How To Make Whole Wheat Frog Bread

A fun recipe to make bread in the shape of a frog. This is A kid-friendly recipe.

 Now that school is out for the summer and the kids are stuck at home all day, this mom has to be creative with keeping them busy. So I decided to let the boys do some bread baking. Baking bread teaches science, math, and art. That is a win-win during this time of sheltering in place during the C lung virus pandemic. I get delicious bread and the boys have a fun school lesson!

Frog bread for the baking challenge

 The boys decided to bake bread in the shape of a frog, and it turned out to be so amazing loaf of bread!

Since the boys have been spending extra time online during the COVID-19 crisis, they discovered frog bread. I have no clue how they stumbled upon a bread that is shaped like a frog. I am sure my boys were not on Pinterest looking for bread recipes or Googling bread recipes looking for a pretzel bread recipe. 

Maybe I should have asked them how they saw a loaf of bread that is formed into the shape of a frog. However, they found the frog bread recipe does not matter; the boys just asked me if they could make frog bread. So I decided that this froggy bread would be great to write about on my website, so you too can make bread that looks like a frog with your kids.

Short on time but love freshly baked bread? Check out this recipe for 60-minute homemade bread!

Making them learn

 I am all about self-learning or independent learning, while the boys are stuck at home. So I printed my honey whole wheat bread recipe and handed it to my younger son. I was not going to have him search for a bread recipe when I know that my bread recipe is the best. 

The kitchen was opened for my boys to have fun baking. I gave my son some bread baking tips and gave both boys permission to look up how to make a frog bread. Then I gave up control of the kitchen and stayed out.

 I like that my boys are old enough to bake without my help. My boys are always excited to learn new recipes beyond baking cookies. My youngest son loves to bake cookies, and his favorite cookie to bake is one bowl vegan peanut butter cookies. The next oldest son doesn't like cooking but he loves doing art projects. So shaping bread dough into a frog was the perfect project for both of my sons.

Learning about kneading dough

 My younger son used the KitchenAid mixer to make the bread dough. This stand mixer was the best small appliance purchase ever! The stand mixer makes it easier for my son to bake, and he makes fewer messes in the kitchen. The Kitchenaid stand mixer is great for mixing bread dough and more. I love my stand mixer for creaming the butter for homemade cookies, as it saves me time. 

 When my son finished making the bread dough, he asked me how to knead the dough. I decided to make the art of kneading bread dough into a lesson. I taught my son all about wheat gluten and how kneading bread dough improves the elasticity and texture of the dough. Gluten is the reason gluten-free bread is not soft and chewy.

To get more tips for bread baking, check out this bread baking post that includes 11 amazing bread recipes.

Shaping the bread into a frog and a turtle

 My boys decided to also make a turtle-shaped bread in addition to the frog-shaped bread. If you want to make more than one animal, make sure to double the bread dough recipe. The recipe below has instructions on how to shape the bread dough so it looks like a frog. The bread dough is like play-dough, so have fun rolling the dough and shaping it. If you want to have more fun with bread dough, you need to make Focaccia Bread Flowers.

How to Make Focaccia Bread Flowers

The smell of bread baking is the best

 I was working upstairs while the boys were being creative in the kitchen, but once I started smelling bread baking in the oven, I knew that the bread was done. So I headed downstairs to take the bread out of the oven for photos. My boys were surprised that I knew the bread had finished baking. 

 I have a good sense of smell, and I can tell when bread and cookies are done. The smell of bread baking in the oven is the best smell, especially on a cold winter day. Winter is the best time to bake bread as it warms up the house. I was thankful that it was not a hot day, as using the oven in the summer can make your house seem miserable.  So in the summer, I make homemade bagels in the air fryer.

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The best part of baking bread

 The best part of baking bread is eating a warm slice of bread fresh from the oven. It was fun to dissect a frog, more science learning for a homeschool win. I ate a frog leg piece of bread and it was so delicious. It was the best frog leg that I have ever tasted. 

The boys were so proud that they learned how to bake bread and asked if they could bake something else. I can't wait to see what other unique recipes the boys discover when they have their daily computer time. Maybe I should teach the boys about searching for recipes on Pinterest and how to Pin recipes on Pinterest. That way, they can help me with my Pinterest page. Make sure to check my MomKnowsBest's Pinterest page and follow me so you can discover more amazing recipes. 

The next time my son made this bread recipe, he shaped the bread dough into an octopus.

What other animal shapes should we bake next?

Make sure to Pin this recipe on Pinterest so you can bake a frog

Whole Wheat Frog Bread

Yield: 1 frog shaped loaf

Author: Mom Knows Best

A creative way to shape a loaf of bread

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups lukewarm water
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
• 2 raisins or dried cranberries for eyes
• 1 egg, whisked together for brushing on the dough

Instructions:

1. Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl, or in the bowl of a stand mixer.
2. Knead the dough until it's smooth and just slightly tacky, about 8 to 10 minutes. Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with a clean towel or plastic wrap, and let it rise until doubled in volume in a warm spot, about 1 hour.
3. Once your bread is done rising, gently deflate the dough. Then lightly grease a baking sheet with cooking spray or oil.
4. Cut the dough into three even pieces.
5. Take 2 of the pieces of the dough and form into an oval shape-this is the frog's body. Place this on the baking sheet.
6. Cut the remaining dough into 8 pieces with two of the pieces being slightly bigger for the frogs hind legs. Take the two larger pieces and shape those into a sausage shape. Then place those near the back of the frog's body.
7. To form the frog's eyes, take two dough pieces, and form them into two balls. Place the eyes on the front of the body. Then place a raisin or dried cranberry in the middle of each eye.
8. Then take 2 more pieces of the bread dough and form those into feet for the hind legs and place them in the front of the hind legs.
9. With the remaining 2 dough pieces form them into a sausage shape and cut three toes on the front of those. Tuck those two pieces under the front of the frog.
10. Lightly cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it in a warm place for an hour to rise. When the dough has risen, take a pastry brush and brush the egg all over the top of the frog before baking.
11. Bake the bread in a preheated 350°F oven for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.  Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool before slicing.

Notes:

You can shape this bread in other fun animal shapes like a turtle. Just play around with the dough and form it

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How To Bake Bread Without Yeast

Want to bake bread but have no yeast?

 This respiratory virus that is a worldwide pandemic has caused some major changes in the lives of most everyone. The biggest change for a lot of people is having to stay home. Then there is the problem of buying food. Sure, right before of virus lung stay at home order, most people panic and hoarded food. Now the food shortage problem could be caused by many factors. Some of these lack of food staples could be due to the shift of more people eating at home instead of restaurants. Then there is the food supply chain of getting the food to the grocery stores and online food stores. The trucks may not be able to get the food deliveries as quick as we need the food or the factories may not be able to keep up with production. So while we wait for things to catch up, many of us are having to be creative with the food we have in our food stockpile, especially if you are not venturing into grocery stores. Some of the common food staples that many are having a hard time finding are eggs, flour, peanut butter, and yeast. Not having many of these food staple ingredients to cook with makes me feel like I am living in Little House Of The Prairie times.


How can I make bread without yeast?

 If you were one of the lucky ones who found flour while shopping, I bet like most, you forgot to stock up on bread yeast to make the bread. I was not able to find flour when I did my last food shopping trip 4 weeks ago. I am thankful for a friend who gave me some wheat flour. I, on the other hand, have plenty of yeast in my fridge as I buy yeast to make bread in one pound packages and had just bought some online. So while I have plenty of yeast, I am having the challenge of baking with wheat flour. I have been discovering that loaves of bread made with whole wheat flour do not rise that well so I am experimenting with different dough enhancers beyond vital wheat gluten to achieve a better dough rise when baking my wheat bread. I know that I can purchase vital wheat gluten online but I don't want to pay the price or wait 3 weeks to have it delivered. My family needs bread now so head over here to discover 6 Ingredients to Help Your Bread Rise Higher.

Batter bread or quick bread

 If you want to bake bread but don't have yeast, you can bake batter bread or a loaf of quick bread that doesn't require yeast. These loaves of bread bake in a loaf pan and still have the shape of a loaf of bread but may not be useful for sandwiches. If you make a sweet quick bread like my Healthy Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread then you can spread peanut butter on the bread. This recipe for Cheddar Rosemary Bread would be delicious with a bowl of pressure cooker BBQ beans. I love making quick bread as these loaves bake in less than an hour so they don't require you to be in the kitchen all day. Check out these other delicious quick bread recipes.

Quick Caramelized onion bread

Chocolate Zucchini Protein Bread

Lemon Zucchini Blueberry Protein Bread

Green Chile Cheese Protein Bread

Lemon Blueberry Bread

Pancakes 

 When life throws you a curveball, all rules of eating can go out the door. When you don't have yeast to bake bread, there are many other ways to use flour for bread. My boys love making peanut butter sandwiches with pancakes. You can also use savory pancakes for sandwiches or for avocado toast. Pancakes are so easy to make so use them beyond breakfast. You can make traditional pancakes or make some healthier pancakes with protein powder. Check out some of my favorite pancake recipes.

 Vegan Chocolate Protein Pancakes

Peanut Butter Cup Protein Pancakes

Biscuits

 My family loves homemade biscuits and they are so easy to make. A biscuit recipe uses flour, butter, baking powder, and milk. Rolling out biscuit dough is easier than you think or you can make drop biscuits. You can make different flavors of biscuits just by using spices like rosemary or garlic or adding cheese. You can also make sweet biscuits for dessert. Check out my recipe for sweet biscuits for strawberry shortcake.

Easy Two Ingredient Bread Recipe

 A family favorite bread recipe is on that you can make in the air fryer and it uses only 2 ingredients, one being flour. This recipe is so easy that even my boys enjoy making this bread. My boys like using this 2 ingredient bread dough for everything bagels but you can also use the bread dough to make rolls and pretzels. 

Easy Two Ingredient Bread Recipe

Other bread recipes that don't require yeast

 Some other bread recipes that don't require yeast are tortillas, flatbreads, and Irish Soda bread. You can also make a loaf of bread with some yeast substitutes. One example of a yeast substitute is a simple sourdough starter that uses only flour and water. While yeast will always do the best job for making the bread rise, you can use other ingredients like buttermilk, milk, lemon, and vinegar to help the bread rise. I have not had a chance to make any bread with these yeast substitutes so I am not guaranteeing the results of your baked bread. The first 3 yeast substitutes may work well in a regular bread recipe but it may not rise as fully as you expect. The bread will also not need the typical proofing time and the dough may begin rising right away.

4 yeast substitutes 

1. Baking Soda + Lemon Juice

 You can substitute baking soda for yeast, but you also need to include an acidic substance with it. A common pairing is lemon juice, but you can also use buttermilk. The baking soda and acid combination is a 1:1 substitute for the yeast. This means if the recipe calls for two teaspoons of yeast, you'll substitute with one teaspoon of baking soda and one teaspoon of acid. 

2.  Milk + Vinegar + Baking Soda

 If adding lemon juice to your bread dough doesn't sound appealing, you can use a mixture of milk and vinegar instead. Just combine equal parts milk, vinegar, and baking soda to equal the amount of yeast the recipe calls for.

3. Baking Powder

 If adding lemon juice to your bread dough doesn't sound appealing, you can use a mixture of milk and vinegar instead. Just combine equal parts milk, vinegar, and baking soda to equal the amount of yeast the recipe calls for.

4. Sourdough Starter

 If you don't have yeast, making your own sourdough starter is a great option if you have the time. A sourdough starter contains naturally occurring yeast and forms bubbles in the dough to make it rise. It's made by combining flour and water, and while that sounds simple, this method actually requires a bit more patience as it takes at least five days to form. You can use one cup of sourdough starter to replace a two-teaspoon yeast requirement.

 While doing my research I discovered a no yeast bread recipe that I would like to bake once I get some white flour. Since I only have wheat flour, I know that the wheat flour would not give good results. I like this recipe as it does not require milk as most no yeast bread recipes require milk along with vinegar or buttermilk for the bread to rise. Having a dairy allergy prohibits me from baking these types of bread.

11 Egg substitutes for baking

While I am discussing baking bread without yeast, I want to share 11 egg substitutes for baking and more. I have used many of these egg substitutes for baking cookies. My favorite egg substitute is chia seeds. I have used my chia seed egg in these cookie recipes. The egg substitutes do not work well in sugar cookie recipes.

Dairy-free soft pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate-Dipped Salted Almond Butter Cookies 

Oatmeal Cranberry Breakfast Cookies 

Dairy-Free Apple Pie Cookies 

Easy Two Ingredient Everything Bagel Recipe In The Air Fryer

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The Best Subscription Box For Bakers

I am loving this sample box for people who love to bake

    

     I received a subscription box to facilitate this post.

  I love baking and can be found in the kitchen several days a week baking up some delicious treats for my family. I enjoy creating new recipes as my creative outlet. Baking and cooking are my kinds of entertainment. Sometimes I get adventurous and try unique recipes like plant-based Chinese dumplings with spicy chile sauce while other time in the kitchen is spent making my family's favorite pretzel bread. For the most part, my recipe creation is time making healthy recipes like Keto Salted Caramel Chocolate Cookies or a vegan omelet that is made from chickpea flour, this one was so delicious!

Trying new baking ingredients

 I think the best part of cooking and baking is trying new flavors and new ingredients. When I go grocery shopping, I love to browse the aisles for new food products that would make my recipes taste delicious. So when I discovered the best subscription box for bakers, I had to check it out. This unique box of baking items is for the person who is obsessed with baking. Fikabröd is a monthly delivery of exciting ingredients and unique goodies.

Use my code MOMKNOWSBEST on your order to save $5

Each monthly box is filled with unique baking items

Once you subscribe to this baking adventure box, you will get a monthly box sent to your house that is filled with cooking ingredients that can be the start of creating new recipes in the kitchen. The monthly subscription box will also have some fun items that are related to baking like a cute cupcake bath bomb or a pair of socks with cupcake designs on them.

Once a month you’ll receive gourmet, international, and novel ingredients, plus gorgeous baking decorations, unique kitchen tools, and fun baking-related goodies. We’ll be mixing up the types of items we share each month

The first box that I received from Fikabrod had six awesome cooking items in it. All the unique baking items were items that I would purchase. I think my favorite item in the baking box was the cute bath bomb that looked like a delicious cupcake. My boys kept asking me if they could have the cupcake bath item for their bath time but I said, "sorry but this one is all mine." Other items in this box for bakers were crystallized ginger, Chukar Cherries, chia seeds, tea, and a burn balm. 

The box came with a card that described all the items and even gave recipe suggestions for each of the baking ingredients. The recipes could be located on the Fikbrod website. I, of course, had my own ideas for recipes with the products that were in the box. The Bob's Red Mill chia seed is a product that I already use and I use it daily in my protein smoothies and in my baking recipes like No-Bake High Fiber Breakfast Granola Bars. Did you know that chia seeds are high in fiber, protein, and omegas? So chia seeds are a great way to add nutrition to your favorite baked goods.

The Chukar Cherries were so delicious and I loved snacking on them. I had to stop eating these tart cherries as I am thinking that they would be great in a bread recipe. I am always baking bread in my kitchen and if you love baking bread, you need to check out these 11 homemade bread recipes. Did you know that sweet cherries are rich in anti-inflammatories? 

The crystallized ginger also tasted great straight out of the package. This sweet ginger is good for digestion and ginger is also great for colds. I like to add ginger to my tea and this sweet ginger would be great in my cold and flu honey lemon ginger tea recipe. I could even add the ginger chews to the Pukka Turmeric Glow Herbal tea that was included in this box of baking goodies. I loved how they packaged the tea in a cute sparkly pink bag.

The Chef's Burn Balm from Touch of Herbs would come in handy for those times when I burn my fingers from touch a hot pan. This all-natural burn balm would have been handy for the time that I made a balsamic glaze and anciently got a drop on my thumb. After that burn episode that gave me a big blister, I am glad that I found a better way to make a balsamic glaze and I used this balsamic glaze in my Roasted Rainbow Brussels Sprouts recipe. I just love the natural ingredients in this balm and the calendula and sunflower oil soothes my dry skin.

I can't wait until next month to see what cooking goodies are in the Fikabrod subscription box. I am sure that I will love all the baking ingredients. You have to check out this unique subscription box for bakers. Head to the Fikabrod website and to see some past monthly boxes. You have to see the unique pair of cupcake socks that was in a past bakers box. While you are checking out the website, make sure to check out all the delicious recipes like sour cream cherry scones. Use my code MOMKNOWSBEST on your order to save $5. Trust me this is a box that is fun to receive and it makes a great gift for a friend who loves baking.

How To Make Focaccia Bread Art With Vegetable Flowers

Looking for the perfect bread recipe for your next party? Grab some vegetables, herbs, and bread dough along with some creativity. Keep reading to discover how to turn bread dough into a work of art.

 Several weeks ago, I saw a photo on Facebook that was so fascinating to look at. It was a photo of focaccia bread with flowers on it. Someone had used food ingredients to make beautiful flowers on the bread dough. When the pizza dough was baked, the flowers turned the focaccia into a work of art. 

 After seeing that photo of the bread art, I knew right away that I had to make this pretty bread. I needed to add this bread art to my collection of homemade bread recipes. It was so cool to see that someone had used their talent to turn a piece of bread into a work of art. It was simply too pretty to eat, but the amazing thing is that one could eat the focaccia bread flower design.

  I have made focaccia several times so I already had a recipe for focaccia. My favorite focaccia recipe is this Rosemary and Caramelized Onion Sun-Dried Tomato Focaccia. Focaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian bread product similar in style and texture to pizza dough. This pizza-type bread is so easy to make and the toppings always look so good, maybe because there is no cheese covering them up.

 Just like pizza, the toppings that can be added to the homemade dough are many. I like to think of pizza crust as a canvas for the ingredients. The ingredients are the art supplies.

  So I went to the grocery store and headed to the produce section to get my focaccia art supplies. I wanted my bread art to have many colors on it so I selected some colorful vegetables for my focaccia bread art. I chose cherry tomatoes for the flowers and green onions for the flower stems. Then I saw the colorful bell peppers and selected peppers in red, orange, and yellow. Green peppers would be a nice art ingredient also but I don't like the taste of green bell peppers. Then I saw the red onions and I knew that color would look good on my bread dough art. 

 Let your imagination run wild in the produce section when selecting your bread dough art ingredients. Look at the colors of the vegetables and select ones that would look beautiful on your bread art.

Ingredients Needed For Focaccia Bread Flowers

+ Assorted Fresh Vegetables ~ I like using bell peppers, onions, garlic cloves, and cherry tomatoes.

+ Fresh Herbs ~ My favorite herbs for pizza are rosemary, basil, and dill.

+ Pizza Dough 

+ Olives ~ Green and black

+ Olive Oil

+ Salt

+ Creativity

After I selected my fresh vegetables for my Foccacia art, I grabbed a couple cans of a variety of olives as I love olives on a pizza. I selected black olives, green olives, and kalamata olives. 

 I did not have to buy rosemary as I have a rosemary bush in my yard. The rosemary and the red onions would be so pretty for the flower stems. Other ingredients that would be good for the pizza art supplies would be spinach leaves, fresh basil leaves, and fresh oregano. Just think of ingredients that you like on pizza and use those to draw your design on your homemade focaccia dough.  If you like meat then you could use pepperoni.

 To make food art on a focaccia crust, you need pizza dough. Check out my recipe for Fourth Of July Red, White & Blue Flag Pizza as this recipe includes my homemade pizza dough recipe. You can also find the recipe for focaccia dough from my recipe for Rosemary and Caramelized Onion Sun-Dried Tomato Focaccia. 

Once your homemade bread dough is ready, spread it out on a cookie sheet. You could also use a round pizza stone for your canvas. Use your hands to knead the dough, then use a rolling pin to help it spread out on the baking pan.

The homemade dough is your canvas for your food ingredients and art supplies.

 Once you have your dough shaped, the fun begins. Grab a cutting board and start slicing your food art ingredients. I sliced the cherry tomatoes in half and then sliced a bit off the end of that tomato piece so it had a flat bottom. I then pushed the tomato slices into the dough. For the flower stems, I thinly sliced the green onions. I used scissors to cut sprigs of rosemary to further add to the flower stems. Make sure to press the food pieces into the dough as you decorate your pizza dough canvas.

 I used the pepper and onion slices to add some color to my focaccia recipe. I chose to thinly slice the onions and pepper slices. The olives were sliced in half and I placed some near the tomato flowers. What I loved about making this focaccia bread was how it allowed me to be creative with the ingredients. It was like painting a picture with food and I had so much fun. 

This is your canvas and you can decorate it any way you like. Have fun with the food and paint a pretty picture with them.

 After you place all the toppings on the dough, I recommend brushing some olive oil over the toppings. Then sprinkle some salt over the unbaked focaccia for flavor. The olive oil will help keep the vegetables from drying out. When I made my focaccia bread flower art, I did not brush olive oil over my toppings and some of them dried out while the focaccia was being baked. 

The olive oil will keep the pizza toppings moist. A sprinkling of sea salt over the uncooked dough adds amazing flavor to your focaccia bread art. Then bake your work of food art for 20 minutes at 400F or until the dough turns light brown. To get the full instructions on how to make pizza dough and focaccia click HERE!

If you enjoy pizza then you will like these other pizza recipes

~ Wild Mushroom Pizza With Caramelized Onions 

~ Sweet Potato And Corn Pizza

~ Easy To Make Pizza Rolls

~ Dairy Free Sun-Dried Tomato & Artichoke Pizza

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If you make a focaccia bread flower work of art, I would love to see it. Please post a picture here or tag @momknowsbest15 on social media.

The Best Sugar Free Vegan Cinnamon Rolls With a Pretzel Topping

A sweet cinnamon roll recipe with a crunchy pretzel topping

    Disclosure- I received the mentioned product courtesy of the sponsor for the purpose of this review. All opinions are genuine, based on my experience with the product, and have not been influenced by promotional items.

   My family has many holiday traditions that we enjoy at Christmas time and a lot of them have to do with holiday baking. I enjoy baking and my family enjoys eating all the holiday goodies. They know that my homemade treats taste way better than store-bought. One holiday tradition is having cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas morning. There is nothing better than a gooey homemade cinnamon roll with a cup of coffee for a special holiday breakfast. Sure you can buy those cinnamon rolls in the can and bake them but they just don't taste as good as my homemade cinnamon rolls. One year life was super busy and I did not have time to make my delicious homemade cinnamon rolls so I bought a package of ready-made cinnamon rolls from the store and my family did not like the texture or the taste. My teenage son asked me the next day if he could make my recipe for cinnamon rolls. I happily agreed as he knows how to bake awesome cookies.



I need to bake dairy-free recipes

 Since discovering a year ago that a dairy allergy was the cause of my out of control asthma, I have to change the way I bake. Now all the ingredients that I bake with have to be dairy-free so that means I need to use vegan or plant-based butter along with plant-based milk. I already was baking with almond milk as I thought that I had a lactose problem since regular milk always made me sick to my stomach. Since I was having to change the way that I bake, I decided to make my baked goods a bit healthier and reduce or eliminate the sugar in the sweets that I bake. That was a good idea as my youngest son has a problem with sugar. When my son eats too much sugar, he tends to get hyper and annoys his older brother. So when I make cookies, I swap out the sugar for a natural Stevia Sweetener that has a great sweet taste that is not bitter.

Using a natural Stevia Sweetener means fewer calories

 I have discovered a new brand of stevia that combines the Ulta sweet taste of stevia with erythritol. Stevita Organic stevia blend is a perfectly crafted blend of stevia and erythritol that changed my mind about baking with stevia as it has no bitter taste. This organic zero-calorie sweetener has no carbs and is also vegan. Stevita has an indulgent taste that is 4X as sweet as sugar so that means I don't need much to make my holiday treats taste delicious. I like that it has no artificial ingredients. The best part is it looks like sugar, dissolves like sugar, and tastes like sugar so my family does not notice the difference when I bake with Stevita. One cup of sugar has 773 calories so swapping out the sugar in a recipe for Stevita means your recipe has fewer calories. That is awesome for those on a diet or looking to cut out sugar from their diet. Natural Stevita has no calories so using this delicious sweetener in your daily coffee can save you 48 calories per tablespoon of regular sugar. I love that this delicious sweetener is made from certified organic, fair-trade Brazillian stevia extract.



Stevita is a zero-calorie sweetener with no bitter taste

 Making vegan cinnamon rolls is quite easy as you just have to switch out a couple of ingredients for plant-based ingredients. Those measurements usually stay the same in the recipes that I use. When I make my recipes sugar-free, the sweetener measurements can be tricky so I keep a handy Stevita conversion chart on my baking cabinet door. That way my cookies, cakes and sweet rolls don't become too sweet. Since Stevita is 4X as sweet as sugar, I only have to use 12 teaspoons of Stevita to one cup of sugar. So my package of Stevita spoonable lasts a long time. When I use this delicious stevia sweetener in my coffee, one 8 ounce package Stevita gives me 227 servings of sweetener!

The Stevita Conversion Chart makes baking with stevia so easy

  Vegan homemade cinnamon rolls have a soft fluffy texture and the dough is so simple to make if you have a bread machine. If you don't own a bread machine a warm oven is all you need to help raise the dough. You can even raise the sweet dough in a warm place like a sunny window. The sweet dough is super easy to roll out. I use a cookie sheet as my guide when I roll out the dough.

Stevita Spoonable is so easy to use in recipes

 My boys love to help me spread the melted vegan butter on the cinnamon roll dough. Then I let them sprinkle on the cinnamon topping. For the cinnamon topping, I simply mix 3 teaspoons of Stevita Spoonable with 1 tablespoon of cinnamon. Then the tender dough gets rolled up and sliced into circles of doughy goodness. The dough slices get placed into a greased baking pan.

An oven is a great place to let the dough rise

 Sometimes I let the dough rise a second time but since I make the cinnamon rolls ahead of time on Christmas eve, I cover up the cinnamon dough slices and place the baking pan into the fridge overnight. Then when I wake up on Christmas morning, I remove the sweet roll dough from the fridge and let it rise for 30 minutes in a warm place. This warm place can be by a sunny window or in an oven with a dough proofing setting. If your oven doesn't have a dough proof setting, like my new oven, then simply turn place the dough into your oven. Then turn the oven on for a minute and turn it off. This will make the oven a warm place to raise the dough. After letting the dough rise for thirty minutes, bake the cinnamon rolls for 30 minutes.

The smell of cinnamon rolls baking is so delightful

 While the cinnamon rolls are baking, this is a perfect time to make the sweet vanilla icing and crush the pretzels. I even make my vanilla icing dairy-free and sugar-free so it is low-glycemic and perfect for people with diabetes. My icing is also paleo-friendly. I bet you are wondering why I add crushed pretzels to my cinnamon rolls. The salty pretzels add a nice flavor with a bit of crunch. If you like white chocolate dipped pretzels, you will love this topping on your cinnamon rolls. Since I can not consume white chocolate, my vegan icing with pretzels is a great substitute.



Cinnamon rolls that are so soft and golden brown

Vegan cream cheese frosting made two ways

 The vegan cream cheese frosting is so easy to make. You simply take a container of dairy-free plant-based plain cream cheese that is soft and creamy. So while the cinnamon rolls, take the cream cheese out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature. Once the cream cheese is soft and spreadable, add 20 drops of Stevita Naturals Liquid Drops in your choice of flavor. The Liquid Drops add the perfect amount of sweet to the cream cheese. This cream cheese frosting is so creamy and spreads wonderfully on the warm cinnamon rolls. My favorite flavors are Vanilla Bliss or Toffee Caramel Love but this deliciously sweet liquid drops also comes in Strawberry Fields and unflavored. I love adding several drops of the liquid Strawberry Fields Drops to my tea for a delicious strawberry taste. The Vanilla Bliss and Toffee Caramel Stevita Liquid Drops make my coffee taste so delicious. The liquid drops are also very sweet so a little goes a long way. The liquid drops contain natural plant-based flavorings and are diabetic-friendly. The Stevita Naturals sweeteners help me reduce the amount of sugar that I eat and fit my natural plant-based diet. I love that these delicious sweeteners are made from certified organic, fair-trade Brazillian stevia extract.

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Get the delicious recipe here

Sugar Free Vegan Cinnamon Rolls With a Pretzel Topping

Yield: 9 rolls

Author: Mom Knows Best

Easy cinnamon rolls that are vegan, sugar-free, and SO delicious, fluffy, and gooey!

ingredients:

• DOUGH
• 3 Tbsp vegan butter
• 1 packet instant yeast or 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
• 1 cup unsweetened plain almond milk
• 1/2 teaspoon Stevita Organic Spoonable Stevia blend
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• FILLING
• 3 Tbsp vegan butter, melted
• 3 teaspoons Stevita Spoonable Stevia blend
• 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
• DAIRY-FREE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
• 8 ounces dairy-free cream cheese spread (softened)
• 20 drops Stevita Naturals Liquid Vanilla Bliss Drops or Toffee Caramel Love Drops
• 1 cup pretzels, crushed

instructions:

How to cook Sugar Free Vegan Cinnamon Rolls With a Pretzel Topping

1. In a microwave-safe bowl microwave, cook the almond milk and vegan butter until melted. Let it cool to 110 degrees F or the temperature of bathwater. It should be warm but not too hot or it will kill the yeast.
2. Transfer mixture to a large mixing bowl and sprinkle on yeast. Let activate for 10 minutes. Then add 1/2 teaspoon Stevita Spoonable Stevia blend and the salt and stir.
3. Next, add in flour 1/2 cup at a time. The dough will be sticky. When it is too thick to stir, transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead for a minute or so until it forms a loose ball (be careful not to overmix). Rinse your mixing bowl out, coat it with olive oil, and add your dough ball back in. Cover with plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a thin rectangle. Brush with melted vegan butter. Mix the Stevita and cinnamon together and sprinkle evenly over the melted butter.
5. Starting at one end, tightly roll up the dough. Then with a serrated knife cut the dough into 1.5 - 2-inch sections and position in a well-buttered 8x8-inch square baking dish. You can also line the baking dish with parchment paper.
6. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let rise for 30 minutes in a warm place.
7. Bake rolls for 25-30 minutes or until slightly golden brown.
8. While cinnamon rolls are baking, make the cream cheese frosting. Place the softened dairy-free cream cheese spread in a dish and stir in the Stevita Naturals Liquid Vanilla Bliss Drops until well combined.
9. When the cinnamon rolls are done baking let cool for a few minutes and frost the warm rolls with the dairy-free cream cheese frosting. Sprinkle crushed pretzels on top of the cinnamon rolls. The cinnamon rolls taste best when warm.
10.  If there are any leftovers, store them in the fridge in a covered container. To enjoy, just warm the cinnamon rolls in the microwave for about 15 seconds to melt the frosting.

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