The Best Whole-Wheat Cinnamon Rolls: Healthy And Delicious

by John Griffith
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These whole-wheat cinnamon rolls are super soft, fluffy, and delicious! You can enjoy them with a cup of coffee in the morning, munch on them as a late-night snack, or serve them as dessert at your festive dinner. No matter the occasion, these buns will become everyone’s new favorite treat! These cinnamon rolls are healthier than the normal ones, but they are just as yummy. So, make sure to try this recipe out.

These whole-wheat cinnamon rolls are super soft, fluffy, and delicious

ingredients for cinnamon rolls

Whole-Wheat Cinnamon Rolls Video Tutorial

Having a quick look through how the recipe should go is always a good way to ensure no mistakes will happen during the cooking process. That’s why we’ve created a simple, quick tutorial for you to watch before tackling this recipe on your own. It will help give you a sense of direction and how the steps go, so you don’t worry during the process.

See how to make these delicious cinnamon rolls

Whole-Wheat Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Preparation time: 1 hour

Cooking time: 2 hours

Equipment:

  • Bowls (big and small)
  • Measuring cups
  • Measuring spoons
  • Spoons
  • Counter
  • Tea towel
  • Sift
  • Rolling pin
  • Thread
  • Oven
  • Pan

Ingredients: 

  • 180 ml Warm Coconut Milk
  • 7 grams Butter
  • 30 grams Cane Sugar
  • 7 grams Dry Yeast
  • 240 grams Whole-Wheat Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 200 grams Date Paste
  • 1 tbsp Cinnamon

To serve:

  • 100 grams Melted White Chocolate
  • Cinnamon

Step-by-Step Instructions:

  1. Take a small bowl. Into it pour the warm coconut milk, butter, and the cane sugar. Mix everything until the butter has melted. Then add the dry yeast and set the bowl aside, so the yeast can activate and make the rolls nice and fluffy.
  2. While the yeast is activating, take a bigger bowl and in it pour in the whole-wheat flour and the salt. Mix them together and create a small circular “dent” in the middle.
  3. In the “dent” pour the yeast mixture. Then with a spoon mix together the dry and wet ingredients until a dough-like texture starts to form.
  4. With your hands form the dough into a rough dough ball. Then place the dough onto the counter with any leftover flour. Knead the dough into a nice ball shape and place it once again in a big bowl. Cover the dough ball with a tea towel and set aside. Let the dough rise for around forty to fifty minutes.
  5. After the time has passed, your dough should have risen quite a bit. With your hands shape it into a ball form once again. Sprinkle the counter with some flour and place the dough. Knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic. This will take around eight to ten minutes.
  6. Gently press out the dough in a flat, circular shape. Sift some more flour on top of it. Then take your rolling pin and roll out the dough.
  7. Take your date paste and place some spoonfuls of it all around the dough. Then even it out with a spoon and spread the paste all around the dough. Next, sift the cinnamon evenly all over the date paste.
  8. Tightly roll the dough up, starting from the longer side. Then pinch the sides to seal the dough as best you can.
  9. Cut the roll into 1-inch sections with your thread or a knife. You should get around nine pieces.
  10. Then place each roll into a pan, making sure they have some space in between each other. Then bake at 180 degrees C° for twenty to twenty-two minutes.
  11. Once they have baked and have cooled down, drizzle some white chocolate on top of them and sprinkle some more cinnamon. Enjoy!

Visual Steps

First step: Pour the warm coconut milk, butter, and the cane sugar into a small bowl

pouring coconut milk in bowl

Second step: Mix everything until the butter has melted

mixing butter and coconut milk

Third step: Then add the dry yeast and set the bowl aside

adding yeast to butter

Fourth step: Take a bigger bowl and in it mix together the whole-wheat flour and the salt

putting salt to wheat flour

Fifth step: In the flour “dent” pour the yeast mixture

pouring yeast into flour

Sixth step: Mix together the dry and wet ingredients until a dough-like texture starts to form

mixing dough with spoon

Seventh step: With your hands form the dough into a rough dough ball

kneading dough for coconut oil

Eighth step: Then place the dough onto the counter with any leftover flour and knead into a ball

rolling dough into a ball

Ninth step: Cover the dough ball with a tea towel and let the dough rise for around forty to fifty minutes

covering dough with a tea towel

Tenth step: After the time has passed, your dough should have risen quite a bit

rised dough with yeast bubbles

Eleventh step: Sprinkle the counter with some flour and place the dough ball and knead

whole wheat cinnamon rolls kneading dough into a ball

Twelfth step: Gently press out the dough in a flat, circular shape

whole wheat cinnamon rolls flatening out dough

Thirteenth step: Sift some more flour on top of it

rolling dough with rolling pin

Fourteenth step: Then with a rolling pin, roll out the dough

rolling out dough with pin

Fifteenth step: Take your date paste and place some spoonfuls of it all around the dough

putting date=paste on dough

Sixteenth step: Even it out with a spoon and spread the paste all around the dough

spreading date paste on dough

Seventeenth step: Sift the cinnamon evenly all over the date paste

whole wheat cinnamon rolls cinnamon on date paste

Eighteenth step: Tightly roll the dough up, starting from the longer side

rolling dough into a long tube

Nineteenth step: Cut the roll into 1-inch sections with your thread or a knife

pinching dough into balls

Twentieth step: Bake at 180 degrees C° for twenty to twenty-two minutes

whole wheat cinnamon rolls rolls in a bowl

Twenty-first step: Drizzle some white chocolate on top of them and sprinkle some more cinnamon

drizzling white chocolate on roll

Twenty-second step: Enjoy!

whole wheat cinnamon rolls

Tips and Tricks

Every recipe has its own little secrets. You know, all those little details, substitutions, and tricks that can make it taste not just “good”, but amazing. These little things that can help you make the final product divine and can help you give the confidence to experiment with your cooking and learn. That’s why here we want to share with you all the details you need to know to make these whole-wheat cinnamon rolls just perfect and how to make them to your liking. Always remember that in the end, cooking is a form of art, and you are the artist. This means you can change, add, or remove anything you like to this recipe. Just make sure the end product is to your taste bud’s liking.

Every recipe has its own little secrets

whole wheat flour in a blue bowl

#Has My Dough Risen Enough?

If this is your first time working with dough, you may have a ton of questions, which is completely normal. An easy way to know if your dough has risen enough is to gently press two fingers into it. If an indentation remains, then this means the dough has risen enough.

In the end, cooking is a form of art, and you are the artist

ingredients for whole wheat cinnamon rolls

These delicious healthy whole-wheat cinnamon rolls are the perfect addition to your table. If you enjoyed making this yummy recipe, make sure to check out what other treats we have to offer on our YouTube Channel. And if you need even more inspiration, just take a look at our other recipes. We have a recipe for every craving or event! Are you in the mood for some crinkle Christmas cookies? Or maybe you are looking for another dessert for the table. Then try this healthy Yule log recipe! Either way, we have what you are searching for. Oh, and make sure to let us know what you thought of this recipe, as well as what you would like to see from us next time over in our YouTube comments.

These delicious healthy whole-wheat cinnamon rolls are the perfect addition to your table

cinnamon rolls with date paste

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John Griffith

John Griffith is a young, passionate journalist. Writing has been John’s hobby ever since he was a boy. He has worked in some of the UK’s most successful news portals over the course of his professional career but found his forever home at Archzine.