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Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls

These quick and flavorful banana bread cinnamon rolls are the perfect sweet treat to begin your day!

Course Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine American
Keyword Banana, Banana Bread, Cinnamon Rolls
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 8 rolls

Ingredients

Cinnamon Roll Dough

  • ¼ cup Vegan Butter
  • ½ cup Non-dairy Milk
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Active Dry Yeast
  • ½ cup Mashed Banana 1 large banana
  • 1 Egg
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 4 cup Flour

Cinnamon Roll Filling

  • 1 Banana mashed
  • 2 Tablespoon Vegan butter
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • ¼ cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ½ cup Pecans

Cinnamon Roll Frosting

  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Almond Milk

Instructions

  1. Melt ¼ cup vegan butter into ½ cup non-dairy milk. Allow to cool to 110°F.

  2. In the base of a standing mixer, stir together ¼ cup sugar, 1 Tablespoon yeast, and the non-dairy milk mixture. Let rest for 10 minutes while yeast activates.

  3. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl stir together 2 cups flour, ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon baking powder, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.

  4. Once the yeast blooms, add the egg and ½ cup mashed banana to the yeast mixture and stir until combined.

  5. Next, pour the flour mixture in ½ cup at a time and stir until combined using the dough hook. Next add the remaining 2 cups of flour ½ cup at a time until combined.

  6. Knead the dough for 5 minutes in the mixer or 10 minutes by hand. Shape into a ball and let rest 15 minutes.

  7. Preheat the oven to 375°F and prepare a 9x13 baking dish by coating it in vegan butter. While the dough rests make the fillings for the cinnamon rolls.

  8. Melt 2 Tablespoons vegan butter and mix it together with a mashed banana and 1 teaspoon vanilla. In another small mixing bowl stir together ¼ cup brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Chop ½ cup pecans into bite sized pieces and set aside.

  9. After 15 minutes, roll the dough into a rectangle roughly 12 in x 18 in spread the banana mixture over the dough, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on top, and then sprinkle the chopped pecans on top of that.

  10. Roll the cinnamon roll dough into a log along the short side of the dough. Cut into 8 pieces and place in the baking dish.

  11. Bake for 25 minutes or until centers are cooked through. Remove from oven and allow to cool 5 minutes before frosting.

  12. To make the frosting, stir together 1 cup Powdered sugar with 2 Tablespoons non-dairy milk. Drizzle over the cinnamon rolls, serve, and enjoy!