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Beetroot Cinnamon Rolls with Ginger

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At a glance

You're making a beautiful pink twist on classic cinnamon rolls using beetroot purée, ginger, and aromatic orange zest. The dough needs time to rise, then you'll roll, fill, cut into distinctive triangles, and shape them before baking—the rewarding part is that you can prep ahead by refrigerating or freezing the dough for baking later.

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    Beetroot purée

    Cook diced beetroot until tender, then blend into a smooth purée.


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    Yeast starter

    Dissolve a teaspoon of sugar in slightly warm water and stir in the dried yeast. Leave for about 3 minutes until it starts to foam.


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    Making the dough base

    Add the beetroot purée, sugar, egg, buttermilk, butter, orange juice (a teaspoon) and zest. It's important that all the ingredients are at room temperature.


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Beetroot Cinnamon Rolls with Ginger

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Active time total 55 min
Prep 10 min Cook 45 min
Plus overnight of resting (not counted in active time)

13 Ingredients

9 Steps

Hard Difficulty

Ingredients — what you'll need

You only need 13 ingredients

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What's in it?

227 kcal

Calories

49 g

Carbohydrates

17 g

Fats

5 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

Try this autumn twist on classic cinnamon rolls made with beetroot and ginger. Aren't they beautifully pink? And the smell while they're baking is absolutely irresistible. You can pop part of the dough in the fridge and bake the rolls a few days later, or freeze it for even longer.

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