I want to make Quiver's cinnamon rolls, but....

[jojomojo]

I need ideas for the icing. It calls for cream cheese and whipping cream and I need something dairy free. Anyone know of an icing recipe I could use? Or modify? I'm not sure how I would modify Quiver's without dairy.

 

I'm going to make these for Christmas morning.....but really, I want to make and eat them now :D It sounds so good!

[Kari C in SC]

I don't know, but the actual rolls have milk in them as well. I don't know if it matters that the milk is baked in the rolls or not, but I thought I would give you a heads up that it is not just dairy in the icing.

[hornblower]

I always ice mine with just plain sugar icing.

 

Place about 1 heaping cup of icing sugar in a small bowl.

You can add a couple drops of vanilla extract or a pouch of vanilla sugar but this is optional.

Add boiling hot water, about 1 tsp at a time. Stir quickly and vigorously. Add more boiling water, just a small bit at a time until you get the consistency you want. I go for something like honey stickiness. Drizzle on rolls; use spatula to get it all out of the bowl because it will stick and not want to come out.

 

If you decide you like more than this makes, just make another batch & drizzle again. I use about this much for a 9X13 pan of rolls and it just kind of makes a swirly blob on each roll, not enough to coat them but that's how I like it.

 

For richer icing, this is made with hot milk or cream, but water will make a nice clear glaze type icing.

[jojomojo]

I'll be using rice milk in the rolls. Avoiding the whipping cream and cream cheese has me stumped though :)

[hornblower]

It's easy to make the whole thing dairy free:

 

I often make cinnamon rolls with just a basic white bread recipe dough which doesn't have milk in it. And you can use margarine inside instead of butter.

[jojomojo]

I always ice mine with just plain sugar icing.

 

Place about 1 heaping cup of icing sugar in a small bowl.

You can add a couple drops of vanilla extract or a pouch of vanilla sugar but this is optional.

Add boiling hot water, about 1 tsp at a time. Stir quickly and vigorously. Add more boiling water, just a small bit at a time until you get the consistency you want. I go for something like honey stickiness. Drizzle on rolls; use spatula to get it all out of the bowl because it will stick and not want to come out.

 

If you decide you like more than this makes, just make another batch & drizzle again. I use about this much for a 9X13 pan of rolls and it just kind of makes a swirly blob on each roll, not enough to coat them but that's how I like it.

 

For richer icing, this is made with hot milk or cream, but water will make a nice clear glaze type icing.

 

Thanks! Icing sugar would be powdered sugar, right?

 

For butter, we always use Earth Balance (dairy free).

[Jann in TX]

Make an icing/glaze using the milk replacer (soy milk, almond milk) and the butter replacer. Try 3-4 TBS of butter replacer (melted) and mix it into powdered sugar (start with 2 cups). Use the milk replacer only as/if needed.

 

You can make a sweet glaze using only the milk replacer and powdered sugar--but it is so much better if you can 'richen' the mixture up a bit!

 

You may have to experiment with the butter replacer--some brands tend to get watery when they melt--and since there will be LOTS of it spread onto the dough before it is rolled up...

[Hathersage]

Powdered sugar, is also known as confectioner's sugar or icing sugar.

[Allearia]

I've replaced cream with coconut milk before and it was delicious. It has been a while, but I don't think it had much coconut flavor, but it was very thick and rich.