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    Home / Recipes / Baked Goods

    Gluten-Free Maple Cinnamon Rolls

    Posted On Dec 22, 2013 · Updated On Jan 10, 2019

    Gluten-Free Maple Cinnamon Rolls

    What to make when you feel tortured by Cinnabon, or the fair, or the Pillsbury Doughboy. Or just because you want cinnamon rolls.

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    These Gluten-Free Maple Cinnamon Rolls are a craveable favorite - and they can be made dairy-free too! What are you waiting for? Get baking!

    Article Courtesy:  Mary Fran Wiley, Frannycakes

    Sometimes, it is all about the food.

    And the smiles that warm cinnamon rolls can put on the face of a child. (Ok and the fact that the child in question started calling me the goddess of pastry doesn’t hurt either.)

    Every morning, I walk through Union Station and I am haunted by the magical scent of warm cinnamon and butter rolled up in a yeasty dough. It is enough to drive a girl bonkers. Particularly when it is the scent of Cinnabon.

    Seriously.

    I have been craving cinnamon rolls for a year. So I finally did something about it.

    I captured that magical scent and flavor combination in my very own kitchen.

    These are easy to make, but they do take a little but of waiting. But they are totally worth it.

    Because when you're eating Gluten-Free Maple Cinnamon Rolls, everything gets a little better.

    GLUTEN FREE MAPLE CINNAMON ROLLS

    Mary Fran Wiley
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    Prep Time 1 hr 15 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 40 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6 rolls

    Ingredients
      

    Dough

    • 160 ml milk dairy or non-dairy, warmed
    • 35 grams sugar (2 tbsp)
    • 280 grams (2 cups) all-purpose gluten free flour*
    • 7 grams (1 teaspoon) active dry yeast
    • 40 grams (2.5 tbsp) butter or EarthBalance
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract if you don’t have the paste
    • Pinch salt

    Filling

    • 210 grams (1 cup) Brown Sugar
    • 30 grams (2 tbsp) Butter, melted
    • 25 ml (¼ cup) Maple Syrup
    • 1 tablespoon Maple Flakes or maple sugar optional
    • ¼ teaspoon salt

    Topping

    • ½ cup or so cream cheese frosting or
    • ¼ cup powdered sugar
    • 2 tablespoon milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Instructions
     

    Dough

    • Measure out your ingredients and prepare a mise en place.
    • In a small bowl combine warm milk, a teaspoon of your sugar, a tablespoon of your flour and your yeast. Let sit for about 15 minutes – the mixture should have produced a decent amount of foam.
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the remaining flour, sugar, butter, vanilla and salt.
    • Add in the yeast mixer and mix to combine. Once combined, turn the mixer speed to low-medium (mine was on 3) and let the dough “knead” for about 10 minutes.
    • Watch the dough, if it is impossibly sticky add a little more flour a teaspoon at a time. (It was a bit humid in my apartment and I ended up adding 2 teaspoons of flour).
    • After 10 minutes, place the dough in a greased bowl in a warm spot (my microwave is the warmest spot in my kitchen). Cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel. If you have a spare bowl for your mixer, pop it and the whisk attachment (or any bowl and the beaters for your hand mixer) into the freezer. You need it good and cold to whip the cream.
    • Let the dough raise for 45 mins-1 hour. It should have just about doubled in size.

    Filling

    • Near the end of the rising time, mix together all the ingredients for the filling in a small mixing bowl.

    Assemble

    • Roll out the dough to ¼” thickness and in a rectangle about 6×10″.
    • Spread the filling on the dough in a thin layer.
    • Roll the dough up along the long edge (you want a 10″ long tube).
    • Place it on a cookie sheet, cover with a towel and set in a warm spot while your oven preheats to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
    • When the oven is warm, slice the roll into 6 even pieces.
    • Arrange the rolls in a greased 8 or 9″ baking dish (shape is not important).
    • Bake for 35 minutes, or until they are a light golden brown and bubbling.
    • When the rolls are still warm, but before they are completely cool, slather them with leftover cream cheese frosting if you have it around. If not, mix together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla and drizzle over the cinnamon rolls

    Notes

    *If you are not using a pre-blended flour, you can either use Shauna’s All-Purpose Blend and add 2 teaspoons xantham gum. Whisk well before using. Or you can make your own with 90 grams (¾ cup) tapioca starch, 100 grams (½ cup) sweet white rice flour, 60 grams (½ cup) sorghum flour. Add 2 teaspoons xantham gum and whisk together well to ensure that the gum is spread throughout the flour.
    Keyword cinnamon rolls, gluten-free

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    1. AJ says

      December 22, 2013 at 1:15 pm

      This sounds amazing and i can't wait to try it. I don't have a stand mixer any suggestions? Thanks again for the recipe .

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      • G-Free Foodie says

        December 29, 2013 at 10:46 pm

        a hand mixer should work!

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    2. zirah1 says

      December 22, 2013 at 9:55 pm

      Sounds and looks delicious. Would like to find someone who would make them FOR me. 🙂 What's the equivalent of 160 ml of milk?

      Reply
    3. Theresa says

      December 17, 2014 at 2:25 pm

      Hi! I have a couple of questions,
      First, can ypu use cup for cup flour or better batter? I have both, do you think one would be better than the other?
      And, can you double this recipe or should I make multiple recipes.
      I want to make this forms family for Christmas, they look wonderful!

      Reply
    4. jOHN b says

      December 06, 2015 at 11:51 pm

      mY FIRST ATTEMPT WAS NOT REALLY SUCCESSFUL The dough seemed really WEt so I tried adding s bit more flour and then the dough did not rise. The yeast mixture had a great foam when I added it so did I mess is up by adding more flour and beating it? Since there is no gluten to overbeat I was a bit confused. I want to do this again because the flavor profiles are awesome!

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      • K.C. Pomering says

        December 08, 2015 at 1:48 am

        John - the measurements are critical - particularly in GF baking. Try it again and follow the directions, I'm sure you'll have better results.

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