Karina’s Hamburger Buns in 40 minutes with Cinnamon Roll Variation

Karina’s Hamburger Buns in 40 minutes
(with Cinnamon Roll Variation)
 

Servings: 32

3 ½ cups warm water

½ cup honey

½ cup oil

6 Tbl. Saf Yeast

10 ½ cups whole wheat flour

1 Tbl. Salt

¾ cup egg beaters or 2 eggs

½ cup unsweetened applesauce

2 Tbl. gluten flour

Mix together water, honey, oil, and yeast.  Let mixture rest for 15 minutes.  Then add the applesauce, eggs, flour, gluten (optional), and salt.  Let rise for 10 minutes before shaping  into hamburger buns, cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls or breadsticks.  Let rise for another 10 minutes.  Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes.

If there is a yeasty taste it is not from too much yeast but from the water being too warm.  Less yeast may be used in this recipe, but they will take longer to rise.

Cinnamon Rolls:

Oil the counter, dump the raised dough from above onto the counter and press into a large rectangle with your hands.

Filling: Mix together ½ cup unsweetened applesauce, 1 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon.  Spread mixture onto rolled out dough.  Roll up and cut with strong thread.

Glaze: 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, ¼ tsp. almond extract and 2-3 tbl. of milk.  Drizzle glaze over warm cinnamon rolls.