Cinnamon Rolls from Vegan Brunch



Vegan Brunch Cinnamon Rolls with a Vegan cream cheese glaze

I think everyone that knows anything about my vegan journey knows that I rely on the Post Punk Kitchen (The PPK), the PPK forum, the thousands of users there and vegan cookbooks, especially those by powerhouse Isa Chandra Moskowitz.  My vegan self is growing up with them.  A change has happened deep inside me that I can pass on to my family and anyone else who will listen to the possibilities.  This post is a long time coming.  A few weeks ago, I made cinnamon rolls from Isa's cookbook Vegan Brunch.  I only modified the glaze by adding Tofutti cream "cheese" and a little lemon juice.  Vegan Brunch is a beautiful book filled with pictures and indulgent recipes that will make any vegan or non-vegan stand up and pay attention.  I am thankful for the recipes that can feed my entire family on those special days that we can actually be home together and enjoy a late breakfast or brunch and each other.

My family truly enjoyed every bite of these and my daughter is already begging me to make them again.  They were a hit, not just because the recipe turned out great, but because every great vegan recipe that I can create helps my family live a step further into a cruelty free, healthier, greener life and I love that.

Baking Beer Bread

Until about a year ago, I had never heard of beer bread. I know, I am the only one left in the free world, but I had just been beneath the beer bread radar, I guess. Imagine my glee when as a vegetarian, I flipped over a box of pre-made beer bread and found that it was vegan. Shut the front door! Naturally after taking the step from veggie to vegan, I went back to the sweet dense bread for some more of the guilt-free, cruelty free yumminess. There are recipes everywhere, many vegan already, some easily veganized by using melted Earth Balance in place of butter (or eliminate it all together to make it more healthy). I used the recipe here and used EB in place of the butter, next time I may eliminate it altogether. Please take a look and try these recipes, if for no other reason, than that you get to chew your beer in a good way, duh. These were my finished products, my daughter and hubby devoured it.