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Cinnamon Scrolls

20130502-215342.jpg These are probably ridiculously bad for you. I try not to think about it. They are so incredibly yummy. I make them ‘better’ by not pouring a sugar syrup over them, and I follow the theory that the cinnamon is good for you, so that cancels out the sugar ;). I have successfully made these with Rapadura too, which takes some of the ‘bad’ out of it.

The best part of this recipe is the fact that it takes around 20 minutes from putting the flour in the bowl to eating a cinnamon scroll.

Cinnamon Scrolls
 
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This is a Thermomix® recipe, but you can adjust it to any food processor. You can also make a runny icing sugar to pour over each scroll, but we find that too sweet, and choose not to.
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Recipe type: Desert, Sweet
Cuisine: Breakfast
Ingredients
  • Dough
  • 300 g Self Raising Flour
  • 90 g Butter , cut into chunks
  • 150 g milk
  • Filling
  • 60 g Butter
  • 40 g Soft brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 210C (190C gas)
  2. Prepare a baking tray with a sheet of baking paper.
  3. Place flour and butter into mixing bowl and mix 5 sec/speed 5.
  4. With lid set to locked position, knead 40 - 60 sec/ Interval setting.
  5. Add milk gradually until a soft dough is formed.
  6. Turn out dough onto lightly floured baking paper and roll out dough into a rectangle
  7. Filling
  8. Place all ingredients for filling into mixing bowl and mix 10 sec/speed 4 or until creamy mixture has formed.
  9. Spread mixture evenly over dough rectangle.
  10. Roll up dough from the long side and using a sharp knife cut rolled up dough into 3cm pieces. (sometimes we make it smaller for bite sized/toddler sized rolls)
  11. Place dough pieces, cut side up, on prepared baking tray and cook in the oven for 12 min or until golden brown.
  12. Remove from oven and allow to cool and enjoy.

 

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Cinnamon Buns Recipe

20130502-223925.jpgCinnamon Buns. They’re one of my favourite baked goods ever. They’re amazing, and this recipe is just awesome. I made these one afternoon, and popped them on the table outside on my parents patio. It more than doubled in size, and we ate beautiful, puffy, gorgeous buns. If you do a search you’ll find loads of different recipes, and many of them have a sugar syrup, but we decided we prefer it without. You know, the ‘healthier’ version.

This recipe is for the Thermomix®, but there’s no reason you cant mix it in any food processor, or the old fashioned way: by hand. You’ll just have to adapt the mixing.

You can find the original recipe inspiration here, but of course I changed it a little as I normally do.

There’s another Cinnamon Bun recipe coming soon. It’s the quick version, whereas this one has a longer wait, but makes a lighter bun.

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These are so awesome. The best thing is that you can make them early in the evening, and let them go through their first rise, shape them before bed, and pop them in the oven for 20 minutes first thing in the morning for delicious scrolls. You can also freeze these, and just take out what you need and warm for five minutes. They're probably not your healthiest breakfast choice, so maybe a once a week treat!
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Cuisine: Breakfast,
Ingredients
  • 100g sugar/caster sugar
  • 350g warm milk (2 cups)
  • 2tsp fast action yeast (7 grams)
  • 80g butter
  • 650g white bread flour (bakers flour)
  • 1tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar (can use more if desired)
  • 2 tsps of cinnamon (can use more if desired)
  • ¼ cup butter
Instructions
  1. Pulverise the sugar (3 seconds, speed 9)
  2. Add milk, warm at 50C for 2 minutes on speed 1
  3. Add yeast, butter, flour, salt and the egg into the bowl, and mix well (10 seconds on speed 7)
  4. Knead for until a rough dough has formed (3 minutes on interval speed)
  5. Cover a bowl with clingfilm, and leave to rise for about an hour.
  6. After dough has doubled in size, remove from bowl roll out thinly. You may need to do this in two batches.
  7. Leave to rest for a minute, while you blend together the butter, sugar and cinnamon. (10 seconds, speed 7)
  8. Spread over the rolled out dough.
  9. Starting at the longest end, roll the dough, and press the dough together at the end.
  10. Now you have two choices:
  11. Cut the dough across into 2 or 3 centimeter rounds and place on a baking tray, or
  12. Place the dough in a round pan, and cut halfway through the dough to make a 'tear and share' kind of pull apart bread.
  13. Leave it again for 30 minutes to one hour till it's doubled in size again.
  14. Heat your oven to 200C /390F/Gas Mark 6, and bake for approximately 20 minutes - a little longer if you're making the share bread, until they are golden brown.
Notes
No Thermomix®? Use caster sugar, warm the milk in the microwave or on the stove.
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Vegan Chocolate Cake

The best ever chocolate cake, that happens to be Vegan too. Remember if you’re making this for Vegans, most regular sprinkles aren’t actually Vegan due to the food colouring used in them. You can also make it without the glaze and decorate with a regular butter cream icing. Made with coconut oil, however, the glaze is so tasty, we have trouble stopping at one slice!
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The best ever chocolate cake, that happens to be Vegan too. Remember if you’re making this for Vegans, most regular sprinkles aren’t actually Vegan due to the food colouring used in them. You can also make it without the glaze and decorate with a regular butter cream icing. Made with coconut oil, however, the glaze is so tasty, we have trouble stopping at one slice!
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Recipe type: Cake, Sweet, Vegan
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1¼ cups plain flour (170g)
  • 1 cup sugar (200g)
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (50g)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup warm water (250g)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil (70g)
  • 1 tsp distilled white or apple cider vinegar
Chocolate Glaze
  • ½ cup sugar (101g)
  • 4 tbsp coconut oil (or margarine)
  • 2 tbsp soy milk/almond milk/rice milk
  • 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Regular Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180C)
  2. Mix together the ingredients for the cake and blend well.
  3. Pour it into your baking dish or shaped silicone mould.
  4. Place in the oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick popped in the middle comes out clean.
  5. Take out and allow to cool totally.
  6. For the glaze, in a small saucepan, bring sugar, coconut oil (or margarine), milk, and cocoa to a boil. Stir frequently; then reduce heat to a simmer for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. It’ll look gloppy, but it’s just the bubbles!
  7. Remove from heat and stir vigorously.
  8. Add vanilla, stir, and immediately pour onto cake.
  9. The glaze dries really quickly, so spread it immediately and add any sprinkles now.
  10. Leave aside to cool thoroughly, about an hour.
  11. Enjoy!
Thermomix® Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180C)
  2. Add all the ingredients for the cake to the Thermomix® bowl (NOT the glaze)
  3. Mix speed 5/ 30 seconds
  4. Pour into an oven proof dish.
  5. Place in the oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick popped in the middle comes out clean.
  6. Take out and allow to cool totally.
  7. When the cake is cooled, bring sugar, coconut oil (or margarine), milk, and cocoa to a boil, Speed 4/ 3 mins/100C
  8. Reduce the heat speed 4/ 2 mins/ 80C
  9. Remove from heat quickly - if you take too long it'll crystalise.
  10. Add vanilla, stir, and immediately pour onto cake.
  11. The glaze dries really quickly, so spread it immediately and add any sprinkles now.
  12. Leave aside to cool thoroughly, about an hour.
  13. Enjoy!