Vegan Peach-Kissed Chelsea Buns

*Prep time: 2.5 hours  *Cook Time:  30 minutes  *Serves: 3-4

Vegan Peach-Kissed Chelsea Buns

This is a revised version of a London recipe- originally sold in the Old Chelsea Bun House.

 They are a sweet, crunchy, peachy sticky bun made to be eaten with your morning, afternoon, evening or midnight coffee. We won't judge. 

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups Bread Flour

1/4 oz Dry Active Yeast

1 tsp Sugar

1/2 cup warm Soy or Almond Milk

1/2 oz (about 1 spoon) softened Vegetable Shortening

1/4 tsp salt

1-2 tbsp Soy/Almond Milk

1 Chia Egg 

(using ground chia meal)

1/4 cup melted Earth Balance Margarine

1/4 cup raisins

1/4 cup currants

1/4 cup dates

2 heaping spoonfuls of Peach Preserves

1/3 cup brown sugar

for glaze:

1 1/2 cup Confectioners Sugar

1 tsp almond extract

1 - 2 tbsp Soy Milk

1 tbsp Agave Nectar

Step 1: Grease a 7" square baking pan. Put 2/3 cup sifted flour into a bowl. Add yeast, sugar and milk. Mix well into a batter. Leave in a warm place for 20 minutes until risen. 

Step 2: Mix the shortening into the remaining sifted flower using an electric mixer. Add the salt, yeast mixture,  and egg. Mix well and add 1-2 tbsp milk. You want a fairly dry dough but you dont want all crumbles. Knead on a floured surface 5 minutes. Place dough in a bowl and cover with a damp warm cloth. Set in a warm place and let rise for 1 to 1.5 hours. 

Step 3: Knead the dough another 5 minutes. Roll out into a thin 9" x 12" rectangle. Leaving an inch border brush the dough with your melted butter- go ahead and use all of it. Then spread your peach preserve on- again keeping that border. Then evenly sprinkle on the brown sugar, raisins, dates and currants (don't touch that border!). 

Step 4: Then roll everything up like a jelly roll. Cut off the ends- then cut the remaining log into 9 slices. Set them down in your greased pan and let it set in a warm place for another 30 mins. 

Step 5: Pre-heat the oven to 375. Once the buns are done rising bake them for 30 mins. Carefully remove them from the pan to your serving plate. 

Step 6: Mix your glaze together: put everything into a bowl and whisk together. You want a thick but pourable glaze- so add more milk by the teaspoon if needed.  **Note: if you prefer you can omit the glaze and just drench the buns in agave. 

Step 7: Put it all together! Go ahead and pour all of the glaze onto the buns. 

Go get sticky. 

Buttery Vegan County Oatmeal

*Prep time: 5 mins  *Cook Time:  10 minutes  *Serves: 2-3

Vegan Country Oatmeal

Wanna get real crazy? Throw some agave nectar on that.

Ingredients

3 3/4 cup Water

2 cups Rolled Oats

1 pinch Salt

4 tsp Earth Balance Margarine

1/4 cup Brown Sugar

4 tbsp. Soy Milk

1/4 cup Brown Sugar

1/4 Nutmeg

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

Sliced Bananas, to top

Step 1: Heat water to a boil in a medium sized pot. Reduce heat to low and add oats & salt. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.

Step 2: Place 1-2 tsp margarine & 1 tsp brown sugar into the bottom of each serving bowl. 

Step 3: Spoon oatmeal into bowls and allow the butter and sugar to melt.

Step 4: Pour 1 1/2 tbsp soy milk over each bowl.

Step 5: Top each bowl with another tbsp of brown sugar and sliced bananas

*If your oatmeal isnt as thick as you would like it, toss it in the microwave for 30 seconds

This is a vegan version of an amazing southern oatmeal recipe I came across.

and its

ah

mae

zing. 

Vegan Hot Baked Cinnamon Apples: Breakfast Brunch Recipe

*Prep time: 30 mins  *Cook Time:  45 minutes  *Serves: 4-6

Vegan Hot Baked Cinnamon Apples

Ingredients

10 cored pink lady apples, peeled and sliced thin

2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup brown sugar

3 tsp. lemon juice

a dash of salt

Step 1: Preheat oven to 375. 

Step 2: Place peeled & cut apples into a large mixing bowl. Gently mix all ingredients together.

Step 3: Move the apples to a non-stick pan.

Step 4: Bake for 45 minutes, stirring the apples every 15 mins. 

These are wonderful for breakfast or brunch. This is one of my hubby's favorite recipes. 

Enjoy! 

Vegan Breakfast Foods you Can Buy at the Store

Its early, your sleepy and confused. 

Its ok, there are things you can eat that you don't have to cook, are vegan, easy to find and pretty yummy to boot. 

Let's talk Milk + Coffee

*Almond milk is my go to because its rich and creamy and I love it. 

*Soy milk is a staple. Its easy to find, yummy, but not my favorite in coffee.

*And Coconut Milk adds flavor to your coffee,
so its perfect if you want to turn your regular coffee into coconut flavored coffee.

Breakfast Cereals!

Here's a happy list of vegan cereals:

Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter Crunch
Original Cheerios
Apple Jacks 
Corn Chex
Cinnamon Life
Complete Oat Bran
Complete Wheat Bran
Cocoa Puffs, Cocoa Pebbles
Kashi GOLEAN Crisp! Toasted Berry Crumble
Kashi Strawberry Fields Original
Kashi Whole Wheat Biscuits Autumn Wheat
Kashi Whole Wheat Biscuits Island Vanilla
Kellogg's Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Bite Size 
Kellogg's Special K Protein Plus
Kellogg's Special K Red Berries
Life Cereal
Rice Krispies
Fruity Pebbles
Fruit Loops
Cocoa Rice Krispies
Pops
Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs

Fruit, obviously. 

{Obviously because its Delicious}

Strawberries with Stevia, bananas, cherries, black berries, oranges, apples with peanut butter, 
bananas and peanut butter with almond milk and ice in a blender, whatever.
Get crazy with your fruit. 

Oatmeal:

Quaker Apples and Cinnamon
Quaker Cinnamon and Spice
Quaker Date and Walnut
Quaker Oatmeal (Raisin)
Quaker Lower Sugar Instant Oatmeal (Maple & Brown Sugar)

Pop Tarts:
Pop Tarts (Unfrosted Apple Cinnamon)
Pop Tarts (Unfrosted Blueberry)
Pop Tarts (Unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon)
Pop Tarts (Unfrosted Strawberry)

Granola Bars
Nature's Valley Granola Bars (Brown Sugar)
*I don't have a full list, because I don't really eat many granola bars. But, just like with the cereal, many of them are vegan. Take a look at the back of the box, you might be surprised.