Easy Vegan Cinnamon Rolls Recipe ( Cinnamon Buns) | Vegan Richa (2024)

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These easy Vegan Cinnamon Rolls are soft, cinnamony and feature a delicious quick maple coffee frosting. A delicious dairy-free and soy-free breakfast bun with less oil than your regular Bakery-Style Cinnamon Bun.

Say Hello to some Vegan Cinnamon Rolls! The best ever Cinnamon buns/rolls which are not floating in butter and sugar. These addictive rolls are somewhat healthy, made with wheat, bread and cashew flour and limited oil/butter.

There is obviously the sugar, which I like on the less side. But they still make for a not too decadent of a breakfast. You need to make these beauties right away!

They are also almost no-knead and require only 1 rise. They work well both with or without icing. These cinnamon rolls are pull apart, crowded up in a cake pan. So you will definitely get more than 1 when you try to tear them apart. I say more the merrier.

How I like them, is straight out of the oven with no icing. All that fresh bread and the fresh cinnamon scent are enough to make me anyone weak knee-ed:) Hubbs can’t have enough of these either. Both me and hubby choose icing free options even when we pick up doughnuts or cinnamon rolls anywhere. Most days the super sweet icing hurts my teeth:) Feel free to add more sugar to your taste though.

These Vegan Cinnamon Rolls are EVERYTHING! I make the vegan yeasted dough, then roll it out to make the cinnamon buns. They rise only once in the cake pan and are baked after the rise. You can let the dough rise for an hour and then punch it down and make the rolls.

Ingredients for Vegan Cinnamon Rolls:

• Ground cashew adds the butter+egg effect. For a nut-free version, simply omit!
• Whole wheat flour balances out all the white flour.
• Ground flax seeds are an optional addition but I do love the hearty look of flax meal in baked goods, along with the nutty flavor!
• Raw sugar in filling, icing, and dough adds a slight molasses-like flavor to these vegan cinnamon buns that you will LOVE!

Tips and Substitutions for Vegan Cinnamon Rolls:

• Want freshly baking cinnamon rolls in the morning? Store the dough overnight, then let it sit on the counter for an hour before you proceed to make the dough into rolls.
• You might need a few tablespoons more bread flour to get a non-sticky dough.
• Use any non-dairy milk for the dough.
• You can replace both ground cashews and whole wheat flour with more bread flour.
• I used raw sugar for the filling but you can use equal parts of brown and granulated sugar instead.
• The vegan cinnamon rolls are best served fresh and warm but will keep on a cool counter for up to 2 days.

How to make Vegan Cinnamon Rolls with Step by Step Photos:

In a large bowl, add warm water, 1 tablespoon sugar, yeast, flax meal. mix and let sit for 5 minutes. Finally, put the camera on a stand in the kitchen.



Mix the baking powder in wheat flour.
Add all the flours, oil, salt, sugar, oil, cashew.



Mix with a spoon, then knead for 2 minutes to form a not too sticky dough.





Using 2-3 Tablespoons wheat flour, roll the dough into a somewhat rectangle ( roughly 12 by 8 inch)





Spread the oil/melted butter
Sprinkle filling sugar evenly on top.



Sprinkle as much cinnamon as you like. Really sprinkle a lot more.:)



Roll up the cinnamon rolls and seal the edges.





Cup up the rolls an inch wide into about 12 or more pieces.



Dip each roll bottom in some flour and place on parchment-lined or greased cake pan. This helps seal the oil and sugar in the roll reducing the bottom mess. Yes, I use my parchment to death:)



The 12 rolls will fit an 8-inch cake pan with some space between them.
Spray water on top and lightly cover the pan with a towel.



Let it rise for 40-45 minutes in a warm place until most of the space is filled up by the rising rolls.



Bake at 375 degrees F for 20-22 minutes until golden.



Mix all ingredients of the Icing. Drizzle or dip in the rolls.



You don’t know how difficult it was to take the pictures with the fresh rolls wanting to get in my tummy.
Eat me!

Can these be frozen?

I haven’t tried it but I have seen people freeze the dough after the first rise. Then thaw, make rolls and let rise on the counter and bake.

More recipes from the blog:

• Vegan Apple Cinnamon Rolls
• Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal (Vegan)
• Vegan Gluten-free Cinnamon Rolls
• GF Cinnamon Bread

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in March 2013 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness in October 2019.

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