Applesauce Cranberry Buns
Easy to create, these sweet, spring buns, full of warm spices, applesauce and craisins, make a wonderful new Easter tradition!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 15buns | 20minutes |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 20minutes | 2+hours |
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Ingredients
- 1/2cup plant mik or waterwarmed but not hot
- 1teaspoon sugar
- 2 1/4teaspoons yeast
- 3/4 cup craisinschopped
- 1cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/2cup sugar
- 2 flax “eggs”2 Tablespoons of ground flaxseed and 6 Tablespoons of warm water. Let sit for a few moments.
- 3Tablespoons melted vegan butter
- 4+ cups all purpose flour-enough to make a soft dough
- 1teaspoon salt
- 1teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2teaspoon allspice
Glaze
- 2Tablespoons plant milk
- 2Tablespoons maple syrup
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, fitted with a dough hook, put your 1/4 cup warm milk and 1 teaspoon sugar. The warmth and sugar help the yeast to grow. Let sit for about 10 minutes or until you see the yeast bubbling.
- Chop your craisins to help them distribute evenly through the buns.
- Stir together the flour, salt, and spices.
- Stir together the applesauce, the 1/2 cup sugar, the melted butter and the flax eggs. Add all these liquids to the bubbling yeast mixture in the bowl and mix until combined. Stir in the chopped craisins.
- Add the three cups of flour mixture and knead. Continue to add flour until dough pulls away from the side of the mixing bowl and forms a soft, slightly sticky dough. Knead for a few minutes. If you add too much flour the buns will be less moist.
- Grease your bowl with a little oil and turn the dough so all sides are oiled. Cover with a dish towel and let rise until double. Depending on the warmth of your kitchen, this should take between 1 to 2 hours.
- Once it has doubled, punch it back down.
- Grease a 9 x 15 inch pan. Cut your dough into 15 evenly-sized balls. Roll each to be smooth and pinch the bottoms closed. Put round side up in a 3 x 5 pattern in your pan. Brush with a little melted butter and cover lightly with plastic wrap. Put in a warm place to rise. Watch to make sure that the buns don’t stick to the wrap as they rise. (Voice of experience :))
- Let buns rise until almost double again, probably about an hour. Be sure to heat your oven to 350 degrees F. during the rising.
- Just before baking, mix together the maple syrup and milk to make a glaze. Brush the raised buns gently with a little glaze. This will make your final product shiny!
- Bake the buns until they are golden brown, about 20-30 minutes.
- These can be iced with a simple glaze, or just eaten as is! We like them with peanut butter and cream cheeze icing. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
The applesauce makes these buns deliciously moist and nutritionally improved! Try them with a Pineapple Cream Cheeze Icing. They are good toasted with a little peanut butter, too!
