Vegan Yeast Buns: Easy, Airy, and Delicious

From the simplest products, inexpensive, easy and fast! Yeast buns without eggs and milk are prepared only in water and vegetable oil. Despite this, they turn out incredibly airy, soft and fluffy. I didn’t expect that Lenten baking could be so delicious!
cook time: 1h 40 min
Miles Denholm
Vegan Yeast Buns: Easy, Airy, and Delicious

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

296
Calories
11g
Fat
40g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (12 portions)

For dough:

Wheat flour 500 g
Water 300 ml
Vegetable oil 60 ml
Dry yeast 5 g
Sugar 20 g
Salt to taste

For filling:

Brown sugar 50 g
Cinnamon 1 tsp
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp

For lubrication:

Eggs 1 pc

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make beautiful sweet delicious buns from yeast dough without eggs and milk in the oven at home? Prepare and measure food. I use cane sugar for the filling; it gives the baked goods a caramel taste. You can bake just buns, without filling, shaping them as you wish, but then I advise you to increase the amount of sugar in the dough.

Step 2

Step 2
How to make the dough? Take a large bowl, pour water into it, heated to a temperature of about 40 degrees. It should be pleasantly warm, but not hot, otherwise the yeast will die. Add yeast and a little sugar, not all of it, into the water. Stir and leave for five minutes. You will learn a lot of useful information about yeast by reading the article, link at the end of this recipe.

Step 3

Step 3
As time passes, activation will begin, the yeast will come to life and the whole mass will bubble. If this does not happen, you will have to use other yeast — this one is dead and will not work.

Step 4

Step 4
Add salt, remaining sugar, pour in butter. Mix the mixture well with a whisk.

Step 5

Step 5
Gradually begin adding the sifted flour, stirring the mixture first with a whisk, then with your hand.

Step 6

Step 6
When the mass becomes thick enough, place it on a table sprinkled with flour and begin kneading, adding flour as necessary. Be prepared for the fact that a different amount of flour may be used than what is indicated in the recipe. Focus on the consistency of the dough. Read more about the properties of flour in the article on this topic, the link is at the end of this recipe.

Step 7

Step 7
The dough should become smooth and not sticky. Roll it into a ball, put it back in the bowl, cover with a towel and put it in a warm place for an hour. In winter I place it next to the radiator, in summer in a non-working oven.

Step 8

Step 8
After an hour, the dough will rise well and bubble. Place it back on the table and knead a little.

Step 9

Step 9
Cover the dough with a bowl directly on the counter and let rest for another five minutes.

Step 10

Step 10
Then roll out the dough into a rectangular shape about 5 mm thick.

Step 11

Step 11
Lubricate the layer with oil; it is more convenient to do this with a pastry brush.

Step 12

Step 12
Mix sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the dough.

Step 13

Step 13
Fold the layer along the long side towards the middle on both sides.

Step 14

Step 14
Grease the top with oil again.

Step 15

Step 15
Fold the workpiece in half, butter inside.

Step 16

Step 16
Cut the workpiece into equal pieces 5 cm wide. I got 12 pieces.

Step 17

Step 17
How to wrap buns beautifully? Take the dough and use the back of the knife to press firmly in the middle without cutting through the dough.

Step 18

Step 18
Fold it in half along the strip while stretching it to the sides.

Step 19

Step 19
Twist the dough, moving the ends in different directions.

Step 20

Step 20
Roll the resulting rope into a circle, forming a bun. You can make buns in other ways, just in the form of curls or standard buns, it doesn’t matter.

Step 21

Step 21
Place the buns on a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing them out as they will expand as they bake. Let them rest for about five minutes while the oven preheats. Brush the tops of the buns with beaten egg, this will make them golden brown.

Step 22

Step 22
Bake the buns in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about half an hour until golden brown. Your baking time and temperature may vary; read more about this in the article, link at the end of the recipe. Cool the finished homemade yeast buns a little and serve. They are delicious both warm and cold. Bon appetit!

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