for a low calorie and sugar free recipe! Protein cinnamon roll for one is easily Vegan and great as a mug cake too.

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So many single serving recipes floating around out there, so I decided to go for this regular breakfast classic and make a single serve cinnamon roll too!

Since it’s only a small batch one serving recipe, this cinnamon roll is leavened with baking powder and has no yeast. But that wasn’t the only highlight; It’s a high protein cinnamon roll with protein powder in the dough and filling as well!

Tweaked a recipe from The Big Man’s World to revamp my original version, and…

The perfect soft, doughy protein cinnamon roll with a gooey cinnamon-sugar filling, but sugar free and low fat and high protein and all the good stuff!

Ingredients for Single Serve Protein Cinnamon Roll

This healthy single serving protein cinnamon roll recipe has just a few simple ingredients, and is perfect for a solo gluten free and sugar free breakfast.

Here’s what you need:

For the Protein Cinnamon Roll Dough

• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
• Unflavored Whey-Casein Protein Powder to replace some of the flour and make a high protein cinnamon roll dough, but also a bit low calorie too.
  I recommend the Multi-purpose mix protein powder from Quest Nutrition.
• Vanilla Whey-Casein Protein Powder to sweeten the cinnamon roll dough without the sugar; I used Quest Nutrition here since it’s a Whey-Casein blend.
• Non-fat Greek Yogurt
• Baking Powder; No yeast here since it’s a single serving cinnamon roll recipe
• A pinch of Salt

Sugar-free Cinnamon Brown Sugar Filling

• 1:1 Sugar Free Brown Sugar Replacement: I used Lakanto brown monk fruit sweetener so that the cinnamon roll is sugar free (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount here).
• Cinnamon

And a High Protein Frosting

• Non Fat Greek Yogurt
• Vanilla Protein Powder
• A splash of Unsweetened Almond Milk

Tips for Single Serving Cinnamon Roll Recipe with Protein Powder

This really is an easy one, but here’s some pointers for the perfect protein powder cinnamon roll recipe:

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

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

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

Alternates for Healthy Protein Cinnamon Roll for One

I recommend making this healthy low calorie 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:

• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: Use all purpose flour or 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour, with the same amount by weight not cups.
• Unflavored Protein Powder: More flour, but also reduce yogurt to 2½ Tbsp
• Greek Yogurt: Coconut Yogurt
• Zero Calorie Brown Sugar: Coconut sugar or regular brown sugar.
• Butter: Dairy-free butter

For Single Serving Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

To make this single serving a Vegan protein cinnamon rolls recipe, use some of the alternate ingredients mentioned above:

• Replace unflavored whey-caesin protein powder with more flour
• Use Vegan vanilla protein powder
• Coconut yogurt in place of Greek yogurt
• Vegan butter in place of regular

More Single Serve Protein Recipes to Try:

• Single Serving Chocolate Protein Cookie (Sugar, Oil & Gluten Free)
• Single Serve Protein Brownie (Sugar Free, Gluten Free, Vegan)
• Sensational Single Serve Protein Cookie Dough
• High Protein Cookie Butter Mug Cake
• Protein Chocolate Lava Cake

More Cinnamon Roll Protein Powder Recipes:

• Healthy Protein Cinnamon Rolls – Scary Good!
• Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal For One