I’ve been playing around a lot lately with my new replacement bread machine. I didn’t realize how much I missed having one until I got a new one. One of my favorite things to make in a bread machine is homemade cinnamon rolls. I love that the machine does most of the work for me when it comes to the dough.

These pink princess cinnamon rolls were made with a specific purpose and reason. For my little princess. Okay… she’s not so little anymore. But, a few years back she ended up getting sick on cinnamon rolls and has since turned her nose up at them. And being as they used to be one of her weekly staples… I thought I’d try to make these beauties to try and suede her back over to the cinnamon roll loving side of things.

So far, no luck. Even with these pretty pink cinnamon rolls being a perfect sweet treat for the upcoming Valentine’s Day, she’s still not interested in giving cinnamon rolls another shot. Oh, well… I guess that means more for the rest of us.

These cinnamon rolls are homemade and from scratch. With just a touch of pink food coloring, these rolls are traditional cinnamon rolls in most ways other than their pretty pink color. I kept them lightened up by using less butter, whole wheat white flour, and of course subbed some of the sugar for natural sweetener. (You know, like stevia, monk, etc.)

You can really get away with making these any princess color you want, but today I wanted pink/rose gold and that’s what I went with. Plus, I mean… look at those glorious rose gold sprinkles. They needed somewhere to shine.

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Nutritional Claims: Low Sodium • Low Potassium • Kidney Friendly • Vegetarian • Pescatarian • Peanut 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