Sourdough Sticky Buns – Holy Cow Vegan

These Sourdough Sticky Buns make a scrumptious vegan breakfast or dessert. They’re gooey, sticky, fluffy, crusted with caramel-coated pecans, and completely delicious!

If consuming sugar-laced meals for breakfast or dessert makes you sigh with guilt as a substitute of satisfaction, provide you with angle a makeover with these sourdough sticky buns.

I’m not making a case for the healthfulness of sugary meals as a result of, sorry, there isn’t any such factor. However it’s also true that once you bake with sourdough, your desserts really get much less unhealthy as a result of the sourdough digests the starches within the white flour, bringing down its glycemic ranges. So you’ll be able to even have your sourdough sticky bun, eat it too, and really feel fairly good.

You’ll need a healthy sourdough starter to make these sticky buns. In the event you use discard, be certain that it’s from a thriving starter fed not more than a few days in the past. If you’re trying to make use of up a discard that is been fed a few week in the past, strive including it to those recipes, together with sourdough roti, sourdough waffles and sourdough pancakes, and even to this superb no-knead sourdough bread.

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Why you’ll love this recipe

Scrumptious. Simply consider sinking your tooth into these fluffy, tender buns with cinnamon-scented, pecan-y sweetness in each chunk. Yum.
Straightforward. That is a straightforward sufficient recipe, though it does contain a couple of steps. However they’re easy and as long as you observe directions it is best to style success. Additionally plan for an in a single day rise.
No added yeast. The sourdough starter is all of the leavening you want for these sticky rolls.
Versatile. These buns may be eaten for breakfast or serve them for dessert. In addition they make an awesome after-school snack!

Vegan sourdough sticky buns after baking on platter.

Substances

Sourdough starter. Use a starter that is sturdy and fed not more than two days in the past.
Sugar. Any granulated sugar is ok. In the event you use a sugar with bigger crystals, like turbinado, give it a fast flip within the blender to interrupt down the bigger crystals. It will assist the sugar soften evenly within the oven.
Maple syrup. That is elective. You should utilize extra sugar as a substitute.
Non-dairy milk. Use any milk of selection, together with almond milk, oat milk or soy milk. I used oat milk.
Impartial oil. Avocado oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil and grape seed oil or any neutral-flavored oil. I used avocado oil.
Unbleached all-purpose flour.
Spices: cinnamon and nutmeg.
Pecans. Walnuts will work too.
Pure vanilla extract
Vegan butter. That is for the pecan glaze. Ensure you soften it earlier than use.

make sourdough sticky buns

Sourdough starter, oil and other ingredients in bowl.

Place all components for the sourdough buns besides the flour in a big bowl or within the bowl of a stand mixer.

Yeast, milk, sourdough and other ingredients mixed in bowl.

Combine completely. The starter will bubble a bit.

Sourdough sticky buns starter with flour added.

Add 2 ½ cups of flour to the bowl and blend in, then proceed so as to add the flour, ¼ cup at a time, till the dough varieties. It’s possible you’ll not want so as to add all the flour, otherwise you may want somewhat extra

Dough for vegan sticky buns kneaded and in bowl.

Proceed kneading the dough till it is fairly easy and supple, round 4-5 minutes. Place in an oiled bowl, ensuring the highest is roofed with oil. Cowl tightly and put aside in a heat place to rise in a single day. By the subsequent morning the dough ought to have doubled.

Sugar and cinnamon filling in glass bowl.

Place the cinnamon sugar components in a bowl–sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Combine effectively.

In one other bowl or cup, combine the melted butter and vanilla.

Dough for vegan sticky buns ready to roll on floured surface.

End up the risen dough on a flippantly floured floor. Roll right into a rectangle about 16 inches in size and 9 inches width.

Vegan sourdough sticky buns' dough rolled out with cinnamon sugar.

Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the dough, leaving a one-inch border clear alongside one lengthy facet.

Vegan cinnamon rolls cut out on wooden board.

Beginning with the lengthy edge lined by the sugar combination, roll the dough fastidiously right into a log. Use a pointy or serrated knife to chop into 16 1-inch items lengthwise.

Sprinkle the glaze ingredients–first the sugar and maple syrup, if utilizing, on the backside of a 2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle the pecans evenly over the sugar.

Sourdough sticky buns in oval baking dish.

Place the reduce cinnamon rolls into the baking dish. Cowl with cling wrap and put aside in a heat spot to rise.

Risen vegan sourdough sticky buns in oval baking dish.

After 2-4 hours, relying on the energy of your sourdough starter, the rolls ought to have doubled and shall be fairly puffy.

Sourdough sticky buns after baking in oval baking dish.

Half an hour earlier than the rolls have absolutely risen, preheat the oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit/180 levels Celsius. Place the rolls within the oven and bake 35 minutes or till the rolls are golden-brown.

Sourdough sticky buns inverted on oval plate.

Let the rolls cool within the baking dish positioned over a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes. Then place a serving platter over the baking dish and shortly however very fastidiously (the baking dish shall be fairly scorching) invert the rolls onto the platter. Pull the rolls out and luxuriate in!

Storage directions

Refrigerate: The rolls will preserve within the fridge for as much as per week.
Freeze: Separate the rolls and freeze them in an hermetic, freezer-safe container for as much as 4 months.
Reheat: Reheat rolls in oven or within the microwave till warmed by way of.

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Vegan sourdough sticky buns on white plate.

Sourdough Sticky Buns Recipe

These Sourdough Sticky Buns make a scrumptious vegan breakfast or dessert. They’re gooey, sticky, fluffy, crusted with caramel-coated pecans, and completely delicious!

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Course: Breakfast/Brunch/Dessert

Delicacies: American, Dessert, Sourdough, Soy-free

Eating regimen: Vegan, Vegetarian

Rising and resting time: 10 hrs

Servings: 16 buns

Energy: 293kcal

Writer: Vaishali · Holy Cow Vegan

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Directions

Place all components for the sourdough buns besides the flour in a big bowl or within the bowl of a stand mixer.
Add 2 ½ cups of flour to the bowl and blend in, then proceed so as to add the flour, ¼ cup at a time, till the dough varieties. It’s possible you’ll not want so as to add all the flour, otherwise you may want somewhat extra
Proceed to knead for 4-5 minutes till a easy, supple dough varieties. Roll the dough right into a easy ball and place in an oiled bowl, turning over as soon as to coat the highest with oil. Cowl tightly with a lid or cling wrap and let it rise in a single day in a heat place. The dough ought to have doubled by morning.
To make the sourdough sticky buns, flippantly grease a 2-quart baking dish. Coat the underside of the dish evenly with the sugar after which pour on the maple syrup, if utilizing. Sprinkle the chopped pecans evenly over the sugar.
Make the remainder of the glaze by mixing the melted butter with the vanilla extract. Pour over the pecans and sugar within the baking dish.
Flippantly flour a piece floor. Place the risen dough on it, then roll right into a rectangle about 16 inches in size and 9 inches in width.
Make the filling by mixing collectively the cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar. Unfold it evenly over the dough, leaving a 1-inch border clear alongside one of many lengthy sides of the rectangle.
Beginning with the lengthy edge lined by the sugar combination, roll fastidiously right into a log. Use a pointy or serrated knife to chop into 16 1-inch items lengthwise.
Prepare the sticky bun rolls within the baking dish. If any sugar has fallen out whilst you had been rolling the dough right into a cylinder, sprinkle it on high of the buns. Cowl the buns and put aside in a heat place to rise. After 2-4 hours, relying on the energy of your starter, the buns ought to have risen and turn into fairly puffy.
About ½ hour earlier than baking, preheat the oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit/180 levels Celsius. Place the buns within the oven and bake 35 minutes till golden-brown
Let the rolls cool within the baking dish positioned over a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes. Then place a serving platter over the baking dish and shortly however very fastidiously (the baking dish shall be fairly scorching) invert the rolls onto the platter. Pull the rolls out and luxuriate in!

Recipe notes

If utilizing a sugar like turbinado, which has bigger crystals, give the sugar a fast flip within the blender to interrupt down the crystals, which can assist them soften extra effectively within the oven.

Storage directions

Refrigerate: The rolls will preserve within the fridge for as much as per week.
Freeze: Separate the rolls and freeze them in an hermetic, freezer-safe container for as much as 4 months.
Reheat: Reheat rolls in oven or within the microwave till warmed by way of.