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Vegan Lemon Curd Rolls

Fluffy & soft Vegan Lemon Curd Rolls, drizzled with a zesty lemon glaze. Sweet and tangy and oh so delicious, this is spring in a pan!

Ingredients
Dough
  • 2 cups almond milk
  • 100 g vegan butter
  • 2 tsp instant dry yeast
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 700 g all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste
Lemon Curd
  • ¾ cups lemon juice (about 4 large lemons)
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 cup coconut milk from a can
  • 5 tbsp corn starch
  • ⅛ tsp turmeric (for color, optional)
Glaze
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp lemon juice or water
Instructions
Rolls
  1. Start by heating the almond milk to luke warm, it should not burn your finger. Pour the milk, melted vegan butter and sugar to a mixing bowl. Add the dry yeast, mix and let sit for 2 minutes until the yeast blooms.

  2. Mix in the flour a little at the time with the salt and vanilla until you have a slightly sticky dough. Cover with a towl and let rest until the dough has doubled in size, about 1 hour. While the dough rises, make the lemon curd.

Lemon Curd
  1. Add all the ingredients to a pan over medium heat and whisk well so there are no lumps. Keep whisking until the curd start to simmer and thicken. This will take about 5 minutes, whisk well for a smooth curd. Also the bottom can easily burn if left alone.

  2. Punch the dough down and place on a well floured surface. Knead the dough lightly then roll it out to a large rectangle thats about 1 cm (½ inch) thick.

  3. Top with the lemon curd and spread to an even layer. Roll the dough, forming a tight logg. Cut in 12 pices and place in a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Cover with a towl and let rise for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180C (350F)

  4. Brush the rolls with a little almond milk and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes until golden brown and the middle is cooked.

  5. Let it cool down under a kitchen towel and prepare the glaze.

Glaze
  1. Stir the sugar and lemon juice, or water, together to deciered concistensy. If its too dry, add a little more lemon juice. If too wet add a little more sugar.

  2. Top the rolls witht the glaze and serve right away or store in an air tight container for later.

    Enjoy!