Whether you’re going plant-based or trying Vegan living temporarily, we’ve some Veganuary recipes that all the family will enjoy.
Vegan Banana Bread
Ingredients:
4 x ripe bananas
75g vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
225g self-raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
100g light brown soft sugar
- Mixing bowl
- Fork
- Wooden spoon
- Loaf tin lined with baking paper
- Knife
- Measuring jug
Preheat the oven to 160°C.
Mash 3 of the bananas into the measuring jug with the vegetable oil and vanilla.
In the mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
Add the wet mix to the dry mix and combine.
Pour into the lined loaf tin and top with the 4th banana, halved lengthways.
Bake for 40-45 minutes until golden on top and springy to touch in the centre.
Vegan Tomato and Pesto Croissants – makes 6
Ingredients:
110ml warm water
1 packet (7g) dried yeast
200g strong bread flour
½ tbsp sugar
¼ tsp salt
150g vegan spread (soft enough to spread)
6 tsp vegan pesto
1 tomato (sliced)
- Measuring jug
- Mixing bowl
- Rolling pin
- Baking tray lined with baking paper
- Measuring spoons
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
In the measuring jug, combine the warm water and yeast.
In the mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt then add the yeast and water mix. Bring together with your hands to form a dough, then on a lightly floured surface, knead for a few minutes before returning to the mixing bowl. Cover with a damp tea towel and leave to prove for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, lightly flour your surface again. Once the dough has proved, turn it out and roll it out into a 40cm x 30cm rectangle, then spread 100g of the vegan spread on top in an even layer before rolling it up like a swiss roll.
Dust your surface with a little more flour. Cut the dough roll in half to make two smaller swiss roll shapes, spread a little more vegan spread on the top of one and place the other on top. Flatten both halves together with the palm of your hand and dust with a little more flour on each side before using the rolling pin to roll into a 40cm x 30cm rectangle.
Slice the dough into 3 even rectangles, then each rectangle into 2 triangles. Place a tsp of pesto at the wide end of each triangle and roll toward the thin end to create the croissant shape.
Place the croissants onto a baking tray, melt the remaining vegan spread and use your finger to spread a little across each croissant, before placing a slice of tomato on top of each one. Bake for 15 minutes until golden. Allow them to cool on the tray before serving.
Vegan Cinnamon Tear & Share Loaf
Ingredients:
200ml water
60g vegan spread (I used Vitalite) + extra for greasing
1 tsp dried yeast
300g strong white bread flour
90g light brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
200g icing sugar
- Measuring jug
- Dessert spoon
- Large mixing bowl
- Rolling pin
- Loaf tin
Put 30g of the vegan spread in the jug and melt in the microwave. Top up with 165ml of warm water from the tap and stir in the yeast with the spoon.
Combine the flour and 30g of light brown sugar in the large mixing bowl and pour in the yeast/water/butter mixture. Bring together to form a dough with your hands.
Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes, return to the mixing bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to prove for 20 minutes. After 10 minutes, preheat the oven to 185°C (fan) and grease the loaf tin with vegan spread.
After the dough has proved for 20 minutes, tip it onto a lightly floured surface and roll it out into a 30cm x 30cm square. Spread the remaining 30g of vegan spread evenly over the dough with the back of the spoon, then sprinkle with the cinnamon and remaining 60g light brown sugar. Roll the dough into a sausage shape.
Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces (5cm each) and place into the greased loaf tin, spirals facing up. Bake for 20-25 minutes, turning the tin in the oven after 10 minutes.
Rinse the jug, measure 35ml cold tap water and mix in the icing sugar to make a glaze. Once the loaf has finished baking, allow it to cool slightly before removing from the tin and drizzling with the glaze. Tear apart and enjoy!
Recipe from the Easy Peasy Baking campaign, launched by UK Flour Millers, making baking simple. You can find more Easy Peasy Baking recipes and information on the campaign over on the Fab Flour website: fabflour.co.uk/ or on social: @fab_flour on Instagram or @fabflour on Facebook and Twitter.
