95-Calorie Gooey Cinnamon Rolls
- February 22, 2018
- 52 Comments
These 95-Calorie Gooey Cinnamon Rolls are moist and delicious…and did I mention they’re ONLY 95 calories each?! These rolls were made with a 2-ingredient dough that requires no yeast or waiting long hours for the dough to rise!!
Does anyone else have a major sweet tooth, besides me?! Come on, y’all, I can’t be the only one that can eat dessert for every meal! (Or maybe I am lol). My love for sweets can get me into trouble at times! I have to be really careful and try not to devour more than my allotted portion! This can be tough; especially when there are cinnamon rolls involved! Lol!
If you like this recipe, you’ll LOVE these:
- Guilt-Free Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
- Flourless Chickpea White Chocolate Blondies
- 4-Ingredient No Added Sugar Chocolate Raspberry Treats
I love to bake, but I’m still working to perfect this hobby. Usually when I bake, I have problems with my dough! Sometimes my dough won’t turn out right or I just don’t have time to wait for it to rise. I came across this popular 2-Ingredient dough and became intrigued! I just had to try it and see what all of the drama was about! Who knew that Greek yogurt and flour would make a nice dough! I played with the proportions a little bit until I found the perfect ratio!
If you like this recipe, you’ll LOVE these:
- Guilt-Free Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
- Flourless Chickpea White Chocolate Blondies
- 4-Ingredient No Added Sugar Chocolate Raspberry Treats
My dough looked perfect! When combining and kneeding the ingredients, you have to gradually add more flour because the dough can be sticky. After I kneaded the dough, I formed it into a ball and rolled it out into a slightly thin layer. I melted some margarine and added cinnamon and sugar. I evenly applied the butter mixture on the dough and rolled it up. I cut the dough into about 1 inch thick rolls, laid them on a baking sheet, and popped them into the oven! Soooo easy!
These 95-Calorie Gooey Cinnamon Rolls turned out extremely yummy!! I couldn’t believe they were only 95 calories each! I ate 2…and then went back and ate 2 more! Lol! I couldn’t help myself! For the finishing touch, I added a little glaze and pecans on top! This is truly my new favorite dessert! Make a batch today, and I’m pretty sure you’ll agree with me!
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If you like this recipe, you’ll LOVE these:
- Guilt-Free Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
- Flourless Chickpea White Chocolate Blondies
- 4-Ingredient No Added Sugar Chocolate Raspberry Treats
95-Calorie Gooey Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp. reduced fat margarine
- 1 1/2 tbsp. cinnamon
- 3 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3 tbsp. powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. unsweetened almond milk
- Optional: 2 tbsp. of pecans chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease a baking sheet.
- Combine flour and yogurt in a medium mixing bowl until ingredients are blended together and begin to form a sticky mixture.
- Lay dough onto a floured surface and add additional flour to dough, as needed, while kneading. Knead dough for about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a rectangular shape.
- In a small microwave safe bowl, melt margarine and add cinnamon, 1 tsp of vanilla and granulated sugar. Stir until combined and spread evenly over dough.
- Roll dough into a long tube shape and cut into approximately 10 rolls.
- Place rolls onto baking sheet and bake for about 15-17 minutes.
- For glaze: combine powdered sugar, almond milk and 1 tsp of vanilla. Drizzle over cinnamon rolls and sprinkle pecans on top, if desired.
- Enjoy!
Notes
If you like this recipe, you’ll LOVE these:
- Guilt-Free Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
- Flourless Chickpea White Chocolate Blondies
- 4-Ingredient No Added Sugar Chocolate Raspberry Treats
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Ooh Andy, I could sure ise one or 2 of those cinnamon rolls right now. For just 95 calories..maybe 3. Lol . Thanks for the recipe!
Lol!! Thank you for stopping by!!
Donyu think i canbreplace this regular all purpose flour with wheat flour or some other alternative ?
Hi! I’m sure you could use wheat flour, but it may result in a slightly tougher product. Give it a try and let me know how it turns out! ?
Hi, your recipe sounds delicious! You might want to try self-rising flour in place of the all purpose flour. I’m a WW member and I just got this 2-ingredient dough recipe where you can make a lot of different things, like pizza dough, pita chips and pretzel nuggets. It’s so easy and low in SmartPoints, too!
Sincerely,
Linda
I will have to give that a try! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Can you freeze them?
Yes, you can freeze them! 🙂
Do they rise if you don’t use any baking soda or baking powder? I would think they’d be more like a cookie than a roll.
Hi! They rose when they were baking. The texture was almost like a very soft & fluffy pretzel.
Mine have been in the oven for 15 minutes and they aren’t rising, they still look exactly the same as when I placed them in. Did yours take longer to rise?
since this is a different type of dough than the usual cinnamon roll dough, they are not going to rise that much. They will remain fairly small, but they will be delicious!
How big is each cinnamon roll, approximately? I’m assuming not huge like a Cinnabon, but are they like the super-tiny small pillsbury ones?
Hi! They are small, but not as tiny as the pillsbury ones!
Can I make the cinnamon rolls and refrigerate them over night and then cook them for Christmas brunch? Have you ever made them with gluten free flour?
I have never tried this method, but I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t turn out great! Let me know what happens!!
Fast in preparation and just yummy !!
So glad you liked them!
Hi Andy, I tried this recipe but my buns did not rise much at all and resulted in a tough dough. The only thing I did differently was I substituted Splenda for the sugar. My dough seemed to be less sticky than you discussed. Any thoughts?
Hi! These texture of these rolls are more like a soft bagel, so they won’t rise that much while baked.
These tasted amazing!! I was able to make 14 mini cinnamon buns, however even with the smaller size of the buns they took quite a bit longer to cook. I had them in the oven approx. 15 minutes longer than suggested to get the middle to cook through. Otherwise, they tasted amazing (even with subbing 1/4 C flour for WW flour)
I’m so glad that you enjoyed them! I will have to double check that cooking time, thanks for letting me know!
This was really good! I used brown sugar instead of white and I added raisins. I also used self rising flour instead of all purpose. Mine did 13 rolls and my 4 kids and husband gave them 2 thumbs up!
Yayy! I’m so glad that you and your family enjoyed them!
Delicious ?
Thank you!!
Is there any alternative to the greek yogurt and almond milk? Thanks!
I haven’t tried any substitutions for those ingredients, but maybe you could try sour cream in place of the Greek yogurt, and maybe cashew milk, oat milk, or soy milk in place of the almond milk.
These sound and look so good! I would like to use almond or coconut flour instead. I read that a 3:1 ratio of almond to coconut flour could mimic all purpose flour. Do you think this could work?
I have not tried this recipe with almond or coconut flour before. If you try it, definitely let me know how it turns out!!
Can I use coconut flour or almond flour?
Hi! I’ve never used any other type of flour, but you can certainly try it!?
when it says 350 degrees, is that Celsius or american Fahrenheit?
American Fahrenheit
Can you make these the day before, refrigerate and bake the next morning?
I haven’t tried that method before, but I don’t see why not!
Hi
Can i use greek yoghurt with vanilla flavour?
Yes, you sure can!
Hi, does the ‘95 calories’ include the icing or just the cinnamon bun itself?
Thank you ?
Hi! Just the cinnamon bun!
Hi
Can I use cow milk instead of almond milk?
I’m sure that you can, but I haven’t tried using almond milk before
Very good. I used sugar free brown sugar. My husband and I both loved them. I will make them again!
I’m so glad that you enjoyed them!
What can I substitute for margarine?
You can try using ghee.
Hey!! I just found this recipe and I’m really looking forward to making it! I’m a baker myself and really excited to move into the low calorie area!! About how many calories would you say the dough itself is? Thank you in advance!!
These were easy and delicious!! I love the little tang the Greek yogurt gives them!!