Happy Sunday, beautiful cats! How are you today? I hope you’re having a lovely weekend! Yesterday we started feeling some very cold weather and was happy to take out my winter boots so that I could enjoy a fresh and crisp walk to work: the view was beautiful with the clear blue sky over the hills, the light colours over the hills. For lunch, I had homemade baked mac and cheese, but more importantly, I had some delicious cinnamon rolls for breakfast. You know that I like easy and quick recipes so you might be surprised that I am sharing this with you, but listen, this is a recipe for a 1-Hour Vegan Cinnamon Rolls recipe by VeganRicha. I made it while I was cooking dinner – how great is that! So here it is.

Ingredients

Cinnamon Rolls:

• 3/4 cup (187.5 ml) warm-hot water
• 1/4 cup (59.15 ml) aquafaba chickpea brine, (or use room temp non-dairy yogurt or 1/4 cup coconut milk + 1.5 tbsp flax meal. Though the rolls do best with aquafaba)
• 1 tbsp sugar or other sweetener
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 packet active yeast or 2 1/2 tsp active yeast
• 2 tbsp oil or use melted vegan butter. I usually use oil
• 1 tsp nutritional yeast (optional)
• 2.5 cups (312.5 g) or more flour I use unbleached white or a combination of white and wheat flour
• 1/3 tsp (0.33 tsp) salt

Filling:

• 1 to 2 tbsp Oil or melted vegan butter
• 1/3 cup (53.33 g) or more coconut sugar or brown sugar
• 2 to 3 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
• Add some cardamom or nutmeg for variation

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F / 180ºc. Line a 8 by 8 inch brownie pan or 9 inch pie pan with parchment. Mix the first 5 ingredients under rolls until the sugar is mixed in. Let sit for a minute for the yeast to activate.
2. Add in the oil, nutritional yeast and mix in. Add 2 cups flour and salt and knead. Add more flour, few tbsps at a time to make a soft somewhat smooth dough. 4 to 6 mins.
3. Roll the dough out using additional flour into a 10 by 14 inch rectangle
4. Spray or brush oil or vegan butter on the rolled out dough. (use as much melted vegan butter as you like :)).Sprinkle sugar, cinnamon and salt evenly. Roll the dough tightly along the longer edge to make a cylinder.
5. Slice using a pizza cutter or floss or a serrated knife. Place the slices in a parchment lined brownie baking pan or pie pan. Spray or brush oil on top. Cover lightly with a towel and Let the pan sit near the warm oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until just about doubled. Remove the towel.
6. Bake at 350f / 180ºc for 21 to 23 minutes or until golden on some edges.(just about starting to get golden)
7. Let the rolls sit for a few minutes, while you make the icing or frosting of choice. Frost and serve.

Enjoy!

Love,

TVCL xx