Free Recipe
Cinnamon Roll Protein Bake
368 CAL | 37.5G PROTEIN (MAKES 1)A cinnamon roll you eat with a fork — 37.5g of protein and no sugar.
A single-serve cinnamon roll protein bake: soft cinnamon-sugar dough with globs of cinnamon butter baked right in, finished with a cream cheese icing. 368 calories and 37.5 grams of protein for the whole thing — and no rolling dough required.
The Dough
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 25g |
| Snickerdoodle protein powder (whey/casein blend) | 25g |
| Brown Monkfruit sweetener | 10g |
| Cinnamon | 2g |
| Baking powder | 2g |
| Egg | 1 |
| Fairlife skim milk | 100ml |
The Cinnamon Butter (the swirl)
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cinnamon | 2g |
| Light margarine | 5g |
| Brown Monkfruit sweetener | 10g |
The Icing
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Light cream cheese | 15g |
| Powdered Monkfruit sweetener | 15g |
| Unsweetened almond milk | splash |
Macros (whole bake)
| Amount | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 368 |
| Protein | 37.5g |
| Carbs | 25.5g |
| Fat | 12.5g |
How To Make It
- Make the dough. Mix all the dough ingredients together into a smooth batter.
- Pan it. Spread the batter into a small greased baking dish.
- Add the cinnamon butter. Mix the cinnamon, light margarine, and brown Monkfruit together, then drop globs of it over the top of the batter — that’s your cinnamon swirl, no rolling needed.
- Bake at 350°F for 25–30 minutes, until set and springy on top.
- Cool 20 minutes. Let it fully cool before icing — rush this and the icing just melts and runs off.
- Ice it. Mix the cream cheese, powdered Monkfruit, and a splash of almond milk until smooth, then spread it over the top.
Neil's Note
This is the whole cinnamon-roll experience in a single-serve bake — and 37.5 grams of protein. The trick that makes it easy is the cinnamon butter: instead of rolling and layering dough, you just drop globs of it over the batter and let it melt into a swirl as it bakes. The one step people rush is the cool-down — give it the full 20 minutes before you ice it, or the cream cheese frosting slides right off a warm bake.
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