Twisted Cinnamon Rolls – crispy and soft

Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside – these twisted cinnamon rolls are mouthwatering delicious and suitable for any occasion. Oat flour goes amazing in these rolls to make them more crispy and dense in the texture. This also adds fibers. They are super low in refined sugar, and you can definitely sub the small amount of refined sugar in the dough with syrup. Also the cinnamon custard is completely free of refined sugar.

Folding and twisting the rolls

To create these beautiful and twisted cinnamon rolls, fold the dough by taking ⅓ (~15 cm) of each side towards the middle, one side at the time. You will then end up with a three layered dough. Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough a bit. From this cut 2 cm wide strips along the shorter edges of the dough. Grab a hold of each end of these pieces and twist them in opposite directions. Holding on to one end, roll the strip around your fingers and tuck the end underneath.

Filling

Cinnamon is great with so many things, but you can definitely change the filling with any other desired filling. Try blueberry jam or chocolate. As you can see in the pictures, I added some chopped chocolate pieces to half of the buns and it turned out great. You can also try thisrhubarb citrus compote inside the rolls! Just add a bit of starch to the compote, to avoid the dough getting too wet and slippery to work with.

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Twisted Cinnamon Rolls

Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside – these twisted cinnamon rolls are mouthwatering delicious and suitable for any occasion.

Prep Time40 minutes mins

Cook Time3 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Total Time4 hours hrs

Course: Breakfast, cake, Dessert, Snack

Author: Luna Linnemann

Ingredients

Dough

• 275 g all purpose flour / wheat flour
• 150 g oat flour
• 25 g fresh yeast *
• 2.5 dl oat milk or any other vegan milk
• 40 g sugar
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cardamom
• 75 g vegan butter

Marzipan custard/remonce

• 20 fresh dates *
• 80 g vegan butter *
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp syrup
• 1 tbsp almond flour

Instructions

Dough

• Heat the oat milk to a lukewarm temperature and mix with the yeast, sugar, salt and cardamom. Make sure the yeast is properly dissolved before adding flour.
• Add the flour to the mixture and stir until it forms a firm dough. It should be fairly dry in the texture. (I used a kitchen machine, and haven't tried a hand mixer yet. By hand is also possible)
• Cut the vegan butter into cubes and add it to the mixture. This will give the dough a blank surface. Mix until the butter is properly incorporated into the dough.
• Let the dough sit for about 1 hour to rise.

Cinnamon custard/remonce

• Pit the dates.
• Blend all the ingredients into a creamy custard. You can also use a fork to mash it all together if you don't have a blender at hand.

Twisting the rolls

• Once the dough has risen, roll it out in a rectangular shape (~30×50 cm).
• Spread the cinnamon custard all over the dough with a spatula.
• Fold the dough by taking ⅓ (~15 cm ) of each side towards the middle, one side at the time. You will then end up with a three layered dough. Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough a bit. From this cut 2 cm wide strips along the shorter edges of the dough. Grab a hold of each end of these pieces and twist them in opposite directions. Holding on to one end, roll the strip around your fingers and tuck the end underneath.
• Place on a baking tray, cover with a towel and let them rise for at least 2-3 hours (overnight works great as well – just cover them with something that will keep them moist).
• Bake the rolls at 180°C for 15-20 min (until golden brown).

Notes

* If you only have dry yeast, 6 g should be enough.

* If you can’t find fresh dates, you can use dried ones. Just soak them in hot water for 15-20 minutes before using.

* You can sub 25 g of butter with ½ a ripe banana in the cinnamon custard/remonce.

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