Chocolate Pistachio Cinnamon Rolls
makes about 14 rollsIngredients - Dough
2 cups plant-based milk, room temp
1/2 cup vegan butter melted
1/4 cup sugar
1 packet active dry yeast
5 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
Ingredients - Filling
3/4 cup vegan butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 tbsp cinnamon
Ingredients - Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp almond milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Step 1
In a large bowl, whisk together the almond milk, melted butter, and sugar. The mixture should be warm, around 100 degrees. Sprinkle over the yeast and wait 1 minute.
Step 2
Add 5 cups flour and 1 teaspoon of salt to the milk mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until just combined.
Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.
Step 3
After 1 hour, the dough should have nearly doubled in size.
Remove the towel and add an additional ½ cup of flour and salt. Stir well, then turn out onto a well-floured surface.
Step 4
Knead the dough lightly, adding additional flour as necessary, until the dough just loses its stickiness and does not stick to the surface.
Roll the dough out into a large rectangle, about ½-inch thick. Fix corners to make sure they are sharp and even.
Step 5
In a stand mixer whip the vegan butter, cinnamon, cocoa powder and brown sugar to make a thick paste. With a spatula, spead your cinnamon mixture all over your rectangle of dough.
Step 6
Roll up the dough, forming a log, and pinch the seam closed. Place seam-side down. Trim off any unevenness on either end.
Cut the log in half, then divide each half into 7 evenly sized pieces. About 1½ inches thick each.
Step 7
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease 2 eight inch cake or pie pans and place 7 cinnamon rolls in each cake pan, one in the center, six around the sides. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes.
Step 8
In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, plant-based milk, and vanilla until smooth.
Remove plastic wrap. Bake the cinnamon rolls in a preheated oven at 350˚F for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown.
Step 9
Once rolls are baked, drizzle with glaze while they are still warm and enjoy.
