Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls

[cruelshoes]

This is not my recipe. It is from the book Eating Gluten Free by Shreve Stockton. They are quite good. I made them on Saturday, and my son has asked me every day when I will be making them again.

T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon

1 T yeast
3 T warm water
1 cup Sorghum flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup tapioca flour
1 T Xanthan gum
4 T oil (I used canola)
3 T honey
1/2 cup soy milk (I used regular milk)
1/4 t salt
1 egg
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 T cinnamon
1/2 cup sorghum flour (reserve this for kneading)
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts (optional - I used pecans)
1/4 cup raisins (optional - I omitted these)

Combine the yeast and warm water in the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer. Set aside to bloom.

Combine 1C sorghum flour, cornstarch, tapioca and Xanthan in a separate bowl. Mix to combine

In a small bowl, combine the oil, honey and milk. Stir into the yeast. Add the salt and the egg.

Turn on the mixer, and gradually add the flour mixture. Once it is all added, mix vigorously for 10 seconds. Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap and rise in a warm place for 30 minutes - I use my oven with the light on. It doesn't rise a lot at this point, but it will be noticeable.

For the filling, combine the butter, sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.

After the dough has risen, dust your work surface, hands and the dough with the reserved sorghum flour. Knead the dough several times until it is all combined. It seems like a lot to be adding, but it really does soak it all up. I even needed a little more, but it may have been because it was a wet day out.

Divide the dough into 8 balls. Roll each one into a rope about 1 inch wide and 10 inches long. Flatten them out a little.

Spread the butter mixture on one side of each rope. Sprinke with the nuts and raisins if you are using them.

Roll each rope up, and place in a greased baking dish. Cover and rise in a warm place for 1 hour. They will rise and look like real cinnamon rolls.

Bake at 375 for 15 minutes until golden. If you like your cinnamon rolls really sweet, you might want to drizzle with a powdered sugar glaze.

We absolutely loved them and I hope you do to. I am buying this book for this recipe alone.
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-Colleen
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