Vegan Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
These Pumpkin Cinnamon rolls are easy, soft and ready in 1 hour! Drizzle with your favorite glaze and make them this fall.
Free of Dairy, egg, corn, soy, nut. Makes 1 9 inch pie pan or two 8 inch cake pans.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
Rolls
- 2 teaspoons active or quick rise yeast or 1 sachet
- 1/2 cup non dairy milk like coconut or almond warmed
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal or chia seed meal
- 1 Tbsp oil optional
- 1/2 heaping cup pumpkin puree
Dry
- 2 cups unbleached white flour or bread flour or all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Oat flour or more all purpose flour
- 2/3 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 to 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice or 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp of ground ginger, 1/4 tsp each of cloves, nutmeg
Filling
- 2 to 3 Tbsp melted vegan butter or oil Or use a light spray of oil
- 1/3 cup or more coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 1 to 2 Tbsp ground cinnamon
Glaze
- 1/2 cup coconut milk canned, preferably full-fat, or use soy-milk
- 7 Tbsp sugar scant 1/2 cup. Use 1/3 cup for less sweet
- 3 Tbsp cashew flour for thickening, optional
- a pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp lime juice or 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
Method
- In a bowl, combine warm non dairy milk, yeast and sugar. Let sit for 2 minutes. Add flaxmeal, warmed or room temperature pumpkin puree and oil and mix well.
- In another bowl, whisk the flours, salt, spices and baking powder.
- Add dry to the wet and knead for a minute or 2 into a soft dough. Add more flour if needed.
- Using some flour, pat and roll the dough into a 24 inch by 9 inch oval-ish rectangle.
- Brush metled butter or oil on it.
- Sprinkle coconut sugar and cinnamon.
- Start rolling from one side to make a long 24 inch roll. Brush water on the other side to seal.
- Cut into 3/4 to 1 inch rolls. Place the rolls in a greased or parchment lined dish. Spray or brush oil on the rolls. Cover the dish with a towel. Let rise for 20 minutes.( let them rise for 40 mins for a better rise if the ambient temp is cold)
- Meanwhile make the glaze: mix or blend everything under glaze until well combined and keep aside.
- Bake the rolls pre-heated 375 degrees F / 190ºc for 17 to 22 mins or until golden on some edges.
- Immediately pour the glaze over the rolls. Let sit to soak for a few minutes before serving.
Notes
You can make these as decadent as you like with added vegan butter, more sugar in the filling etc.
Add chopped pecans to the filling
Nutritional values based on one serving
Nutrition
Calories: 222kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 188mg | Potassium: 127mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 1590IU | Vitamin C: 1.8mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1.7mg