Who doesn't love dinner rolls? These easy, doughy rolls are made from two different flavors — pumpkin and cocoa. Serve these rolls warm alongside any fall meal with vegan butter on the side.
Pumpkin-Cocoa Dinner Rolls [Vegan]
Serves
12
Ingredients
For the Cocoa Dough:
- 1 1/8 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup, plus 3 tablespoons warm water
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
For the Pumpkin Dough:
- 1 1/8 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup, plus 1 tablespoon warm water
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons pureed pumpkin
- A pinch of turmeric
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Preparation
To Make the Cocoa Dough:
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the yeast and warm water. Allow to yeast to sit for 5 minutes until it's foamy. Stir in the oil.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, and salt to the yeast, and stir the mixture with a spatula until it forms a dough. It may be a little loose, but that's okay.
- Pour the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead it for about 5 minutes until smooth. Place the dough into a clean bowl sprayed with a little oil and cover it with plastic wrap. Set this dough aside while you make the orange dough.
To Make the Pumpkin Dough:
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the yeast and warm water. Allow to yeast to sit for 5 minutes until it's foamy. Stir in the oil, pumpkin, and turmeric.
- Add the flour and salt to the yeast and stir the mixture with a spatula until it forms a dough.
- Pour the dough onto a floured surface, and knead it for about 5 minutes until smooth. Place the dough into a clean bowl sprayed with a little oil and cover it with plastic wrap.
- Set the dough aside with the black dough, and allow both doughs to rise for 1 hour or until they've doubled in size.
To Make the Rolls:
- Punch the black dough down, and transfer it to a lightly floured surface to knead a couple of times.
- Divide the dough into three equal pieces. Divide each piece into three more pieces giving you nine pieces. Cut each piece in half for a total of 18 pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball.
- Repeat steps one and two with the orange dough.
- Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with oil. Place three balls of dough into each muffin tin, alternating the colors.
- Cover the rolls with plastic wrap, and allow them to rise for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Brush the rolls with a little non-dairy milk (optional), and place them in the preheated oven to bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the rolls are firm.
- Allow the rolls to cool at least half an hour before serving.
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