I think I should have called my blog “Food Free Food” – as in food that does not contain food. While I have celiac disease, I actually feel very lucky because I surrounded by people who not only cannot eat gluten, but who are allergic to dairy, eggs, and coconut! Weirdly enough, everyone in my family can eat nuts, so almond flour often makes an appearance on our table.
But Christmas morning is coming, and while I have two recipes for cinnamon rolls on the blog already, I wanted to create something that my whole family could eat for breakfast! Cinnamon rolls are a tradition in our household (after opening gifts, of course!), so I knew I had to make ones that everyone could eat!
So thanks to the amazingness of the finest-ground almond flour in the whole world (Anthony’s Culinary Grade), I was able to create a cinnamon roll dough that rolls out perfectly, rolls up perfectly, and bakes up soft and amazingly delicious; like regular cinnamon rolls only they don’t contain grains, eggs, and or coconut!! As I was stirring these up my brother was like, “SOOoooOOoo… are those actually going to taste good?”
He ate those words when I gave him a warm cinnamon roll with icing. He also ate the cinnamon roll. #PaleoBakingWin
- Rolls:
- 1 yellow or green-tipped banana
- 1/4 cup [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006Z7NPO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0006Z7NPO&linkCode=as2&tag=coituppa-20&linkId=HW4ZAZAKGZGHXEBM” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”]olive oil[/url]
- 3 tablespoons [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005P0LW66/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005P0LW66&linkCode=as2&tag=coituppa-20&linkId=P3OOLUA6RH73NDGF” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”]maple syrup[/url]
- 1 tablespoon [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0059HN0GK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0059HN0GK&linkCode=as2&tag=coituppa-20&linkId=DHTVYA2CMJU5XFG4″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”]white chia seeds[/url]
- 1 cup [url href=”http://www.anthonysgoods.com/products/anthonys-almonds-culinary-grade-blanched-almond-flour” target=”_blank”]culinary almond flour[/url], plus more for dusting
- 1/2 cup [url href=”http://www.anthonysgoods.com/products/anthonys-organic-tapioca-flour” target=”_blank”]tapioca starch[/url]
- 1/2 cup [url href=”http://www.organicgemini.com/products/gluten-free-flour?rfsn=126521.5a676″ target=”_blank”]tigernut flour[/url]
- 1/2 teaspoon [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BD0SDU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000BD0SDU&linkCode=as2&tag=coituppa-20&linkId=YKAAZKZTJ5U7DTMF” target=”_blank”]salt[/url]
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 tablespoons [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005P0LW66/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005P0LW66&linkCode=as2&tag=coituppa-20&linkId=P3OOLUA6RH73NDGF” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”]maple syrup[/url]
- Cinnamon
- Icing:
- 1/3 cup [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0059HN0GK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0059HN0GK&linkCode=as2&tag=coituppa-20&linkId=DHTVYA2CMJU5XFG4″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”]tapioca starch[/url]
- 1/4 cup [url href=”http://www.anthonysgoods.com/products/anthonys-almonds-culinary-grade-blanched-almond-flour” target=”_blank”]culinary almond flour[/url]
- 3 tablespoons [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005P0LW66/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005P0LW66&linkCode=as2&tag=coituppa-20&linkId=P3OOLUA6RH73NDGF” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”]maple syrup[/url]
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- almond milk, to thin out icing
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, mash the banana.
- Stir in the olive oil, 3 T maple syrup, and chia seeds.
- Mix in the almond flour, tapioca, tigernut, salt, and baking soda.
- Knead the dough with additional almond flour until it comes together nicely.
- Pat out to 1/3″ thick on a floured surface and brush liberally with 2-3 T maple syrup. Evenly coat with cinnamon.
- Carefully roll up and cut into 1″ rolls.
- Place in an 8″x8″ glass baking dish.
- Bake for about 30 minutes.
- Stir together all icing ingredients and thin out as desired with almond milk.
- Frost cooled rolls and enjoy.
These look really good and I love cinnamon rolls… will be making them soon!
Is there anything that can be substituted for chia seeds? I detest them because they taste like fish to me, and I hate fish. Same for flax seeds and flax meal. How can I get away from these things???
Your chia seeds might taste like that just from rancidity; buying chia seeds from a good company that uses high-quality packaging might help with that. For this recipe, you could probably omit the chia since there’s only a tablespoon; try adding a 1/2 TBSP extra tigernut flour to make up for it.