These Soft & Fluffy 30 Minute Keto Cinnamon Rolls will rock your world at just 2 Net carbs each! They are buttery, soft, sweet, and have the best cream cheese icing ever. You can whip them up quickly and easily.
Growing up, we would always go to the bakery and order pastries, cinnamon rolls, and donuts for special occasions. Because we didn’t go often, I always wanted to get the biggest and most delicious cinnamon roll.
Now that I am an adult, I still have a love and desire for freshly baked cinnamon rolls. However, I wanted to try a fun and healthier twist by making them keto. If you eat low carb or are just wanting to cut back on refined sugars, these keto cinnamon rolls are what you have been looking for. They are positively delightful and the perfect way to start the day. Only, when you eat these cinnamon rolls, you don’t have to have a bunch of guilt!
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE 30 MINUTE KETO CINNAMON ROLLS
For the Dough:
- Carbquik – In case you haven’t heard of Carbquik before, it’s a wonderful baking mix that is similar to Bisquick only without all the carbs! It’s a must when you are cooking low carb and will make your life so much easier!
- Water – When combined with the carb quick you will end up with a delightful dough that produces fluffy cinnamon rolls.
For the Filling:
- Butter – You will need to set out the butter ahead of time so it can soften for the best results. Or zap it in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Just don’t let it melt and allow it to sit at room temperature before using it.
- Brown Swerve – You will get a delicious sweetness when you use brown swerve. It replicates brown sugar perfectly and will become your new favorite brown sugar substitute.
- Cinnamon – The star is the cinnamon, of course. It’s that perfect flavor that every good cinnamon roll needs.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Cream Cheese – You only need half of a block of cream cheese. Again, you will need to let it sit out to be room temperature before using it.
- Butter – The butter adds a wonderful flavor to the icing.
- Powdered Erythritol – Instead of regular refined powdered sugar, use powdered swerve instead. It’s the best keto powdered sugar I’ve tried. It isn’t grainy and it’s so yummy and with no after taste.
- Vanilla Extract – The cinnamon rolls need just a touch of vanilla. One teaspoon is just the perfect amount.
How To Make Keto Cinnamon Rolls
It’s hard to believe you can make homemade cinnamon rolls in just 30 minutes. Don’t lose this recipe, because you are going to want to make them again!
Start off by mixing together the water and carb quick in a bowl. Use a wooden spatula to combine until a dough ball forms.
Then place the dough onto a surface that is clean and has been dusted with carb quick. Knead the dough for 2-3 minutes.
Allow the dough to rest for 5 minutes, then roll it out into a large rectangle. Spread the butter, brown swerve, and cinnamon on the dough. Roll it up lengthwise and cut into 9 cinnamon rolls. Place the rolls inside of a baking dish.
Cook the cinnamon rolls at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Then take them out of the oven and let them cool for five minutes.
Prepare the icing by whisking the cream cheese, butter, swerve, and vanilla together. Once smooth and free of lumps, drizzle on top of the cinnamon rolls. Enjoy!
Cinnamon Roll Variations
We love everything about these cinnamon rolls just the way it’s written. But if you want to add in some extra pizzazz that’s more than fine! Here are a few ideas that might work well for you.
- Chocolate: use your favorite sugar-free chocolate and melt it. Then drizzle it on the cinnamon rolls in place of the icing. Or chop up pieces of chocolate and add it to the cinnamon roll rectangle before you roll it up.
- Nuts: Add pecans or walnuts to the cinnamon rolls before rolling them into a log. It’s a great way to add some crunch.
- Orange Juice: Add 1 tablespoon of fresh-squeezed orange juice to the icing. It’s a lovely way to make them gourmet style!
More Tasty Keto Sweets
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- The World’s Best Keto Brownies
- Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
- Keto Caramel Slice
- Keto Cheesecake
30 Minute Keto Cinnamon Rolls {Soft & Fluffy- 2 Net Carbs!}
Ingredients
For The Dough
- 3 1/2 cups Carbquik
- 1 cup water
For The Filling
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup brown swerve
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 block cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered Erythritol
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large bowl using a wooden spoon spatula, combine carb quick and water until a firm dough forms. Pour dough mixture onto a clean surface floured with a few teaspoons of carb quick and knead for 2-3 minutes.
- Rest the dough for 5 minutes. Roll out into a rectangle, spread butter over dough, sprinkle with brown swerve and top with cinnamon. Roll up dough lengthwise and cut into 9 equal pieces. transfer to an 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish.
- Bake at 375F preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool at least 5 minutes before frosting.
- To make cream cheese frosting: Whisk all the ingredients in a small bowl until lump-free.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These were absolutely DELICIOUS!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
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Yum!! that looks delicious 😀
I mainly chose this recipe over others because it was the easiest and I had all the ingredients on hand. Also, if they didn’t live up to the good reviews I would out the least amount of time and ingredients. I’m happy to report they were delicious! I followed the recipe exactly as it is written and don’t think I would change a thing!
Is there a gluten free alternative instead of the carbquick that you would recommend? I’d love to try these and make them for my mom who is diabetic if we like them. Thank you!
Made these for the first time, and they were yummy, but I NEED SOME GUIDANCE – mine came out a bit dense, would like them more flaky/fluffy – what do you think I did wrong? Also, wanting the cinnamon ‘filling’ more gooey like your picture – should I add butter or more cinnamon or more brown sugar? What do you think?
Not sure on your nutritional calculations. Carbquick is 110 calories per 1/3 cup. By that alone, you haven’t factored in the cost of the filling or the icing. I don’t believe that the recipe yields at 116 cals per serving. It is a bit misleading for folks.
These are delicious, but I agree. I get 262 per roll if I do not include calories for the sweeteners.
thank you for the recipe. I made these using the recipe off of you Tube, but this one is better. Thanks again. I calculated my macros using 9 rolls, but it comes out better if you make 12 rolls.
Wow!! quick,easy cleanup,and best of all DELICIOUS!
Is there a substitute that can be used for the Carbquick? What about BirchBenders pancake and waffle mix?
This is a Keto product (found at Costco), at 5g net carbs at 35 grams of mix.
Delicious. I’ve baked a lot of low carb and keto recipes but this felt and tasted similar to a regular cinnamon roll. I did add a small amount of sweetener to the carbquick to help disguise the carbquick taste.
There is enough sweetener in the recipe to cover any taste of the carbquick. Why would you need more unless to are eating the carbquick by itself. A great keto replacement for cinnamon rolls. If you like the orange rolls just add a teaspoon orange extract to the cinnamon filling.
Wow Kevin. If Dana wants to add more sweetner, then Dana can add more sweetner.
These were seriously amazing! Even my kids liked them. Thank you so much!
I used a timer when kneading, rolled my dough out very thin (that way the good stuff offsets the biscuit-y texture), and used a little less butter (it was still pretty saturated). I also used some monk fruit powder in the icing. I baked them in my muffin tin to make it easier to freeze them. They turned out fantastic!
I can’t take that after taste from monk fruit sweetener. I tossed the bag in the trash. I use Purecane. The best sweetener I have used by far!
I made these yesterday and they are amazing. They were very easy to make. The hardest part of the whole recipe was waiting for them to cool so I could frost them. Delicious! My husband loved them, too. I’ll be making them again.
Recipe turns out amazing ! But the calories are wrong, I calculated every ingredient and the total calories with icing are 262.6kcal per cinnamon roll and 2.6 carbs per roll
Made these first time today. They are awesome. My husband loves cinnamon rolls so he is going to be so excited that he gets to eat a cinnamon roll with not that many carbs. Thank you very much for the recipe
I’ve made these twice now….each time my icing has almost a “bitter” taste. I thought maybe it was my vanilla, so this time I used a different brand, same thing happened?
My guess is too much sweetener. When I make the cream cheese icing I use a whole block of cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, 2/3 cup of sweetener (Swerve powdered), 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 cup heavy cream. Beat with a mixer until fluffy.
Probably the best that keto cinnamon rolls
could be!! I added a little more of each of the filling items and the rolls had good flavor. My only complaint is not regarding the recipe, but regarding the icing. The Swerve confectioners sugar leaves a little bit of an aftertaste. Thank you for the recipe 😊
Thanks for the detailed feedback 🙂
These are wonderful! The only thing I changed out of the entire recipe was to only add 1/2 cup powdered monkfruit to the frosting then added a tbsp of Jordan’s Skinny Syrup (cinnamon vanilla flavor) and a bit of unsweetened almond milk to thin it out. It ended up making about twice the amount of frosting needed. Also, like others have said, 116 calories is not what I got when I added the ingredients to myfitnesspal. I got 12 biggish rolls and they came out to 198 cals per serving but in reality it was probably a bit less duetonow using all of the icing. These area must make!!!!! I will also say don’t overeat that much artificial sweetener as your tummy will hate you the rest of the day lol
Does adding baking powder help the cinnamon rolls rise? & will xanthan gum help the dough stay together?
The cinnamon rolls rise very well on their own but it wouldn’t hurt to add another 1/4tsp if desired. I highly suggest trying the recipe as is without making any adjustments to see how good it is!!
I used just about a quarter cup of swerve and a tsp of lemon juice in the frosting. 1 cup would have been way too much for our tastes. I’m glad to have a working frosting recipe!
We enjoyed making these. It’s hard to believe these are low carb because they are so good. The dough was a bit bland. Has anyone added powdered swerve etc to the dough to give it some sweetness?
I also thought the dough was more like biscuits than rolls. Maybe a little extra water and some sweetener and cinnamon in the dough would help…
I made these and added 1/2 cup sweetener, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla to the dough. They turned out great!
These are amazing!! I froze the leftovers and just pop one in the microwave for about a minute. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Can these be made the day before but not baked til the next day?
These are so good! Thank you Defoe this recipe!!!
Carbquick ingredients are not so keto friendly…just beware.
Ingredients Carbalose™ flour (enzyme enriched wheat, vital wheat gluten, wheat fiber, high-protein patent wheat flour, soy fiber, canola oil, salt, emulsifiers, enzymes, ascorbic acid, calcium propionate), palm and palm-kernel oil, buttermilk powder, baking powder, egg white powder, lecithin, salt, natural flavors.
The majority of carbs are cut out when they make carbalose flour, leaving behind mostly fiber, which is not unhealthy and not processed as carbs (aka, straight to sugar) in your body. That’s why carbalose flour is keto-friendly.
I have wondered about this…when I use carbquik I briefly get the same the same shaky sugar rush feeling I would get with a real pastry or pancake but when I checked my blood sugar it was 100 not 180+ as I would get with a real pastry. It could also be the sweeteners or fake syrup giving the shaky feeling. Odd but at least seems to legitimately prevent a blood sugar spike in people with insulin resistance.. feeling passes quickly but always a bit disconcerting!
For those who say Carbquick isn’t keto friendly because it has gluten, you are wrong. Keto is all about reducing carbs. If it fits your macro and doesn’t spike your blood sugar knocking you out of ketosis, it’s keto friendly. Keto is about putting your body into a state of ketosis. It just so happens that regular flour is high is carbs. Don’t worry about the gluten unless you have a gluten sensitivity
These are fabulous. I can’t believe how much they taste like the real thing. I kind of felt guilty afterwards. Ha! Was wondering how to store these?
Agreed! They can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container or covered with plastic wrap for foil for up to a week.
Can these be made the night before?
Do you mean prepped or cooked the night before?
Can they be prepped the night before, then baked in the morning??
I haven’t tried doing that but please let us know how it turns out for you!
I’ll try these this weekend. I’m thinking of flavoring the frosting orange with extract and zest. Like poppin fresh 😉 what do you think?
That sounds amazing!
Made these rolls and the recipe is perfection. I ended up with 12 rolls 1 1/2 inches cut out from the roll and it made nice size cinnamon rolls. The icing is great and reminded me of CINNABON FROSTING. Will definitely make these again. Thanks for sharing.
Yum, thanks for the feedback!
Can not see ingredients for buns Google add covers recipe and I can not remove the add to see ingredients
Are you referring to the video box? also are you on desktop or mobile?
Just made them- the dough was really hard to roll out and the cinnamon rolls aren’t that soft. Would make again but maybe add more water. I also omitted the butter from the icing to cut down on the calories- I came out with 226 each when I plugged it into My Fitness Pal.
I used upwards of 2.5 CUPS of water for this recipe…. am I missing something?…. it says 1 Cup In the recipe…..
Not my thing. Resembles R19 insulation. I think I’m good on strict Keto without this stuff. First time I try carbquik…tastes very “fake”.
When I put the exact ingredients into a recipe builder, I come out with 272 calories (with the frosting) per serving.
How are you getting your calories so low on this? Am I missing something?
These were so quick and absolutely delicious.! I will be making these often.
Just made these and they are amazing. I do have a question as to how you got to your calorie count per serving. If you add up calories for the Carbquick, butter and cream cheese, it comes out to 168 calories if you use 1/2 of a 4oz block of cream cheese, or 191 calories if you use 1/2 of an 8oz block. Am I missing something? Again, they are so good and many thanks for posting the recipe.
How many servings did you calculate? This recipe makes 9 rolls and the calculation is per roll.
I calculated it at 9 servings.
I’m assuming its an 1/4 of an 8 oz block of cream cheese for the frosting. There is larger ones.
It is 1/2 of an 8 oz brick 🙂
Sweetener is not listed in the dough ingredients. So what kind and how much???
I see that it is in the ingredients but if you read the bio it isn’t mentioned. I let it out of the dough. Also used a whole package of cream cheese instead of 1/2. It seemed like a 1/2 package was to grainy with the powered sugar.
There is no sweetener in the dough. There is sweetener in the filling and it’s listed there 😉
Because it calculated in the car quick—keto type bisquick mix
Unfortunately, Sucralose is included in the ingredients of the Carbquick. I wish companies would stop using these artificial sweeteners. In my opinion they taste awful, and they have been proven to be awful for you. I would have loved to try this recipe but for the sucralose in Carquick.