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Eggless Cinnamon Roll

Eggless Cinnamon Recipe

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Detailed post on how to make soft, fluffy, Eggless Cinnamon Rolls from scratch, store the baked and unbaked rolls and how to reheat the rolls.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Amarican
Servings 12 rolls

Equipment

  • Mixing Pan
  • Oven
  • Sharp Knife optional
  • Dental Floss/thread to cut the rolls from log(optional)

Ingredients
  

For Dough

  • Cup Flour Whole Wheat or All Purpose Flour
  • ½ Cup Castor Sugar/Raw Cane Sugar
  • tsp Instant Yeast or Dry Yeast(check notes)
  • 3 tbsp Melted Butter
  • 1 tsp Vinegar
  • 1+½ Cup Milk see notes
  • ¼ tsp Salt if using unsalted butter

Filling for Rolls

  • ¼ Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Cinnamon Powder
  • ¼ Cup Softened Butter use as required

For Vanilla Glaze

  • 1 Cup Icing Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Cream
  • tsp Vanilla Essence

Instructions
 

Prepare Dough

  • Make Butter milk. Add vinegar in warm milk. Milk should not be very hot else hot milk will kill the yeast.
    1 tsp Vinegar, 1+½ Cup Milk
  • Don't stir milk. Keep it for 5 mins.
  • In a mixing bowl add flour, sugar, salt and mix well.
    2¾ Cup Flour, ½ Cup Castor Sugar/Raw Cane Sugar, ¼ tsp Salt
  • Add instant yeast, buttermilk and melted butter.
    3 tbsp Melted Butter, 2¼ tsp Instant Yeast
  • Mix nicely, you can use a spatula. It will be a sticky dough.
  • Transfer the dough to counter top and knead to a soft pliable dough.
  • You can use some flour will kneading, but don't use much as the dough will be dry then.
  • Once the dough is done, keep it in a mixing bowl for proofing. Lightly oil the bowl.
  • It will take about 45 mins -1 hr. to proof depending on the weather.

Shape the rolls

  • Make Cinnamon Sugar. Mix sugar and cinnamon powder.
    ¼ Cup Brown Sugar, 1 tbsp Cinnamon Powder
  • When the dough is proofed( will rise and double up), transfer to the working counter, knead it lightly.
  • Roll the dough into a rectangle, of about 12X24 inches. The thickness of the rolled dough should be uniform.
  • Apply softened butter on the dough and then spread the cinnamon sugar filling.
    ¼ Cup Softened Butter
  • Roll the dough from the long side into a log. Then with help of knife, put marks to cut the dough. Cut with your sharpest knife to get the perfect rolls. You can also use dental floss or a clean thread (food grade preferably) and cut through the log. (Check the video).
  • Arrange the rolls in a baking try/pan and keep for 20 mins for second proof. Keep some space between the rolls so that there is enough space for proofing.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C or 400F, then bake the rolls for 20-25 mins. at the same temperature.
  • If the top of rolls start to brown soon you can cover the pan loosely with an aluminum foil.
  • Once done, take out the pan and after 5 mins, take out the rolls let it cool on a cooling rack else, the rolls with get soggy at the bottom due to moisture.
  • When the rolls are warm spread the glaze or icing.

Vanilla Glaze/Icing

  • In bowl mix together icing sugar, cream and vanilla essence.
    1 Cup Icing Sugar, 1½ tsp Vanilla Essence, 2 tbsp Cream

Notes

Amount of milk used- If you are using All purpose flour you may need less milk. Make butter milk in 1 cup milk and gradually add more milk while kneading if required. 
Liquid content also depends on the quality of flour. Flour with more bran will require more milk. In the recipe here with the flour, 1½ cup milk.
Using Yeast in the recipe
To activate the yeast, add yeast to 1/4 cup lukewarm water. Adjust the amount of water accordingly. The water should not be cold or very hot. It should be just warm enough to touch. If you have food thermometer, then the temperature of water should be 110 degrees F or 49 degree C.
Add yeast, sugar in water, give it a light mix and then keep the container covered for about 10-15 mins. There will be bubbles and the liquid will double up. If there are no bubbles/activity then discard the solution and make it again. Reasons that yeast is not blooming can be the water temperature or the yeast is old.
While using fresh yeast in the recipe, use on a tsp and add it directly to the flour while kneading the dough.
 
Keyword Cinnamon Rolls, Eggless Cinnamon Rolls
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