Cinnamon Roll Waffles with Cream Cheese Icing
My Cinnamon Roll Waffles with Cream Cheese Icing will satisfy all your cravings. They are rich & filling with sweet cinnamon & creamy icing. This easy recipe is low carb, keto, gluten-free, grain-free, sugar-free, and Trim Healthy Mama friendly.
It’s been months since I posted a waffle recipe. I’m not a big breakfast person but I love breakfast food. I’m just too sleepy to make up breakfast recipes before noon. I had some cottage cheese that needed to be used up last week so I decided to use that as a base for a waffle. Not too crazy, I’ve seen cottage cheese in pancakes and waffles before. So I just started throwing ingredients into my food processor and this perfect waffle batter is what came out.
I went back and forth in my mind about what flavor to add and cinnamon won out. And what goes better with cinnamon than cream cheese icing? Nothing.
Ingredients for Low Carb Cinnamon Roll Waffles:
Almond Flour – I’ve really come to prefer almond flour in baked goods. It gives a tender crumb in cakes, cookies, and biscuits.
Coconut Flour – Just a little bit of coconut flour goes a long way. Coconut flour helps to balance the oiliness of almond flour since it is naturally drier and absorbs more liquid than other alternative flours.
Eggs – Eggs are necessary as the binder in this recipe.
Cottage Cheese – Cottage cheese is my secret ingredient in low carb waffles. It boosts the protein and nutrition in my easy cinnnamon roll waffles and I promise you can’t taste it at all.
Cream Cheese – I use regular full fat cream cheese.
Vanilla – With the price of vanilla being very high the last couple of years I decided to try a Mexican vanilla extract and have been happy with the results. It is much much cheaper than other vanilla extracts.
Baking Powder Or Baking Soda – I’ve had readers use both successfully
Sugar-Free Sweetener – I like to use a blend of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia in my recipes. You can purchase this pre-mixed from the Trim Healthy Mama website or mix your own according to my recipe. By using a combination of sugar alcohols and stevia you can use half the amount required of regular sugar or 1:1 sweeteners.
How to Make Cinnamon Roll Waffles
I like to make this batter in my food processor but you can make it in blender as well. If you are using a blender make sure to put the liquid ingredients in first, followed by the cottage cheese and cream cheese. One those are blended smooth you can add the dry ingredients.
Step One: Add the batter ingredients to the food processor and process until smooth. Scrape down the sides as needed.
Step Two: Make the cinnamon swirl. Swirl it into the batter. Scoop the batter into a well greased, hot waffle maker. Cook until the waffles are golden brown and firm to the touch. This often takes longer than usual with alternative flours. In my waffle maker the light goes off a few whole minutes before the waffles are actually done.
Expert Tip: Although it looks pretty to swirl the cinnamon on the top the waffles do tend to stick to the waffle maker. I’ve begun just swirling it in the the main batter and then scooping.
How Many Waffles does this recipe make?
This makes a big family-sized batch of waffles. About 4 huge Belgian waffles or 8 regular sized waffles. I ate one large waffle (recipe testing is the best) and was too full to eat dinner. Since then I normally do make these in my mini dash waffle maker.
For a single serve version of this recipe click here.
Do I Have to Use Cottage Cheese?
No, if you prefer you can sub in additional cream cheese, ricotta cheese, or mascarpone. But, you can’t taste the cottage cheese and it is packed with protein. I really do enjoy using it in breads, pancakes, and waffles for this reason.
How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting
I keep the cream cheese icing for my cinnamon roll waffles simple. All I do is sweetener softened cream cheese with a powdered sweetener. If you like you can add a little softened butter and vanilla but this icing doesn’t need it.
Other Low Carb Waffle Recipes:
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Cinnamon Roll Waffles with Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients
Waffle Batter Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup cottage cheese 4% fat works best
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 2/3 cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking powder or soda I've had readers use both successfully
- 1/3 cup Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes) or my sweetener
Cinnamon Swirl Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 2 tbsp Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
Icing Ingredients:
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup powdered sweetener
Instructions
- Put the cottage cheese in the food processor and blend until smooth. Add the cream cheese and process until smooth. Add the other ingredients and pulse until they are thoroughly incorporated.
- Stir together the ingredients for the cinnamon swirl. Swirl into the batter.
- Spray your waffle iron with cooking spray. Scoop the appropriate amount of batter onto your waffle maker. A general rule of thumb is making a circle of batter about half the diameter of the waffle iron.
- Cook until golden brown. Remove carefully. Repeat until all the batter is used up.
- While the waffles are cooking stir together icing ingredients and set aside. Divide the icing between the waffles and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Originally Published June 21, 2016. Revised and Republished with new photos August 6, 2021.
Can you omit the ground flax? I have the seeds on hand and could process with the rest of the ingredients if that will work?
You can grind them first. They might not grind in a food processor. I normally ground flax in a blender or rocket blender.
Or just use extra almond flour instead of the flax. Don’t increase the coconut because it absorbs too much liquid.
I tried these tonight and they were amazing!
Woah. These look INCREDIBLE!!! I cannot wait to give them a try!
Are these an S meal? Is this the main protein, so no need to add in other protein?
Yes. You don’t need to add other protein but a few strips of bacon on the side is never a bad thing 😉
Getting ready to make these now. They look amazing!! Thank you so much for the recipe. Been craving cinnamon rolls :-).
Did you reheat in the microwave or toaster? I’m the only one eating them so I will have leftovers.
I just microwaved mine. But I bet if you put them in a toaster oven they’s get crispier. I don’t know if they’d hold up in a traditional vertical toaster.
Can you substitute anything else for the cottage cheese? I have all the other ingredients but not cottage cheese! I want to make them soon!
I think you could just use all cream cheese. Or a combination of cream cheese plus sour cream or yogurt. I haven’t tried it though.
The only sweetener I currently have is stevia. Is there anyway to still make this do you think?
I think it would work with stevia if you don’t mind tasting the batter as you go. You can convert it with this chart: http://www.trimhealthymama.com/main-home/sweetener-conversion-chart/
About how much batter do you use per waffle? I am having trouble finding the right amount for my Belgian waffle maker.
Thanks!
I just covered it about halfway with batter and then spread it out a bit. It will spread further once you close it. It’s better to put too little than too much so it doesn’t ooze out. Maybe 1/4-1/3 cup? Sorry I don’t have a more accurate measurement.
I tried these this morning as pancakes and they were delicious. I used Pyure as the sweetener. They were a little sweet for me, so next time I will use a little less.
I prefer Super Sweet. Do you think it will effect the outcome if I sub 1/2 SS?
Could this be baked in some way — muffins, donuts, muffin tops, etc? I seldom have the time or patience for waffles or pancakes!
Yes, another reader baked them in mini loaf pans at 350 for 40 min.
These are amazing.
Mine didn’t crisp up like your picture. Do you have any tips?
Mine weren’t crispy. They were softer but did firm up as they cooled. It’s almost impossible to get alternative flours crisp. I saved some in the fridge and reheated the next day and they were firmer. I think you could also cool them and then toast them in a toaster oven to make them crisp. I’ll let you know once I get to try it.
Do you think this would work as a pancake mix too?
I think so. A lot of people have asked. I’m going to try them for dinner tonight as pancakes. Stay tuned 🙂
I have the same size round waffle maker as you, how many waffles did you get from your recipe? Thanks…..these look so yummy!
My kids were eating as I made them. Lol. I think I ended up with five.
Just curious about using cottage cheese. I dont like the flavor or texture of cottage cheese. The texture probably isnt an issue since you blend it, but do you still notice the cottage cheese flavor? This looks so good and will keep me from falling off THM if I can get past the cottage cheese!
Not even a hint of cottage cheese flavor.
The only thing you taste is AMAZING cinnamon rolls!