The original recipe is from a vegan blog, and I'm sure the vegan version is delectable, but I'm especially excited about our version where we added back the butter. Mark and I were particularly excited to make a risen bread dough! YEAH!
Un-Vegan-Ized Cinnamon Rolls
Originally found at http://veganyumminess.com/cinnamon-rolls/
Ingredients
4 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup lukewarm water (not too hot, or you'll kill your yeast.)
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup pure cane sugar
2 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons butter (for the filling)
3 tablespoons applesauce (for the filing)
3/4 cups brown sugar (for the filling)
2 teaspoons cinnamon (or more or less, based on your preference, for the filling)
1 pinch salt (for the filling)
Directions
Step 1
In a microwave safe bowl, put milk and butter, and microwave on high for about 10 seconds, or just long enough to melt most of the butter.
Step 2
Whisk together milk, butter, lukewarm water, and active dry yeast. Allow the mixture to sit for just a minute or two, just to make sure that your yeast gets ever so slightly foamy.
Step 3
Add vanilla, salt, cornstarch, and sugar to your wet ingredients and whisk together.
Step 4
Kneed flour and wet ingredients together for a few minutes until a sticky dough forms. Watch a how-to video if you don’t know how to knead. Depending on your flour brand, you may need to add a teaspoon of water or flour, just to make sure your dough is slightly moist/sticky and not too dry—according to the original poster of this recipe. You will know the dough is the right kneaded-ness once you make bread and rolls a couple times because you will learn the feel of the rightness of kneaded dough.
Step 5
Place dough in a clean bowl, covered with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel, and put in a warm dry place to rise for an hour.
Step 6
Meanwhile, you can start putting your filling together. Melt your butter in a microwave, then mix it with your applesauce in a small bowl or cup. In a separate small bowl, mix together your brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
Step 7
Roll dough out on to a lightly floured surface and roll into a rectangle.
Step 8
Brush the rectangle with your butter/applesauce mixture--making sure all the edges and corners get coverage as well. Now, sprinkle your brown sugar/cinnamon mixture over the rectangle evenly.
Step 9
Roll the rectangle up lengthwise and slice it into rolls. It’s getting real, guys, you’ve made cinnamon rolls now! Put them in a baking dish, glass or metal is fine.
Step 10
Place that baking dish in a warm dry place, and let your rolls rise for about 30 to 45 minutes.
Step 11
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. (Make sure it's empty!) Then, bake your cinnamon rolls for about 30-35 minutes--or just until the tops are golden brown, and a fork comes out clean.
Un-Vegan-Ized Cinnamon Rolls
Originally found at http://veganyumminess.com/cinnamon-rolls/
Ingredients
4 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup lukewarm water (not too hot, or you'll kill your yeast.)
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup pure cane sugar
2 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons butter (for the filling)
3 tablespoons applesauce (for the filing)
3/4 cups brown sugar (for the filling)
2 teaspoons cinnamon (or more or less, based on your preference, for the filling)
1 pinch salt (for the filling)
Directions
Step 1
In a microwave safe bowl, put milk and butter, and microwave on high for about 10 seconds, or just long enough to melt most of the butter.
Step 2
Whisk together milk, butter, lukewarm water, and active dry yeast. Allow the mixture to sit for just a minute or two, just to make sure that your yeast gets ever so slightly foamy.
Step 3
Add vanilla, salt, cornstarch, and sugar to your wet ingredients and whisk together.
Step 4
Kneed flour and wet ingredients together for a few minutes until a sticky dough forms. Watch a how-to video if you don’t know how to knead. Depending on your flour brand, you may need to add a teaspoon of water or flour, just to make sure your dough is slightly moist/sticky and not too dry—according to the original poster of this recipe. You will know the dough is the right kneaded-ness once you make bread and rolls a couple times because you will learn the feel of the rightness of kneaded dough.
Step 5
Place dough in a clean bowl, covered with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel, and put in a warm dry place to rise for an hour.
Step 6
Meanwhile, you can start putting your filling together. Melt your butter in a microwave, then mix it with your applesauce in a small bowl or cup. In a separate small bowl, mix together your brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
Step 7
Roll dough out on to a lightly floured surface and roll into a rectangle.
Step 8
Brush the rectangle with your butter/applesauce mixture--making sure all the edges and corners get coverage as well. Now, sprinkle your brown sugar/cinnamon mixture over the rectangle evenly.
Step 9
Roll the rectangle up lengthwise and slice it into rolls. It’s getting real, guys, you’ve made cinnamon rolls now! Put them in a baking dish, glass or metal is fine.
Step 10
Place that baking dish in a warm dry place, and let your rolls rise for about 30 to 45 minutes.
Step 11
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. (Make sure it's empty!) Then, bake your cinnamon rolls for about 30-35 minutes--or just until the tops are golden brown, and a fork comes out clean.