Recipe: Sugar-free Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients:

Dough

• 1 cup lukewarm milk
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter (I used Kerry Gold)
• 3 1/2 cups flour (I used Trader Joe's White Whole Wheat)
• 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon honey (optional--make without honey to be completely added sugar-free)
• 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Filling

• 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 banana
• 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup raisins

Toppings

• Cashew butter
• Butter

Directions:

1. Make the dough.
   1. Dissolve the yeast with the honey in the lukewarm water. Let the yeast and water sit at room temperature for 15 minutes until it bubbles. If using instant yeast, this step is not necessary. The yeast does not need the honey to bubble.
   2. Combine the yeast with the rest of the dough ingredients. Mix and knead until you get a smooth dough. I used my hands. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for 6-8 minutes
2. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, turn to grease all sides, cover the bowl, and let the dough rise for 60 minutes, or until it doubles in size
3. Grease a 9x13" sheet cake pan
4. After dough rises, roll it out into a rectangle that is 18" on the long side.
5. Make the filling by blending the filling ingredients. Option to sprinkle the raisins and chopped walnuts or to blend them all together. Pictures shown are sprinkled whole raisins and chopped walnuts. The other filling ingredients are blended and spread over the dough.
6. Roll the dough the long way so you have an 18" roll
7. Slice the roll into 12 1.5" slices
8. Place slices in greased pan
9. Cover them and let them rise 1-2 hours.
10. Preheat oven to 375F.
11. Bake until they're golden brown around the edges, about 20 minutes.
12. Serve with butter, cashew butter, peanut butter, or sugar-free toppings of your choice.