These smooth and fluffy Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls are bursting with cinnamon sugar and caramelized bananas and slathered in dairy-free cream cheese frosting. An ideal deal with for brunch! Vegan.

These Vegan Banana Cinnamon Rolls are the right mixture of two traditional breakfast treats. They’re full of cinnamon sugar and banana slices, baked till fluffy with crisp edges, and topped with an extremely lush cream cheese frosting. Deal with your self to a smooth and golden roll for brunch, breakfast, or anytime you want a pick-me-up.

Elements for Banana Cinnamon Rolls 

I’ll admit that vegan cinnamon rolls are usually not the quickest or best breakfast, however fortunately, all you want are a handful of baking staples and a few spotty bananas to place them collectively. Listed here are the important thing substances you want to show you how to bake up the right batch:

• Bananas: identical to banana muffins, banana scones, and any banana baked good, the riper and spottier your bananas are, the higher. Ripe bananas are tremendous candy and style extra banana-y, which transfers to your cinnamon rolls. Ensure that the mashed bananas for the dough are spotty or brown, however the sliced bananas for the filling might be both browned or totally yellow. 
• Flour: all-purpose flour yields completely fluffy, tender, pull-apart cinnamon rolls. An equal quantity of bread flour would possibly work instead, though I haven’t tried it.
• Soy Milk: that is my go-to non-dairy milk as a result of it’s creamy and excessive in protein to assist in giving the dough construction.
• Lively Yeast: this helps the dough rise and grow to be fluffy.
• Sugar: white granulated sugar sweetens the dough and darkish brown sugar is used within the cinnamon sugar filling. 
• Cinnamon: a should in any cinnamon roll recipe! The rolls simply wouldn’t be as heat and comfy with out it.
• Vegan Butter: I desire to make use of salted vegan butter  – bear in mind to set it on the kitchen counter forward of time so it has time to melt! You can too use softened refined coconut oil instead of butter, however the rolls will probably be a contact extra dry.
• Walnuts or Pecans: an elective (however really helpful) add-in for the banana and cinnamon sugar filling or crunchy topping.
• Cream Cheese Frosting: This traditional creamy, tangy frosting is made with vegan butter, vegan cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract (or paste). 

Methods to Make Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls

Serving Options

These heat and gooey cinnamon rolls are all the time a success for particular weekend breakfasts and brunches. They’re excellent slathered with icing and topped with chopped walnuts or pecans, though a drizzle of chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, or maple syrup, a dusting of powdered sugar, and a sprinkle of toasted coconut shreds couldn’t damage, both!

In case you’re serving the cinnamon rolls to a crowd (AKA totally different palates), be at liberty to alter up the icing as you see match. This Spiced Pumpkin Glaze is nice for fall, whereas this Creamy Cashew Frosting is a barely more healthy choice.

Pair these addictively candy and scrumptious rolls with as many breakfast and brunch favorites as you’ll be able to consider for an unforgettable unfold. Begin the meal with this Simple Vegan Quiche and these Breakfast Potatoes, then benefit from the banana cinnamon rolls and this Cherry Almond Twist for a candy and fruity end. 

In case you’re searching for extra banana bread-inspired baked items, you’ll additionally love these Chocolate Banana Muffins and this Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal!

Methods to Retailer Leftover Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls 

These vegan banana cinnamon rolls are at their gooiest straight from the oven, however will also be saved for later. The rolls will hold for as much as 3 days within the fridge. 

The unfrosted cinnamon rolls additionally freeze nicely for as much as 2 months. Allow them to thaw within the fridge or on the counter earlier than reheating within the toaster oven or microwave and smearing the tops with a recent batch of icing.

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For the Dough:

• 3/4 cup soy milk warmed to 115 levels F
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups all objective flour plus extra for rolling.
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 1/2 teaspoons energetic yeast
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 medium bananas)
• 4 tablespoons vegan butter softened, lower in tablespoons

For the Filling:

• 1/4 cup vegan butter softened
• 1/2 packed cup darkish brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon floor cinnamon
• 1-2 bananas thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans chopped

For the Frosting:

• 1/4 cup vegan butter softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla paste
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts for garnish (elective)

• Prep: Grease or spray a 9×13” baking dish with butter or oil and put aside. Ensure that the butter is softened for each the dough and filling earlier than beginning the recipe.

• Mash the Banana: Peel the bananas and break them into chunks in a medium bowl. Use a fork to mash the bananas, then give the combination a vigorous stir to interrupt up the fibers much more; the completed mash ought to look shiny. Measure out 3/4 cup of mashed banana and save the rest for smoothies or compost.

• Heat the Milk: Heat the milk and vanilla in a small pot on the stovetop till they attain between 110-115F (simply when the milk begins to steam). Alternatively, mix the milk and vanilla in a small bowl and microwave for 45 seconds. Put aside.

• Dry Elements: Whisk the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and yeast collectively within the bowl of a standing mixer with a dough hook attachment. Sprinkle the salt on prime.

• Moist Elements: Add the mashed banana and warmed milk to the bowl.

• Knead: Knead the dough on medium-low velocity for 8 to 10 minutes in whole. As soon as all the flour has been integrated with the moist substances, start so as to add the butter 1 tablespoon at a time. Wait till the butter has been totally integrated into the dough (about 1 minute) earlier than including the following tablespoon. (Observe: I wish to prep all the filling substances and slice my bananas whereas the dough is kneading)

• Roll: The dough ought to appear and feel easy when prepared (if not, knead for a further 2 to 4 minutes). Mud your work floor and a rolling pin with flour, then switch the dough to the work floor. Sprinkle the dough with a bit flour and roll it out till it varieties a 12×20” (30×50 cm) rectangle.

• Fill: Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon collectively in a small bowl, then put aside. Use a spatula or offset spatula to unfold the butter over the dough, leaving a 1/2″ border on one lengthy facet of the dough. Sprinkle the sugar combine evenly over the butter, gently urgent into the butter so it sticks. Prime the sugar combination with the sliced banana and walnuts (if utilizing).

• Roll: Beginning with the lengthy edge that has no free border, roll the dough towards the lengthy edge with the naked border. Pinch the dough ends collectively to seal the cinnamon roll higher.

• Slice: Slice the rolls into 12 even items through the use of an extended string of dental floss; slide the floss underneath the roll, then “cross” the 2 free ends excessive and pull all the way down to create a clear slice. You can too use a pointy knife to slice the rolls, however they received’t look as neat. I discover the simplest technique to make slices is to chop the roll in half first, then every of these rolls in half once more. You must now have 4 even rolls; lower every of those rolls into thirds to create 12 even slices.

• Rise: Switch the rolls into the ready baking sheet. Cowl with plastic wrap and let rise in a heat place for 1 hour, till the rolls have virtually doubled in dimension.

• In a single day Choice: Instantly switch the coated rolls to the fridge and retailer chilled for 10 to 12 hours. Let the rolls come to room temperature on the counter for half-hour earlier than baking.

• Preheat: Whereas the rolls rise, preheat the oven to 350F. I additionally suggest eradicating the frosting substances from the fridge right now, so that they have time to melt.

• Bake: Bake within the oven for 25 to half-hour, till the rolls have risen and are calmly golden brown. For crispier rolls, bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Set the baking dish on a cooling rack to let the rolls cool whilst you put together the icing.

• Icing: Add the softened butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla to a medium bowl. Use a stand mixer or hand mixer to beat the icing till it’s easy and fluffy, scraping the perimeters of the bowl as essential.

• Serve: Use a spoon to dollop frosting on prime of every cinnamon roll whereas they’re nonetheless heat, then use a spatula to unfold the frosting into every nook and cranny of the rolls. Serve heat.

• Storage: Let the cinnamon rolls cool utterly earlier than storing within the fridge, the place they are going to hold in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days. You can too freeze leftover cinnamon rolls for as much as 2 months.

• No Mixer: Put together the dry substances in step 4 in a big bowl. Add the moist substances to the bowl and blend with a spatula till a shaggy dough varieties. Switch the dough to a flour-dusted floor and knead by hand for 8 to 10 minutes, slowly incorporating the butter as instructed in step 6. You can too put together the icing by hand by vigorously whisking all substances collectively in a big bowl.

Energy: 431kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 7gFats: 18gSaturated Fats: 5gPolyunsaturated Fats: 6gMonounsaturated Fats: 5gTrans Fats: 0.1gLdl cholesterol: 10mgSodium: 232mgPotassium: 204mgFiber: 3gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 738IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 2mg