Sunday 23 June 2013

Healthy Cinnamon Scroll Anybody?

It was such a cold, grey Sunday today!  Really made me crave hot, sugary-sweet Cinnamon Scrolls, so I went on a quest to track myself a recipe down, preferably dairy-free and semi-healthy.  By the time I had found what I wanted, the sun had come out, and 1/2 the day was over, but nevermind!  I discovered a wholemeal recipe, that promised to be done in 30mins (no ridiculous dough-rising-waiting-times for me!), and even dairy free!  If you like the nuttiness of wholemeal flour, you'll probably like this.  


Here is what I found, and adapted to suit my tastes:

Wholemeal Cinnamon Scrolls (makes 9 guilt-free, snack sized scrolls) 

Dough:
1 1/2 cups wholemeal flour (surely it would work with regular flour, too?)
1 teaspoon raw sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
3/4 cup buttermilk 
(remember buttermilk substitute: 3/4 cup milk/soymilk with 1 teaspoon vingar/lemon juice)

Filling:
2 tablespoons coconut oil (melted)
1/3 cup raw sugar
2 teaspoon cinnamon
handful of sultanas

Icing:
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tablespoon soymilk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Preheat the oven to 180C.  Prepare muffin tray with cupcake cases (you'll only need about 9).  Combine all the dough ingredients in a bowl and mix until a dough forms.  Turn out onto a heavily floured surface, making sure the dough won't stick to the board.  Roll the dough out into an a rectangle about 5mm thick.  If the dough sticks add a dusting more of flour, but try and  keep the additional flour at a minimum.

Brush dough surface with melted coconut oil (you probably don't need it all).  Sprinkle with raw sugar, cinnamon and sultanas.  Carefully roll into a log and cut into 9 equal portions.  

Place the scrolls into the prepared muffin tray, squish them down a bit and brush with any left over coconut oil.  

Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the scrolls spring back.  In the meantime make the icing by mixing the three ingredients together until smooth.  Allow to scrolls to cool for about 5 minutes and spoon icing over top each mini scroll.  EAT! 

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