These ultra soft and fluffy banana bread cinnamon rolls use just banana as the egg and create the sweetest soft pillows of banana bread in cinnamon roll form! Topped with a creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting!

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The best of banana bread and cinnamon rolls combined:

Can’t decide between making an AMAZING loaf of fluffy and soft banana bread and deliciously pillowy cinnamon rolls?

Let’s combine the two into one then 🙂

This might actually be my favorite breakfast creation yet (although I do love my salted caramel vegan banana pudding!). We’re taking my ultra soft and moist vegan banana bread recipe (that just uses banana as the egg!) and combining it with my award winning cinnamon rolls to give you the ultimate banana bread cinnamon roll recipe.

The result? The softest and most lovely cinnamon rolls that are sweetened with rich brown sugar and nutmeg and full of fresh banana flavor.

banana bread cinnamon roll on a plate

These cinnamon rolls truly taste like a bite of banana bread and yeasted sweet dough in one. It’s a feat. Then we go ahead and top with a luxuriously creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting for the ultimate flavor combination.

I mean, you’re going to be speechless. There’s banana and peanut butter in every bite thanks to my method for filling the cinnamon rolls with banana in the swirl (it’s super easy- instead of banana coins, we’re mashing the banana!).

You’re going to LOVE making these banana bread cinnamon rolls for breakfast!

Simple Ingredients:

What I love most about these banana bread cinnamon rolls: you don’t need any eggs. That’s right! The banana will act as the vegan egg replacement, but also the flavor component. It’s a win win! Here’s what you need:

  • All purpose flour
  • Cinnamon & nutmeg: Classic banana bread flavors
  • Banana
  • Brown sugar & granulated sugar
  • Dairy free milk: Soy milk, oat milk, almond milk, or coconut milk will work here!
  • Vegan butter: I like Miyoko’s vegan butter- tastes just like the real deal!
  • Dry active yeast: I prefer to make these banana bread cinnamon rolls with dry active versus quick rise yeast. However, for the gluten free version, you’ll use quick rise.
  • Vanilla extract
  • Peanut butter
  • Vegan cream cheese: I prefer Tofutti or Kite Hill vegan cream cheese here!
banana bread cinnamon rolls ingredients

Overview: how to make banana bread cinnamon rolls:

dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
Start by activating the yeast. Then combine all ingredients in a stand mixer with dough hook attachment OR a large bowl.
Mixed dough in a stand mixer
Once the dough forms into a shaggy yet sticky dough, knead the dough into a smooth ball.
dough before proofing
Place the dough into a greased bowl and cover to rise for an hour or until doubled in size.
dough after proofing
Once doubled in size, you can begin to shape your banana bread cinnamon rolls.
mashed banana
Before rolling the dough, mix your filling ingredients and mash the banana for the cinnamon rolls filling.
Rolled out cinnamon roll dough
Roll out the dough to be 12×18″ in size.
banana bread cinnamon rolls before banana filling
Spread the classic cinnamon roll fillings on top: brush with vegan butter then sprinkle on the brown sugar cinnamon mixture.
mashed banana bread cfilling.
Then spread the mashed banana on top.
banana bread cinnamon rolls
Slice the cinnamon rolls into 12 equal rolls and allow them to rest for 30 minutes before baking.
baked banana bread cinnamon rolls
Bake the banana bread cinnamon rolls until golden on top.