A perfect bun for a pasta night! Savoury sun-dried tomatoes,the bright bite of pesto and a touch of cheddar, all rolled up in a a fluffy, flaxy dough. These will make your kitchen smell wonderful and your taste buds very happy!
Fresh buns are always welcome, but these ones up the flavour and nutritional level with some homemade vegan pesto and sundried tomatoes, as well as the addition of roasted flax seed in the dough. Start after lunch and have these ready and delicious for dinner. They are worth the wait!
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| Prep Time | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time | 15-20 minutes |
| Passive Time | 2 hours |
| Servings |
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 Tablespoon yeast
- 2 Tablespoons ground flaxseed
- 6 Tablespoons water
- 2 Tablespoons melted vegan butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened plant milk This should be warmed a little, to keep the yeast alive.
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups unbleached flour
Filling
- 3/4 cup vegan pesto See easy recipe on this site!
- 1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes -the ones marinated in oil
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar style vegan cheeze
- 1/4 cup melted vegan butter optional
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Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl of a mixer with a kneading attachment, add 1/2 cup warm water and 2 Tablespoons sugar.(If you don't have a mixer, you can do this without.) Stir to dissolve. Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water and let it sit for 10 minutes. There should be a yeasty foaming;that means it's working!
- While your yeast is foaming,make your flax "eggs" by combining the 2 Tablespoons of ground flaxseed with 6 Tablespoons of water. Let it sit for 10 minutes to soften.
- Into your mixing bowl, add the melted butter, the salt, the flax "eggs" and 1/2 cup of warm plant milk. Combine.
- Add your flour one cup at a time. You want to create a soft dough, but not a sticky one, so add a little more or less flour, as needed. Let the machine knead 5-10 minutes until you have a smooth, soft dough that comes away from the sides. You can certainly do this by hand but it will take a few extra minutes to complete.
- Once the dough is done, oil the pan, turn the dough around to cover all sides and then cover the bowl with a towel. The dough now needs to sit in a sunny or warm spot in your house to rise and double in size. This should take around 60-90 minutes.
- Once your dough has doubled, punch it down and flatten out into a large piece of parchment paper. Roll the dough into a rectangle about 16 inches long by 10 inches.
- If desired, you can now brush your rectangle with a little melted butter or you can skip that and go directly to pesto! The butter would just make it a little richer.
- Spread your pesto evenly over your rolled out dough.
- Finely chop your sun dried tomatoes and sprinkle them evenly over the pesto.
- Sprinkle your cheddar cheeze lightly over the filling.
- Roll up the rectangle along the long side, pressing the edges of the dough together as you complete the rolling.
- Prepare a 9x13 inch baking pan by spraying lightly with oil.
- Slice your dough with a sharp knife into 12 buns. They should look like green cinnamon buns!
- Gently place them into your greased pan. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm place for about 40 minutes or until almost double in size.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.C
- Before cooking, brush tops of buns lightly with some melted vegan butter. Bake for about 15-18 minutes or until buns are a deep golden brown. Sprinkle with Cashew Crumbles for extra flavour and nutrition!
- These are wonderful hot out of the oven, but they can be warmed up wonderfully later. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Using Marvellous Mindful Pesto and sundried tomatoes adds veggie goodness to the treat of fresh bread! Enjoy the added "cheezy" crunch of Cashew Crumbles sprinkled on top!
. . . Hi, Deb, just excitedly discovered your site & am excited to try out many of your great-looking ideas . . . on this recipe, I wonder what good substitute you may have for sugar as we do not buy “regular” sugar? And, thanks, so much, for all your hard work & endless hours spent on doing such good for our Planet &, most especially, our Precious Little Critters . . . 🙂
Hi! Thanks for your kind words. This is a passion project and it feels great to know that it is helping people! Organic cane sugar or agave are both good. Be well!