From Alice
- 1 cup oat milk or milk substitute [1] of your choice
- 6 tablespoons palm oil, butter [2], margarine, or other solid fat
- 1 Tablespoon yeast
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 2 “Eggs [3]” (substitute of your choice)
- 5 cups flour
Topping
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cups flour
- 4 Tablespoons palm oil
- 2 fake egg yolks
- food coloring (pink, orange, yellow)
Directions:
Heat the oat milk until it bubbles and remove from heat. Add the palm oil, stir until melted. Add the yeast when it is about the same temperature as tap-hot water. Try not to let the yeast get coated in palm oil.
Add ⅓ cup sugar, fake eggs and 2 cups flour. Add the rest of the flour a little at a time, mixing thoroughly. Knead until smooth, about 8 minutes. Put dough in an oiled, warm bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled in size (1 hour).
Divide the dough into 16 equal pieces. Form into flat ovals on a lined cookie sheet. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled again (40 minutes).
Topping: mix ½ cup sugar, ⅔ cup flour, and palm oil until you get crumbs. Mix coloring with the fake egg, then add to the crumbs. Roll into 16 ovals about the same size as the top of the buns. Place a topping oval on each bun, and press very lightly into place. Do not press hard enough to collapse your buns!
Cut patterns into the oval topping – spiral shapes, criss-crosses, etc.
Bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes, or until sugar topping is almost browned.