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Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls

October 14, 2016 By Elena Szeliga 2 Comments Last updated May 8, 2019

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Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls recipe, perfect for Christmas or Thanksgiving breakfast or brunch. These rolls are delicious, moist, fluffy and easy to make!

 

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls - Holding a Roll in the Hand

 

You won’t believe how delicious AND healthy are these cinnamon sweet potato rolls! In the beginning, I wasn’t even planning to post this recipe on my blog but it’s so good I just can’t resist to share it with you! I made them for brunch just to use up the sweet potato leftovers and I didn’t even expect them to be that good! However, they were. In fact, I would even go as far as to say that they are the best breakfast rolls I’ve even tried. Taking into account that they are also healthy, I can’t recommend you to make them enough! And I can imagine how great they would be for Thanksgiving breakfast!

 

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls - with Cinnamon Sticks in the Plate

 

I really love healthy baking. Whenever I try to develop such a recipe, I usually try to substitute whole wheat flour to white flour, brown sugar or honey for refined sugar and coconut oil or Greek yogurt for butter. It doesn’t always work if you substitute it 1:1, so I had to go through trial and error many times. Surprisingly, this recipe worked perfectly from the first attempt!

 

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls - Breaking One Piece in Parts with a Book Next to the Plate

 

I like adding pureed vegetables (or apple sauce) to baked goods. This recipe calls for sweet potato puree but you also can use pumpkin, squash or yams. The intensive orange color and lovely moistness and fluffiness sweet potatoes give to baked goods are just amazing! You don’t taste them very much, though they count as your 5-a-day! My sister-in-law didn’t believe I added sweet potatoes and used whole wheat flour for these rolls. She liked them very much though!

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls in a Tray Closeup

If you don’t have leftover sweet potato puree, just bake 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes (not too big) for about 1 hour in the oven, until they are soft when pierced with a fork (see the details in the recipe below). Scrap the flesh with a spoon and mash it. Sweet potato puree is ready to use!

 

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls - with a Cup, Tray and Book Aside

How to Make Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls

We will use yeast dough, so you will have to let it rest for about one hour or until it doubles in size. I like to put it in the oven over minimum heat (50 °C or 120 °F). This way, the dough is raising much better and faster.

To make the dough, dissolve yeast in water and add a bit of brown sugar to activate it. Let sit for 5 minutes or until the surface is foamy. Combine it with sweet potato puree, Greek yogurt, eggs and flour. Knead the dough until it’s smooth and elastic, about 2-3 minutes. Add more flour if it’s too sticky. Transfer it to an oiled bowl and cover it with a damp cloth. Next step is to let it rest until it doubles in size. It took my dough about 40 minutes in the warm oven, but if you keep it at a room temperature, it will probably be 1 hour.

 

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls in a Tray - Delicious Brunch Recipe

 

Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Combine chopped pecans, honey, cinnamon, a bit of coconut flour and coconut oil. Once the dough is ready, roll it on a well-floured surface into a rectangle until it’s about 50 x 35 cm (20 x 14 inches). It should be 1.5 cm or about 0.6 inch thick. Spread the pecans mixture evenly over the dough and start to roll from the long edge up.

Cut each roll in half, then again each piece in half, then each quarter in three, until you have 12 rolls. Place them tightly side by side into a fitting rectangular backing form. Let sit for another 10 minutes. Sprinkle the rolls with a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon. Just for the sake of healthiness, I don’t use icing to avoid extra sugar and I think they are sweet enough anyway. Bake sweet potato rolls for about 18 minutes, until golden brown. Enjoy them warm or cold for breakfast or brunch with a cup of coffee or tea. They are perfect for the season! Check the recipe below for more details:

 

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls - One Piece in a White Plate

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls in a Tray Closeup
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Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls

Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls recipe, perfect for fall or Thanksgiving breakfast or brunch. These rolls are delicious, moist, fluffy and easy to make!
Course Dessert, Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword healthy breakfast, potato rolls recipe, sweet potato rolls
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 365kcal
Author Elena Szeliga

Ingredients

For the dough:

  • 400 grams or 2 cups sweet potato puree or 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes
  • 21 grams fresh yeast or 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
  • 120 ml or 1/2 cup lukewarm water
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons Greek yogurt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 500 grams or 4 cups whole wheat flour

For the filling:

  • 180 grams or 1 1/2 cup pecans toasted and chopped
  • 5 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons coconut flour
  • 3 tablespoons coconut oil

For the topping:

  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

  • If you don't have leftover sweet potato puree, preheat the oven to 200 °C or 400 °F. Bake washed and dried sweet potatoes for about 1 hour in the oven, until they are soft when pierced with a fork. Scrap the flesh with a spoon and mash it.
  • To make the dough, dissolve yeast in water and add brown sugar to activate it. Let sit for 5 minutes or until the surface is foamy. Combine it with sweet potato puree, Greek yogurt, eggs and flour. Knead the dough until it's smooth and elastic, about 2-3 minutes. Add more flour if it's too sticky. Transfer it to an oiled bowl and cover it with a damp cloth. Let it rest until it doubles in size. If you put it in the oven over minimum heat (50 °C or 120 °F), it will take about 40 minutes. If you keep the dough at a room temperature, it will take around 1 hour.
  • Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Combine chopped pecans, honey, cinnamon, coconut flour and coconut oil. Once the dough is ready, roll it on a well-floured surface into a rectangle until it's about 50 x 35 cm (20 x 14 inches). It should be 1.5 cm or about 0.6 inch thick. Spread the pecans mixture evenly over the dough and start to roll from the long edge up.
  • Preheat the oven to 200 °C or 400 °F. Cut each roll in half, then again each piece in half, then each quarter in three, until you have 12 rolls. Place them tightly side by side into a fitting rectangular backing form. I used 13 x 9 inch pan (33 x 22 cm). Let sit for another 10 minutes. Sprinkle the rolls with a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon. Bake sweet potato rolls for about 18 minutes, until golden brown. Enjoy!

Notes

Just for the sake of healthiness, consider not using icing to avoid extra sugar - these delicious potato rolls are sweet enough anyway!

Nutrition

Calories: 365kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 30mg | Potassium: 412mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 6455IU | Vitamin C: 6.7mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2.5mg
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Healthy Cinnamon Sweet Potato Rolls recipe, perfect for fall or Thanksgiving breakfast or brunch. These rolls are delicious, moist, fluffy and easy to make!
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Filed Under: Breakfast and Brunch Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Fall Recipes

About Elena Szeliga

Elena Szeliga is the founder of Happy Kitchen.Rocks, where she shares delicious and healthy vegetarian and vegan food, from weeknight dinners to veganized classics and gourmet appetizers. Her recipes have been featured at Better Homes & Gardens, BuzzFeed, Country Living, The Kitchn and Reader’s Digest. Her mission is to help cook easy vegetarian and vegan meals with simple and fresh ingredients. Read more about Elena.

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  1. Helena says

    May 8, 2019 at 3:33 pm

    5 stars
    I really think these rolls are great for any day really! They look absolutely delicious and are healthy, too – what else do you need in a breakfast, right? 🙂

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    • Elena Szeliga says

      May 9, 2019 at 2:18 pm

      Absolutely! I could eat them every day as they never get boring 🙂

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