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
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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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Kayse says
Wow! These look absolutely amazing. And they’re wonderfully petite.
Danielle @ Chits and Chats and Chocolate says
Mini food for some reason, tastes so much better than “normal” food, especially when it comes to cinnamon rolls! These definitely do look addicting!
Michelle says
YUM! Definitely adding this to next week’s meal/snack plan 🙂
Liz @ Floating Kitchen says
Killing me with the dripping glaze. Gah! Looks amazing. And since they are mini I can eat 3 of them! YES!!!!
Carrie (This Fit Chick) says
oh katie! These look fabulous!!
Mia (Mia in Germany) says
Oh, they look delicious! Very delightful. I like mini versions of cakes 🙂
Hollie says
I’ve been craving cinnamon rolls. I am thinking I might try and make these some time soon.
Kay @ Kay Bueno says
These remind me of those cute little “one bite” desserts, but homemade.
I have a friend who throws the most amazing brunches, and she’d love these. I’ll have to try making them some time.
Nicola Miller Editor of The Millers Tale says
These look a little lighter and less cloying than the usual cinnamon stuffed pillows. Thank you.
Jodi says
These look delicious! Thank you for the recipe – can’t wait to try them!
Hailey says
Soooooooooo cute!!
Lindsey @ SimplyLindsey says
These look SO delicious and cute!!!
Medha @ Whisk & Shout says
I made your one-minute chocolate cake today and it was delicious! I topped mine with pumpkin butter and a few chocolate chips and it was awesome 🙂 I almost made the cookie pie… it must be fate telling me to try it because I see you made it your link!
jade says
amazing blog post
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Jules @ WolfItDown says
These look too good Katie, and makes my Scandi-heart smile ^ ^
And little anythings just go down so well when you’re with a group of friends or in birthday parties and the like 🙂 x
Linda @ The Fitty says
YAUUSSS KATIE! I read your interview on TBV–now that you’ve quit running, have you more time to bake and such?
Ella says
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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Ilona says
Omnomnomnomnom! *.*
They’re just perfect! 😀
EVA says
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.
Tamara says
These mini rolls look AMAZING. Do you think I could use a mix of oat flour + gf blend to make these?
Unofficial CCK Helper says
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.
Heba says
Wow I really like this one.. Good job katie ❤️
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Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy says
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 🙂
Yes says
yum! Must try this.
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abby - little city adventures says
These look so good! Most cinnamon rolls are TOO sticky to make mini but these look perfect!!
Amanda - Create N Plate says
Oh my gosh!! These look amazing! Mmm, cinnamon rolls are my favorite. Especially when they’re so little and cute like these ones!
Matea says
Cinnamon rolls, big or little, are great for fall!
Librarian Lavender says
Such an amazing recipe, as usual 🙂
Christina @ The Beautiful Balance says
Oh it would be so difficult to have self control around these!
Kaylin says
Looks good but, what kind of yeast do you use? Instant or simple dry active?
Unofficial CCK Helper says
Red Star baking yeast. Any will work. Just not brewers or nutritional yeast.
Shaun Marsh says
I am crushing on this delicious recipe! Loving the flavors! Cinnamon Rolls is definitely my favorite. Thanks for all these amazing recipes!
Mandie says
These look awesome! Your recipes are always so ingenious!
Kristin says
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!
Sabrina says
Wow Katie! They look delicious *.*
Sophie says
Hi Katie, or anyone willing to help… What would the the ingredients be in grams? Im from Ireland and I think our cups are either too big or too small….
eribis says
I’m thinking of making these but what’s the applesauce for?
Delores Morris says
I love anything made with Cinnamon. I am a diabetic, but I eat Kelloges “Cinnamon bons” cereal. It is good. I eat it for breakfast & sometime for lunch also. So any recipes made with cinnamon, send my way. I buy 20 boxes of my special cereal at a time. They have to be moist or I can’t eat them. Will look forward to more cinnamon recipes. Thanks Delores
Jill says
Can I bake them on a sheet rather than in mini muffin tins? Clearly making these last minute and don’t have the right tin.
Jaime says
I used the recipe for cinnamon rolls from your cookbook and essentially made mini ones, since my husband likes smaller ones better.
The only issue I had was with the glaze. Maybe it’s because my homemade powdered sugar wasn’t ground down enough, but I needed quite a bit more milk for the glaze than what you call for (between 1/8 and 1/4 of a cup for half the recipe).
Other than that, these came out amazingly. I was pleasantly surprised that the rolls stayed spiraled even after removing them!
Thank you for the recipe!
Jason Sanford says
LOVE the picture!