Cinnamon Rolls, with a twist! (Bread machine)

Recently, I purchased a HUGE tub of delicious coconut oil.  Coconut oil has so many health benefits, and there is nothing I don't love about it.  So, I decided to try to create cinnamon buns using coconut oil!  They turned out amazingly!  Please forgive the shape of some of them, but really, it's all about how they taste, right???

*Egg, Dairy, Soy and nut/tree nut free*

Ingredients:

1 cup of rice milk or water (coconut milk would be great too I'd expect), heated for about 1 minute in the microwave
1/4 cup of warm water

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup coconut oil

2 eggs (I use 1/2 tsp baking powder & 2 Tbsp water for each egg called for)

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup sugar

5 cups flour

3 tsp yeast

In order listed, add to your bread machine pan.  Use dough setting.  Warning......this may rise a ton.  My dough was touching the glass lid of my bread machine.  It was huge!

Once dough cycle has finished, divide dough in half.  (I only do this because it fits on my wood cutting board better if I do it in two parts).  On a floured counter, roll dough into a rectangle shape.  Brush the rolled out dough with liquid coconut oil and sprinkle a decent amount of the following mixture onto the entire surface of the dough.

1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon

Roll the dough tightly, resembling a log.  Divide into 6 equal parts and put into a greased (yes, you guessed it.........I greased my glass baking dish with coconut oil!) 10X14" baking dish or pan.

Repeat using the second half of the dough.

Cover with a tea towel and allow to rise from 45-60 minutes in a warm, draft free spot.  The dough should almost double in size, and almost be touching the bun next to it.

In a 350F oven, bake for 20-25 minutes or until the cinnamon buns are a nice golden brown color.

While the buns are cooling, mix a simple glaze together using the following ingredients.  Please note, I did not really measure the following, but it turned out fine.

Approximately 1 cup icing sugar
Approximately 1-2 tsp vanilla
A bit of water
And you guessed it, coconut oil!  I found the coconut oil just took a bit of the sweetness of the glaze away.

These look amazing and taste even better!

Enjoy!

Who would like a cinnamon bun?

There is nothing quite like the comforting aroma of cinnamon buns baking in the oven.  When I make these, they don't usually last more than a day in my home!

BASIC SWEET DOUGH

1 cup water
2 eggs (or egg replacer - I use 1/2 tsp baking powder and 2 tbsp water for each egg called for)
1/4 cup butter or margarine (we use Earth Balance Soy Free most of the time, but I used canola oil this time and they turned out fine!)
2 tsp salt
4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp skim milk powder (we omit this entirely and it turns out fine)
2 tsp quick rise yeast (we use bread machine yeast)


Add ingredients as per your machine's manufacturer instructions, and choose the DOUGH setting.  Let it do it's thing.

Once the dough is finished, on a floured surface, roll out dough into a rectangle shape, or as close to a rectangle as you can get.  The bigger the rolled out dough, the more layers your buns will have!
Take about a tablespoon of melted butter or margarine, (we use Earth Balance Soy Free) and with a pastry brush, spatula or spoon, spread it evenly on the dough.  I tend to eyeball the brown sugar/cinnamon ratio, but I'd say I use about 1/2 cup of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons cinnamon.  Mix it well in a bowl, and cover your rolled out dough with it.  Make sure to get the brown sugar and cinnamon right to the edges.
Tightly roll the dough until you have one big "log" looking piece, and because I'm very particular with size, score with a sharp knife, 12 equal sections to cut.
This last batch, I'll admit, I only got 11 pieces.  Cut them, lie them on their side (so the cinnamon swirly part is up and down), and lay them in a greased baking dish.

Cover with a towel, and let rise in a warmish place for about an hour.

Bake at 375F for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.

Now, my picture was taken prior to me drizzling icing over them, but I promise when I make more, I'll replace my picture with a nice frosted cinnamon bun one.

I was not completely satisfied with the icing recipe I had used this time, so I won't post it, in order to avoid anyone else's disappointment.

There are a ton of easy peasy cinnamon bun icing recipes though, from sticky gooey ones to cream cheese ones (which my family can't have, and although I'm pretty good at replacing foods to make them safe, cream cheese is one I simply cannot).  If you find one that you love, please let me know so I can try it too!

Enjoy!

Bread machine Cinnamon Raisin Bread

This turned out fantastic!!!  It didn't last long, that's for sure!

INGREDIENTS, add in order please.

1 cup warm water
3 Tbsp sugar
1 & 1/2 Tsp yeast

Allow this to sit in the bread machine pan for 10 minutes, yeast will become bubbly.  This is good!

Then add the following:
2 Tbsp butter or margarine (I used Olive Oil and it turned out great)
3 cups flour
1 & 1/2 tsp salt

Select basic setting and choose your crust color.  I chose light.

While this is mixing, toss 3/4 cup raisins in a bit of flour, this will keep them from clumping up in the bread machine.  I tossed 1 & 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon in with the raisins as well.

At the ADD NUTS/RAISIN'S beep (approx 20ish minutes into the kneading process), add your raisin/flour/cinnamon. 

Sit back and wait for it to bake! 

Let it cool on a wire rack, and let it cool before slicing or it will just crumble.

Easy and delicious!

Apple Pull Apart Bread (Bread machine dough recipe)

This stuff is AMAZING!  (icing not shown on the bread)

What I did is made a basic sweet dough in the bread machine.

BASIC SWEET DOUGH

1 cup water
2 eggs (or egg replacer)
1/4 cup butter or margarine (we use Earth Balance Soy Free)
2 tsp salt
4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp skim milk powder (we omit this entirely and it turns out fine)
2 tsp quick rise yeast (we use bread machine yeast)


FILLING INGREDIENTS
2 apples, peeled, cored and chopped finely
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp sugar

Combine filling ingredients, and set aside

Add ingredients in order listed, and select the DOUGH option.  Once the dough is finished, remove from the bread machine.  On a lightly floured surface, punch down the dough and cut into 2 equal pieces.  Cut each of those pieces into 8-10 pieces.  Roll out each small piece into a circle.  Put half a tsp of filling (see the rest of the instructions for ingredients for it) and pinch the edges together, kind of like a dumpling. 

Dip the balls into melted butter or margerine (I melted 2 tbsp of earth balance) and put 8 or so balls into a tube or bundt pan.  Spoon some of the apple mixture over the layer of balls, then repeat until you're out of dough.  Spoon any remaining apple mix over the top, let it fall in between the dough balls etc. 
Bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. 

ICING
1 cup icing sugar
3 to 4.5 tsp hot water
1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine icing ingredients.  Remove bread from pan to wire rack and drizzle icing over bread. 
Enjoy!

Dinner Rolls (bread machine)

These turned out great!  They contain no dairy, no egg, no soy, no nuts

1 Cup Water
2 Tablespoons margarine (I used Olive Oil instead)
3 Cups flour
1 Tsp salt
1/4 Cup sugar
2 & 1/2 tsp yeast

Put in bread machine in order listed, select DOUGH setting.

Once dough is finished, roll out on floured surface and divide into 12 equal pieces.  Roll into balls, place on greased pan, cover and let rise for 45-60 minutes in warm area.

Bake at 375F for 10-15 minutes, until golden on top. 

OPTIONAL: brush melted margarine on top

Bread from scratch (taken from my allergen free cookbook)

(NOT FOR BREAD MACHINE)

2 tbsp yeast
2 Cups water
1 tbsp sugar
8 cups flour
3 Tbsp sugar
2 rounded Tbsp shortening (I know that tenderflake brand is dairy and soy free)
3 cups water
2&1/2 tsp salt

mix first amount of water with sugar.  Sprinkle yeast on top and let stand for 10 minutes.  In the meantime, mix flour, sugar, shortening and salt together.  Add yeast mixture and water.  Knead until smooth and elastic.  Let dough rise for ½ to ¾ hour.  Punch dough down.  Let rest for 10 minutes.  Shape dough into 4 loaves.  Let rise for 1 hour.  Bake at 375F for ½ hour or until golden brown.

OPTIONAL
Bread bowls may be made using this dough.  Instead of making loaves, form dough into large buns.  Let rise until double.  Bake at 350F for 25 minutes.  Cool.  Cut ¼ inch off top of each “bowl” and carefully hollow out leaving about ½ inch shell.  Fill these bowls with a thick soup. 

NOTE
The bread that is hollowed out can be saved to make bread crumbs.

"Free of" basic white bread, bread machine recipe

No dairy, No Soy, No Egg

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F or 45 degrees C)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1  package bread machine yeast or equivilent of from a jar
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil (I used canola, it's all I had at the time)
• 3 cups bread flour
• 1 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:
Place the water, sugar and yeast in the pan of the bread machine. Let the yeast dissolve and foam for 10 minutes. Add the oil, flour and salt to the yeast. Setting should be either Basic or White Bread setting.  Press start.