Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls W Cream Cheese Icing

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The best low carb air fryer recipes are the ones that take classic, home-style comfort foods and convert them to simplified, modern recipes that don’t lose those nostalgic tastes. Don’t let the prep time scare you; you can prepare the cinnamon rolls in advance and simply pull them out of your freezer to bake whenever you want a special keto breakfast or dessert. Utilize the popular low-carb Fathead dough with a couple small alterations to make this sweet treat. Rolled up in the dough is layers of melted butter with extra cinnamon and keto-friendly sweetener. Even better, there is a thick, sweet, cream cheese frosting that piles up on top of each hot roll. Use Mexican vanilla in your frosting to enhance the cinnamon flavors, or your standard vanilla extract can work just as well. You can plop the icing over the rolls while they are still warm so they melt, or wait until the rolls cool longer for a thick bite full of sweetness.

Prep Ahead Tips For Keto Friendly Air Fryer Recipes

So many recipes in the keto diet are easy to prepare ahead of time, making it easier to stick to your diet throughout the week. For this cinnamon roll recipe, you can prepare multiple portions of Fathead dough and freeze it in batches. You can go another step further by assembling, rolling, and cutting the cinnamon rolls and then freezing them individually. Then, when you want to have fresh keto air fryer cinnamon rolls in the morning, you can thaw your rolls in the refrigerator overnight, leave them at room temp for 5 minutes, then bake away. You can also prepare the cream cheese icing 1 night before you want to bake by storing the icing in your refrigerator.

What’s The Best Vanilla To Use When Making Air Fryer Keto Recipes?

Depending on how strict your personal keto or low carb diet is, some would consider certain vanilla extracts to be more keto-friendly than others. Why is this? The typical vanilla extract you would buy in your baking aisle is processed with alcohol (you would be surprised by the amount of people who have tried to get a buzz from drinking vanilla extract)! Although most baking recipes use less than a teaspoon of vanilla extract, you may become very sensitive to even small amounts of alcohol in your dessert when on the keto diet. If you want to avoid this issue, make sure to look for an alcohol-free extract next time you’re at the store.

Ingredients

1 cup almond flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg ground
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon stevia in the raw, bakers bag
2 large raw egg, white
2 ounce cream cheese
2 cup, shredded mozzarella cheese, whole milk
4 tablespoon heavy cream
2 ounce cream cheese
1 teaspoon stevia in the raw, bakers bag
¼ teaspoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon mexican vanilla blend extract
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon stevia in the raw, bakers bag

Instructions

Make the cinnamon roll dough by stirring the almond flour, nutmeg, baking powder, stevia, and egg whites in a mixing bowl. Then, combine the cream cheese and shredded mozzarella in a small pot. Heat the cheeses over low heat until they melt and can be whisked together. Let the smooth, melted cheese cool for just 20-30 seconds off the heat.
Use a wooden spoon to stir the melted cheeses into the almond flour dough. Stir until the white streaks of cheese disappear. Then, transfer the dough to plastic wrap. Use the plastic wrap to knead the dough into a smooth rectangle. Wrap the dough with the plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. You can also make this dough ahead of time and refrigerate overnight.
The day you are ready to bake your cinnamon rolls, make the icing. In a stand mixer, whip the heavy cream to a stiff whipped cream. Transfer the whipped cream to a different bowl. In your stand mixer, use a paddle attachment to mix together the cream cheese, stevia, lemon juice, and vanilla until you have a smooth, creamy icing base. Use a spatula to manually fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese icing until you have a streak-free bowl. Wrap and store the icing in your refrigerator until time to use.
When ready to bake, preheat your air fryer to 350 degrees. Take the dough out of your refrigerator and roll into an 16×16 inch square between two sheets of parchment paper. It does not have to be a perfect square, but the more even the better. Melt the butter and brush it across the top of your dough square. Sprinkle the cinnamon and final amount of stevia over the butter.
Fold the right half of the square over the left once, giving you and 16×8 inch rectangle. Then, roll the dough up into a tight (not squished), 8-inch long roll. Wrap the roll in parchment paper and refrigerate for just 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, unwrap the roll. Slice the roll into 4, 2-inch long rolls, and set the rolls face up on your air fryer tray lined with more parchment paper. Bake the rolls in the air fryer for 10-12 minutes, depending on how dark you like them.
Let the cinnamon rolls cool for just 60 seconds. Then, dollop the cream cheese icing on top of the rolls. Let the heat of the cinnamon rolls soften the icing and melt down the sides for serving warm.