Gooey, sticky, sweet, itty bitty mini cinnamon rolls…
Mini Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
These deliciously bite-sized mini cinnamon rolls have some serious addictive powers.
Just one glorious bite and suddenly you’ll look down at the plate and realize three or four mini cinnamon rolls have gone missing.
How did that happen???
Addictive powers, remember?
That’s how.
Side Note: also be sure to check out this recipe for Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal!
The mini cinnamon buns even look good in iphone pictures!
Mini Cinnamon Rolls
Mini Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
- 1/2 tbsp yeast
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1 tbsp sweetener of choice, excluding xylitol or stevia
- 1 1/4 cups spelt or all-purpose flour, or a combination of the two
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar of choice
- 1/16 tsp uncut stevia, OR 2 more tbsp granulated sugar of choice
- just over 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp oil or melted full-fat butter-type spread
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2-3 tbsp spelt or all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar of choice (I like Sucanat)
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- scant 1/2 cup applesauce
- dash salt
Instructions
Mini Cinnamon Rolls Recipe: Warm milk in a small bowl until warm but not boiling: if you own a candy thermometer, it should read 110 F. Stir the 1 tbsp sweetener in, sprinkle the yeast on top, and set aside 5 minutes. It should soon bubble up. (If it doesn’t, either your yeast is not good or milk was too hot or cold. ) In a large bowl, combine the 1 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, 2 tbsp sugar of choice, stevia, salt, and 2 tsp cinnamon. Stir well.
Stir the oil and vanilla into the milk mixture, then pour into the large bowl of dry ingredients and stir to form a dough. Especially if using spelt flour, you might need to add a little extra flour until it’s dry enough to form a dough. Form dough into a ball, then place it into a lightly-greased large bowl. Cover the bowl loosely with a towel. Set in a warm place to rise 20 minutes or until the ball is doubled in size. (A “bread proof” setting works well if your oven has one.) Meanwhile, stir together all remaining ingredients (except the extra 2-3 tbsp flour) in a medium bowl, and lightly grease a mini muffin tin. Set bowl and tin aside.
After dough has risen, punch it to deflate. Knead 5 minutes with your hands, adding the 2-3 tbsp flour as you knead so the dough is not sticking to your hands. On a lightly-floured surface, separate dough into two balls and roll each out into a very thin rectangle. Spread the contents of the medium bowl evenly on top. Use a large, sharp knife to slice dough into about 24 (1-inch) strips, wiping knife after each cut. It’s okay if some filling oozes out. Carefully roll up each strip. Place one roll into each mini muffin tin and return to the warm place for 30 minutes OR refrigerate overnight. Preheat oven to 325 F. Place rolls in the oven and bake 16 minutes. Glaze either with coconut butter or with the recipe below:
*For the Glaze:*
2/3 cup powdered sugar or Sugar-Free Powdered Sugar
1-2 tsp milk of choice, or more or less to achieve desired glaze thickness
Whisk ingredients to form a glaze. Drizzle glaze evenly over rolls with a spoon.
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Oh my GOSH these look so so so so so SO good. I’ll make them for my family for breakfast next weekend! Thanks for posting the recipe, I’m really excited to try them out.
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Omnomnomnomnom! *.*
They’re just perfect! 😀
Now THIS I can get behind! I wish I had time to make cinnamon rolls….
I’ve been having Larabars for breakfast every morning since I’m a commuter, and I’m getting sick of them (is that possible?! Do I have the flu or something?!). Mini cinnamon rolls sound perfect to take in a lil’ container to make all my classmates jealous.
These mini rolls look AMAZING. Do you think I could use a mix of oat flour + gf blend to make these?
The yeast needs gluten to work properly, but you can always experiment and perhaps they will still be okay, just won’t rise as much. Report back if you experiment.
Wow I really like this one.. Good job katie ❤️
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Mini makes everything better 😉 These looks incredible! You were the first food blog I ever found, and although I’m not vegan, I LOVE experimenting with different “food lifestyles” and have made many of your recipes. I will definitely be posting vegan recipes on my site! Thanks for sharing all of your amazing recipes 🙂
yum! Must try this.
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These look so good! Most cinnamon rolls are TOO sticky to make mini but these look perfect!!
Oh my gosh!! These look amazing! Mmm, cinnamon rolls are my favorite. Especially when they’re so little and cute like these ones!
Cinnamon rolls, big or little, are great for fall!
Such an amazing recipe, as usual 🙂
Oh it would be so difficult to have self control around these!
Looks good but, what kind of yeast do you use? Instant or simple dry active?
Red Star baking yeast. Any will work. Just not brewers or nutritional yeast.
I am crushing on this delicious recipe! Loving the flavors! Cinnamon Rolls is definitely my favorite. Thanks for all these amazing recipes!
These look awesome! Your recipes are always so ingenious!
These were delicious! Made them with my 5 year old daughter who had a blast making homemade healthier cinnamon rolls. My family hasn’t eaten cinnamon rolls in years due to the ingredients in the store bought version so this was a special treat that I didn’t feel guilty about feeding to the family. Will be making these again. Thanks for posting this recipe Katie, we really enjoy your website!