thanksgiving cinnamon rolls for metabolic health + blood sugar balance

these are the gooey, yeasty cinnamon rolls I didn't think were possible: gluten free, refined sugar free and low carb!

My husband’s family eats cinnamon rolls for Thanksgiving! No one knows where this tradition started, but cinnamon rolls feature big on feast day: for Thanksgiving breakfast and during the meal itself (with the turkey and all the trimmings)!

When our children were small, they always helped Grammie dip the wheat-based yeast dough into melted butter and then in cinnamon sugar. We have been eating gluten-free and mostly grain-free for over 12 years now, so cinnamon rolls have not been a part of our Thanksgiving feast until this year!

I have made sad imitations of cinnamon rolls in the past that were dry and not received well. I decided this was the year I would get cinnamon rolls right.

To fit into the way we eat, they have to be gluten-free, refined sugar-free, blood-sugar friendly, and support our metabolic health. In addition to having a tender crumb, they have to be worth the effort and taste amazing! I settled on the need for these to be a yeast dough.

I have made hundreds of cinnamon rolls over the past few weeks, and today, I am sharing the final “winning” recipe. (Dr. B, my son Nolan, my daughter Camille, our neighbors, and our chickens have been the recipients of hundreds of cinnamon rolls as I worked my way to this winning recipe!)

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my glucose response to these low carb, gluten free cinnamon rolls

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Now for low-carb Thanksgiving cinnamon rolls! As with all my recipes, these cinnamon rolls are free of gluten and refined sugar and are low-carb and blood-sugar-friendly. Feel free to download and print the PDF below🧡

Thanksgiving Cinnamon Rolls 

By Beth Bollinger of Nest Wellness

Low-carb, gluten-free, refined sugar-free

Makes 12

Equipment

Saucepan

Measuring spoons

Measuring cups for dry ingredients

Measuring cup for liquid ingredients

Cooking thermometer 

2 mixing bowls

Spatula

Parchment paper

Rolling pin

Pastry brush

9 x 13 baking dish, greased or muffin pan greased or lined with silicone liners