Pillowy, moist and tender blueberry rolls with a touch of cinnamon and a deep purple glaze. Easy to make, uses common pantry ingredients and this post includes step-by-step process photos!
If you love cinnamon rolls and blueberries, this is the perfect treat for you! These rolls have:
- a buttery golden pastry
- lashings of blueberry jam and whole blueberries
- gorgeous blueberry glaze.
Ingredients for these vegan blueberry rolls
Making vegan rolls is easy! I basically used a conventional cinnamon roll recipe and made the following substitutions:
- conventional butter for vegan butter
- dairy milk for plant-based milk.
You'll need common pantry staples to make these rolls including:
- Plain aka all-purpose flour
- Plant-based milk, such as soy, coconut or almond
- Cane sugar or coconut sugar
- Vegan butter
- Instant dried yeast
- Fresh or frozen blueberries
- Ground cinnamon
- Corn starch aka corn flour
How to make the dough for the blueberry rolls
I love recipes where you can chuck everything into a bowl and mix. Thankfully, this is one of those recipes!
I used 'instant yeast' which doesn't need to be activated before using it in the recipe. Just make sure your liquids (milk and butter are WARM) as they'll help the process.
So, throw everything into your stand mixer or large mixing bowl and mix until combined. Knead for about 5 minutes or until your dough is smooth and cohesive. It should be soft but come away from the side of the bowl.
Leave the dough in your bowl and cover it with a damp tea towel. The moisture from the towel prevents the dough from drying out. Leave it in a WARM spot in your home for 1 hour or until it increases in size.
How to assemble the blueberry rolls
If you've made cinnamon rolls before, these are very similar! If you haven't, let me walk you through the process.
Lightly dust a clean surface with flour and place your dough on top. Roll it out using a rolling pin, large jar or anything that's circular. You can roll it out into a rectangle or square shape - it doesn't really matter.
Spread your blueberry jam on top. Use a spatula or a big spoon so the jam is relatively even. Then, sprinkle some blueberries on top.
Starting from the long side, carefully and tightly roll up the dough into a tube. Pretend it's like sushi or a burrito! These rolls are more difficult to roll than traditional cinnamon rolls. The jam is slippery and makes things more fiddly. However, it doesn't really matter at the end!
Cutting the blueberry cinnamon rolls
When cutting the rolls, I'd highly recommend indenting the 'half way' and 'quarter' points. This helps you to cut more even rolls!
To cut the rolls, you can use either use a very sharp knife or unflavoured dental floss.
If you would like neat rolls, you may need to wipe your knife or floss between each cut.
Second rise for the vegan blueberry rolls
Now that you've sliced all the rolls, place them in a greased baking tin with a little space in between them. Cover the rolls with a damp tea towel, place them in a WARM spot and allow them to rise for the second time.
The rolls will increase in size and become puffy again. If they don't become puffy, place the rolls in a warmer spot and be patient!
After the second rise, bake the rolls in the oven! This is when your home will smell AMAZING!
Drizzle the remaining blueberry glaze on the rolls then ENJOY!
Side note: Are they scrolls, rolls or buns?!
People in the USA seem to call these pastries 'cinnamon rolls' and 'buns'. In the UK, people seem to call them 'rolls'?! But in Australia, we tend to call them scrolls. What do you call them???
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this recipe!
Check out my other vegan cinnamon roll type recipes:
- Vegan Sticky Cinnamon Buns (with maple glaze)
- Jam Donut Cinnamon Rolls
- Buttery Vegan Brioche
- Berry Swirl Buns
- Sourdough cinnamon rolls with maple vanilla glaze (vegan)
- Raspberry and Pistachio Wreath Recipe
Ultimate Blueberry Rolls with a Blueberry Glaze
Ingredients
Rolls
- 3 ½ cups (440g) plain or all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 cup (250mL) dairy free milk, such as almond, soy or coconut, warm
- ½ cup (115mL) vegan butter, room temperature
- 3 tablespoons (40g) cane sugar, or coconut sugar
- 1 tablespoon (9g) instant dried yeast*
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Pinch of any good-quality salt, if you're not using salted butter
Roll filling and glaze
- 2 cups (300g) fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1 cup (100) powdered sugar / icing sugar, or ¼ cup (85g) maple syrup, to taste
- 2 tablespoons corn starch / corn flour
- Dash of vanilla extract, optional
Instructions
- To make the rolls: Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl or stand mixer and mix until it comes together. Knead the mixture until it forms a smooth and stretchy dough. Add a little more milk if the dough is too dry or a little more flour if the dough sticks to the bowl.
- Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel. Set it aside in a warm spot for 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
- To prepare the filling and glaze: Add half the blueberries (1 cup / 150g) and the rest of the ingredients to a small pot. Use a stick blender to roughly blend the blueberries, leaving some chunks in the puree if desired. Bring the blueberry puree to a gentle boil for 5 minutes or until thickened. Set aside to cool.
- Lightly dust a clean surface with flour and scoop the dough onto the surface. Roll the dough into a rectangular shape.
- Spread half of the cooled blueberry puree onto the dough, leaving some puree left in the saucepan. Scatter the remaining whole blueberries (1 cup / 150g) on the puree.
- Starting from the long side, tightly roll the dough into a tube. Use a sharp knife to cut rolls out of the dough. Arrange the rolls on a greased baking tray, leaving a little space in between each bun. Place a damp tea towel over the buns and set aside to rise.
- When the rolls are puffy again and you're ready to bake the rolls, preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- When the oven is hot, bake the rolls for 15-20 minutes. The rolls are ready when they are slightly golden brown or when you insert a skewer in one of the middle buns and it doesn't have wet dough on it. Set aside to cool.**
- When the rolls have cooled slightly, drizzle with the reserved blueberry glaze.
- The scrolls are best eaten the day they are baked. Alternatively, store them in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 days for in the fridge for 5 days. When serving the leftovers, warm up the rolls before eating.
Notes
Please leave a comment below if you made this recipe, have any questions or thoughts! Your comment will help other readers and Rainbow Nourishments.
I eagerly used rye flour. the dough did not stick. It was falling apart when I opened it with a rolling pin, but it was soft. I rested not 1, but 3 hours. Then I kneaded it with all-purpose flour and a little more almond milk, rolled it with a rolling pin, put blueberry jam in it, cut it, I put hot water under the tray.and rested it again for 1.30 hours. but the problem was bubbling. and the whole house smelled of yeast. Of course, it didn't turn out to be a soft dough like yours when it was cooked, but I didn't quite understand whether the taste was a strange yeast taste or turned into alcohol. in the heat of the oven, as if the alcohol had not evaporated. what do you think?
First, rye flour isn't great for this recipe so it's understandable why it fell apart. Rye flour is low in gluten but gluten is needed for this yeasted dough to work.
Also, the yeast/alcohol smell is from overproofing the dough and since rye is heavier than all-purpose it takes longer to proof and not a good flour for this recipe. I'm sorry it didn't work with rye flour for you!
THESE ARE AMAZING!!! This was so perfect for breakfast!!
I halved the recipe because there were only 3 of us! Worked out beautiful!
Thank you for a great recipe!
Can this be made gluten free as well as vegan?
It depends on your gluten-free flour. I've tried it with ones I have in Australia and they didn't work. However, Bob Red Mills 1:1 flour may work!
These came really delicious! I actually got the recipe from instagram and it was easy to follow. I dont know if i just didnt see that part but i didnt let them rise a second time. Noneteless they came out really tasty! Will make them again!
Yay, that's amazing and that they worked despite the lack of a second rise! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your feedback xo
These scrolls are so delicious and very simple to make! A very good alternative for the cinnamon scrolls. Love how fluffy there are and the simple filling is just amazing ??? Thanks for the lovely recipe Anthea!
Aw I'm soo happy that you enjoyed baking and making these! Thanks sooo much for your kind feedback!
This is such a fantastically delicious recipe. I loved the easy to follow directions and the fact that these come out great every single time I’ve made them. And I’ve made them quite a bit lol. In fact, since I’ve discovered this recipe I haven’t gone back to making “regular” cinnamon rolls.
Aw, so cool that you've made them so many times!! Glad you found the directions helpful too. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your feedback Karolyn! xo
Grams are the same measurement as millilitres so it would be 100g
For number 6., how long do you let them ride a second time?
It can be anywhere from 1 hour to 3+ hours as it depends on how warm your home is.
Anthea,
Your vegan Blueberry Scroll photo caught my eye on IG and thought I’d give your recipe a try. Most of all I love that this recipe is nut free. My son has tree-nut allergies. So I’m glad I found your recipe. I used regular milk and butter. Used frozen wild blueberries. Added cream cheese to the glaze. I messed up and used active dry yeast and forgot to bloom the yeast first. This mistake increased the proofing time of the dough. Apart from my own mistake, the Scrolls turned out delicious! My family loved the Blueberry Scrolls, it was a real hit with them. I’ll be trying out more of your recipes in the near future. Thank you!
Hi Rochelle, that all sounds great! Glad you managed to troubleshoot the yeast issue. Thanks for your feedback and comment and I hope you enjoy some of my other recipes xo
Loved them!! They turned out great, I used regular butter and milk and I substituted 2/3 cup of the flour for whole wheat. They were light, fluffy and totally delicious!!
I'm soo glad you enjoyed them and glad they worked with your substitutions too! Thanks for your lovely comment 🙂
These were the first scrolls I’ve Ever made, and they were so delicious!! The recipe is super easy to follow. Highly recommend! The other post with images that Anthea refers to was also really helpful.
Oh that's the best thing to hear Priscilla!! And so glad you found the recipe and other images easy and helpful. Thanks for your kind comment xo
I usually don’t have success with vegan baking but these scrolls were so tastyyyy and easy to make. I should have added more blueberry yum yum to the bread part before rolling but now I know for next time! I’m dreaming up other fillings already....mulberry, peanut butter, savory vegan creaminess?! thanks for the recipe sister <3
That's sooo amazing to hear! Yes vegan baking can be a hit and miss but glad this worked for you. And oh my, allll of the other ones you mentioned sound AMAZING! I have to do that too xo
I made these a week ago and omg they turned out so nice. My whole family enjoyed eat them. I will definitely make them again. The recipe was so easy to follow.
Thank you
P x
Thanks Parita! That brings me so much joy and glad you found it easy to follow!!
Even though I totally goofed part of the recipe these turned out so delicious! The dough is dense and flavorful, and the blueberry filling/glaze is perfection. The family is crazy about them too! Thanks for the fabulous recipe!
Hi Lauren, that's so great to hear and even better that your family loves them! Can I ask what you goofed on? (in case I need to make the recipe clearer 🙂 )
Hi Anthea ,
I tried to make the dough and and left it 1 1/2 hours to grow ..and I find that it was a bit oily is that okay?
Anyway I continued to make flatten it but to a rectangle but when I rolled it it seems be thin..and did not become circular ...may be I rolled it to much thinly
Pls help
Thanks
Kareen
Hi Kareen
The dough shouldn't be too oily but a little is okay. Did you use oil instead of butter? If it's very oily, mix in more flour until it's dry.
And yes it sounds like you rolled it too thinly. If you cut it with a blunt knife, it might go out of shape so you'll have to reshape it.
I hope that helps.
Anthea