Sometimes you just have to put two of your favorite things together. Peas and carrots. Cinnamon and sugar. Peanut butter and jelly. PB&J with cinnamon rolls. These PB&J Cinnamon Rolls put PB&J into cinnamon rolls! That’s right. Peanut butter. Jelly. And cinnamon roll goodness. And after this past week? I could use some of my favorites in my life.

These PB&J Cinnamon Rolls are delicious. A little savory with the peanut butter and a little sweet with the strawberry preserves as filling. Of course, you can always use whatever your favorite flavor of jam, jelly, or preserves happens to be. Mine is obviously strawberry.

I lightened these cinnamon rolls in my usual ways. Lowering the sugar and using a whole wheat white flour. Other than those few swaps, these cinnamon rolls are pretty standard when it comes to the dough. I did add just a touch of peanut butter to the dough too. And if you wanted to go nut free you could always use your nut free butter in place of the peanut butter.

At the end of it all you end up with 16 GLORIOUS PB&J cinnamon rolls, making them perfect to bake on the weekend and have on hand through the week. Just warm one up in the morning and enjoy!

PB&J Cinnamon Rolls

Yield: 16

Author: The Skinny Fork (Amanda Plott)

Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 12 MinInactive time: 2 H & 30 MTotal time: 2 H & 57 M

Peanut butter and jelly come together in the form of lightened up cinnamon rolls! Made just a touch better-for-you with less sugar.

Ingredients

Dough

1 C. Hot Water
2 Tbsp. Peanut Butter
1 Tbsp. Butter
1 Whole Large Egg
2 Egg Whites
1/2 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
1/4 C. Sugar
1/4 C. Natural Sweetener
4 C. Whole Wheat White Flour
1/2 Tsp. Salt
2 1/4 Tsp. Active Dry Yeast (Or 1 Package.)

Filling

1/4 C. Peanut Butter
1/2 C. Strawberry Preserves

Instructions

Bread Machine: Place the ingredients for the cinnamon roll dough into a bread machine in the order listed and set it to the 'dough cycle' setting.
No Bread Machine: If you do not have a bread machine, you can combine the hot water and yeast into a bowl and allow the yeast to activate and foam up. Once the yeast is active you can combine the remaining ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer with the hook attachment or knead by hand. Spray a large bowl with non-stick cooking spray and place dough inside. Cover with plastic wrap and allow it to sit for an hour until doubled in size.
Once the dough cycle has ended or the dough has risen for it's first time. Punch it down and allow to rise for another hour or until doubled in size once more.
After the second rise, remove the dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out into a large rectangle.
Spread the 1/4 C. peanut butter and the 1/2 C. strawberry jam over the top the dough.
Lightly spray two rounded 8 inch cake pans or a 13x9 with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
Roll the dough into a tight, long, skinny log with the seamside down once done. Cut into 16 equal pieces. THIS WILL BE MESSY. (I had a few smaller end pieces leftover that I stuck where I could in the pans.) I use floss to do this! Yes. Floss.
Place the cinnamon rolls into the prepared pan(s). Cover with plastic wrap or a tea towel and place in a nice warm place to allow them to rise for another 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Once ready, remove the plastic wrap and bake the cinnamon rolls for about 12 minutes.
Remove the cinnamon rolls from the oven and allow to cool slightly before drizzling the cream cheese grosting over the top.

Notes:

Don't like strawberry jam? Use your favorite flavor!

Calories

278.11

Fat (grams)

5.05

Sat. Fat (grams)

1.30

Carbs (grams)

50.73

Fiber (grams)

6.67

Net carbs

44.05

Sugar (grams)

8.95

Protein (grams)

10.63

Sodium (milligrams)

123.54

Cholesterol (grams)

13.53

Nutritional Claims: Low Sodium • Low Potassium • Kidney Friendly • Vegetarian • Pescatarian • Tree Nut Free • Soy Free •Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free •Crustacean Free • Celery Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • Kosher