This low carb cinnamon cereal is the perfect keto breakfast when you’re sick of eggs and missing the texture of cold cereal on a low carb diet! Make a big batch and you’ll have this delicious keto cinnamon cereal on hand whenever the craving hits!
I’ve been kicking this low carb cinnamon cereal recipe idea around for a few weeks now. It all started when I was pouring my son a bowl of his favorite “treat” cereal one morning, and it smelled so good that I suddenly missed eating cereal. DESPERATELY.
The cold, creamy milk mixed with the sweet crunch of the little squares just sounded amazing to me right then. I didn’t cave and eat any, but I added a low carb cinnamon cereal recipe to the top of my “to do” list!
This morning I finally had time to do some experimenting with it so I got to work.
Because I’m doing the Whole 30 in August and the only approved sweetener is the occasional fruit or fruit juice, I wanted to develop a low carb cinnamon cereal recipe that would also be Whole 30 compliant.
As it is, I’m giving up my beloved Cream Cheese Pancakes, because you can’t have dairy on the Whole 30 – which also rules out another of my favorites, Greek yogurt.
On top of that, I can’t have bacon or sausage unless I make my own, or pay through the nose for one cured without any sugar at all. So I’m going to be seriously hating eggs by the end of the month!
Or at least I would be if I didn’t have this awesome keto cinnamon cereal recipe to add to my breakfast menu! Served with unsweetened almond milk, it’s pretty amazing, and stays crunchy for about as long as a typical breakfast cereal.
For those of you not doing the Whole 30, this low carb cinnamon cereal recipe can be sweetened with the sugar substitute of your choice – just remember to add 1/2 cup of water to replace the liquid from the apple juice. Start with the equivalent of 1/4 cup of sugar when figuring out your measurements and go from there to get it as sweet as you prefer.
This keto cinnamon cereal recipe is pretty easy to make too, which is an added bonus.
On another note, good quality cinnamon will really make a difference. You don’t have to buy an expensive brand but if your cinnamon jar is from the 90’s, it’s time to throw it out and buy some fresh stuff.
You should really be replacing your dried herbs and spices at least once a year because they lose their potency over time.
Cinnamon Faux-st Crunch Cereal – Low Carb and Gluten Free
- Yield: (6) 1/2 cup servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milled flax seed
- 1/2 cup hulled hemp seeds
- 2 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Combine the dry ingredients in a Magic Bullet, blender or food processor. Add the apple juice and coconut oil and process until fully combined and mostly smooth.
- Spread the batter out on a parchment lined cookie sheet until nice and thin – about 1/16 of an inch thick. Bake in a preheated 300 degree (F) oven for 15 minutes. Lower the heat to 250 degrees (F) and bake for another 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and using a pizza cutter or knife, cut into squares about the size of the keys on your computer keyboard.
- Turn off the oven and put the cereal back inside for about an hour, or until it’s crisp and breaks easily. If it’s still soft, keep in the oven until completely dried out and crisp.
- Serve with unsweetened almond or coconut milk! SO good! Can’t wait to hear what you guys think of it!
Notes
Approx nutrition info per serving if using a no calorie sugar substitute in place of the apple juice:
129 calories, 9g fat, 1.25g net carbs, 5g protein
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Cereal
Nutrition
- Calories: 138
- Fat: 9g
- Carbohydrates: 3.4g net
- Protein: 5g
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Marouli says
This sounds fabulous! Can’t wait to make it. How many servings does it make?
Melissa K says
These are in the oven now! I can’t wait to try them!!!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Great, hope you like them! I haven’t made this cereal in a long time, I think I’ll have to add it to my rotation soon!
Maura says
I’ve been making this for awhile since I first found it on here.Yesterday I decided to make it look like bran flakes by rolling it as thin as the rolling pin would make it between two parchment sheets.I had to do it on two cookie sheets,dividing the mix between the two.Leaving both papers in place ,I started cooking and eventually the top layer of parchment lifted right off. I was left with a thin crispy flax sheet which I then broke into flakes.Worked out great! Flax Flakes! I do use stevia, water instead of juice and all flax but I just love this cereal as squares and now flakes!
Bonnie Buckner says
Can’t wait to try this as is and just add a touch of real maple to them babies before adding coconut milk to the bowl!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Sounds yummy Bonnie, hope you like them!
becxk says
This is awesome! But mine tasted a little burnt… :( not sure if I’m just not used to adding SOOOO much cinnamon or if they were left in the oven too long. Any less time and they weren’t crispy enough. I’ll try again though. I miss cereal too much! I’ve recently started following your blog. It is so great! Some things are a little difficult to source where I am here in Australia but am loving the adventures of obscure ingredient hunts! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks becxk! A couple of mine on the edges where they were really thin got a little darker – it’s possible that yours were thinner than mine in which case they might have needed a little less cooking time but more time drying out in the oven. You’ll have to tweak it batch by batch as you get the hang of it!
Susan says
Made this with almond meal today for my kids… huge success! http://www.realkidseatspinach.com/homemade-cinnamon-crunch-cereal/
thank you so much for your creative recipe!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks Susan and thanks for linking back! Glad this was a hit!
Kaitlyn says
Where do I find flax and hemp seeds??
Mellissa Sevigny says
You can get flax almost anywhere, even Walmart in the baking section. Hemp seeds are a little harder, I get mine at Costco but you can get them at Whole Foods and other natural food stores. Or order them online from nuts.com or other sources. If you don’t have hemp seeds you can substitute almond meal. Enjoy!
Dancing tigga says
Have a Batch in the oven, mixed the fat into the dry ingredients. By hand and then mixed in the apple juice…mixture felt quite wet. Used the parchment technique for rolling and it was all very easy – kids skipped off to bed, very excited about a new cereal for breakfast. They seemed a bit soft still when I retired to bed but this morning they are perfect, had some with a strawberry and a splash of cold milk – I couldn’t resist it. So thank you – again for another wonderful recipe – I tried your cream cheese pancakes yesterday, simple but clever, well done.
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks so much DT! Glad the cereal recipe worked so well for you – it really hits the spot when you’ve been missing that crunch in the morning! Oh and I’m happy that you enjoyed the pancakes too! :)
Dems says
Hello! Love your blog and this recipe, just wondering how you spread this? Do you just use a spatula, fingers, rolling pin? What? Also, are your squares fairly small?
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Mellissa Sevigny says
Hi Dems! Yes, the squares are small, about one inch in diameter. I used a spatula to spread it out but it’s key that you do it right away as the flax causes it to stiffen up after a few minutes and then it’s harder to spread. Hope you like it!
My name is Charles says
Hmm, I replied earlier suggesting that a video of the process might be helpful to your audience, for this recipe in particular, to make clear what exactly the consistency of the dough should be.
I also wondered if a bit of salt in the batter might amp up the flavor a little in the finished product — had you tried that?
Also I just made another, more successful, batch, this time first using a lubricated cutting mat to “smush” the dough and then a rolling pin (on top of the mat) to even it out. (I also attempted to use lubed up wax paper for smushing and that didn’t work since the dough stuck to it in spite of the Pam.)
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks for the input Charles, I’m not really set up to do any video tutorials yet though it’s something I’d like to add at some point. I didn’t use salt but I can see where that would give it a little something extra. I also find that using parchment paper on the bottom and top works well and it doesn’t stick as much. But the most critical thing is to mix and spread it right away because the flax as it sits gets more and more gelatinous which makes it gummy and harder to spread. Hope that helps!
My name is Charles says
I just had a bowl of the cereal with some almond milk for dinner. Its been a long time since I had cereal (much less for dinner!!), so thank you for that.
Anyway this batch definitely was too thick. That and it appears that I ate a third of my batch. Which leads me too a couple of additional thoughts:
1 I think next time I will attempt to use a rolling pin to thin it out.
2 I will make a double batch at least given the high work-to-food-output ratio. (vs, say, a bag of frozen hot wings)
– cheers
My name is Charles says
Did you see my earlier comment?
Mellissa Sevigny says
Hi Charles, not sure what you mean by earlier comment? Glad you like the cereal though!