Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Recipes

These homemade cinnamon rolls are one of the breakfasts that my family lives for! They are so good! I've made them so many times, that now, I feel very confident substituting ingredients to see how well they turn out.  Let me post the original recipe first and then give you a few variations that I've liked.

 

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Ingredients for dough:
Wet

1 cup warm water 

5 tbsp butter at room temperature

1 egg (or 1 tbsp of ground flaxseed soaked in 3 tbsp of water)

Dry

3 cups flour

1/4 cup sugar

3 tablespoons instant powdered milk

1.5 tsp salt

1 teaspoon instant yeast

 

Ingredients for filling:

1/3 cup butter

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup brown sugar

I use organic coconut sugar in all the variations below.

Variation 1: Follow the exact instructions, and use store-bought cream cheese frosting.  I know, it's fattening, etc, but it is easy to use, it isn't used often, and it's pretty delicious.

Variation 2: Instead of using 3 cups of white flour, I use 1 cup of oat flour (throw one cup of old fashioned oats in the blender), 1 cup white flour, and one cup white wheat.

Variation 3: Use 1 cup oat flour, 1.5 cups white flour, and .5 cup coconut flour.  Instead of an egg, soak 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds in 3 tablespoons of water until it gels and throw it in the mix like you would an egg.*

Variation 4 (haven't tried this yet, so I'm not sure how it would turn out): GLUTEN FREE Use 1 cup oat flour, 1.5 cup ground gluten free rice chex cereal (or corn chex cereal), and .5 cup coconut flour.  Same egg substitution for egg as variation 3.

*Variation 3 is the closest to making this recipe VEGAN, but I still have to figure out how to substitute the powdered milk to make it completely vegan.  Suggestions are accepted. :)