Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

Yeast Dough

  • 500 g flour
  • 1 packet dry yeast (or ½ cube fresh yeast)
  • 100 g sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 50 g vegan butter (e.g., Alsan margarine)
  • 250 g plant milk (e.g., soy milk, oat milk; equals 250 ml)

Cinnamon Filling

  • 60 g vegan butter (e.g., Alsan margarine)
  • 60 g sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon

Icing

  • 100 g powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp plant milk or plant cream (e.g., soy cream, oat cream)

Instructions

Prepare Yeast Dough

  • Mix in a bowl:
    • 500 g flour
    • 1 packet dry yeast
    • 100 g sugar
    • ½ tsp salt
  • Mix the dry ingredients well.
  • Add:
    • 250 g plant milk
    • 50 g vegan butter (softened to room temperature)
  • (If using fresh yeast, add ½ cube at this step.)
  • Knead the dough for 10 minutes using dough hooks of a hand mixer or a kitchen machine.
  • Do not add more liquid. It takes about 4 minutes for everything to combine well.
  • Knead for a total of 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and no longer sticky.
  • Cover the bowl with a damp cloth or cling film.
  • Let it rise for an hour or longer.

Prepare Filling

  • Melt 60 g vegan butter (in a small pot or briefly in the microwave). Should be just warm enough to become liquid.
  • Add to the melted margarine:
    • 60 g sugar
    • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • Stir well and let the mixture cool to become firmer.
  • (Alternatively, spread the dough with soft margarine and then sprinkle with dry sugar-cinnamon mixture.)

Roll and Fill Yeast Dough

  1. Grease a casserole dish (approx. 25 x 35 cm).
  2. Dust working surface and rolling pin with some flour.
  3. Roll out the yeast dough into a rectangle (approx. 30 x 42 cm).
  4. Spread the filling evenly over the dough. (Or brush the dough with soft margarine and then sprinkle with dry sugar-cinnamon mixture.)
  5. Roll up the dough from the long side (you'll have a roll about 42 cm long).
  6. Cut the roll into slices with a sharp knife (12 slices, about 3.5 cm thick each).
  7. Place the slices in the greased casserole dish (e.g., 3 rows of 4 cinnamon rolls each).
  8. Cover the casserole dish with a damp cloth.
  9. Let the cinnamon rolls rise again for 30 minutes.

Bake Cinnamon Rolls

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (top/bottom heat).
  2. Lightly spray or brush the cinnamon rolls in the casserole dish with water.
  3. Bake in the oven (middle rack) for 25 minutes at 180 °C until golden brown.
  4. Let cool slightly.

Icing

  1. Sift 100 g powdered sugar.
  2. Mix with 1 tbsp plant milk until smooth. (Be careful not to add too much liquid, or the icing will be too thin.)
  3. Spread the icing over the lukewarm cinnamon rolls.