Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

So I decided I was going to figure out how to make vegan cinnamon rolls this morning. After a drive to the grocer (that included a mile ON the beach… early, before people were there)… I set out to make it happen. Had to be fairly simple, fairly healthy (albeit with a lot of sugar)… and yummy.

It worked.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

So – the ingredients:
For the ROLLS
2 cups whitewheat flour (or white unbleached)
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup vegan butter
2/3 cup plain almond milk

For the FILLING
3 tablespoons melted vegan butter
1/4 cup organic sugar
1/4 cup organic brown sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon

For the ICING
1/2 cup organic sugar
2 tablespoons plain almond milk

MAKING IT HAPPEN:
First… mix the dry ingredients for the rolls… sift if you have a sifter, no biggie if you don’t (I use a whisk if I don’t have sifter). Then add teh butter (cold)… cut it in with two forks until it has kind of a bread crumb consistency (or thereabouts).

Add the milk… and mix until you can form it into a ball of dough… some flour will remain. Put it on a floured surface… flatten it out into a rectangle shape… and put some more flour on top (not a lot… just a light dusting).

Cover the dough with the melted butter (the 3 tablespoons)… then the cinnamon sugar mixture… try to get it evenly distributed or you’ll have trouble evening it out after.

Roll it up … wide end… as tightly as you can. Then slice rolls less than 1 inch each, put them on a greased cookie sheet, and bake for about 12 minutes (watch them – you want them to be browned on top, but not too much).

Now – the icing. I didn’t have powdered sugar, so I improvised. And love the result. I use a vitamix and a blendtech. Today, it was blendtech. I took the healthy, organic sugar… and made it into powder by blendteching it for about 40 seconds. Added the powder to the milk… whisked it up… and wow. Worked really well.

So – rolls are done… plate them (I don’t wait too long, you want them hot)… and put a tablespoon of glaze… serve right away.

Warning: Adjust the recipe as needed, you will not have leftovers no matter how many you make.

Enjoy!!!