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Cinnamon Buns

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Pillowy soft, and tender, these flaky cinnamon rolls will melt in your mouth. They’re drizzled with just enough tangy-sweet cream cheese icing to make the cinnamon flavour pop. A must-have for brunch.

Ingredients

Scale

For the dough

  • 240 g or 2 c all-purpose flour
  • 46g or ¼ c potato flour (can use 46 g  or ½ c dried potato flakes)
  • 29 g or ¼ c nonfat dry milk
  • 198 to 227 g  or ¾ to 7/8 c lukewarm water
  • 57 g or 2 oz unsalted butter, softened
  • 5 ml or 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 6 g or 2 tsp instant yeast (I use SAF Gold)
  • 25 g or 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 3 g or 1 tsp salt

For the filling

  • 57 g or 4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
  • 100 g or ½ c granulated sugar
  • 8 g or 1 tbsp cinnamon

For the frosting

  • 27 g or 2 tbsp butter, softened
  • 54 g or 4 tbsp cream cheese (not spreadable)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • pinch of salt
  • 170 g or 1 ½ c confectioners’ sugar, sifted
  • 14 g to 29 g or 1 to 2 tbsp milk, heavy cream, or buttermilk—enough to thin to desired consistency

 

Instructions

Make the Dough

  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, sift the flour, potato flour and dry milk. Add the rest of the dough ingredients and knead until a soft, smooth dough forms (about 5 minutes).
  2. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover and let rise for 60 minutes or until doubled in bulk.

Make the filling

  1. While the dough rises, put the melted butter into a medium bowl and add the remaining ingredients, stirring until the mixture is the texture of damp sand. Set aside.
  2. Lightly grease a 9” x 13” baking tin.

Assemble the rolls

  1. Transfer the dough to a lightly greased work surface and press it into a 10” x 16” rectangle about ½” thick.
  2. Brush the dough with the beaten egg and sprinkle it with the filling, covering all but a ½” strip along one long side.
  3. Starting with the filling-covered long side, roll the dough into a log.
  4. Score the dough lightly into twelve equal 1 ½” pieces. Cut the dough at the score marks. (TIP: dental floss will give you the cleanest cut: pull off a long piece of floss, loop it underneath the log at the score mark, and pull the ends in opposite directions to cut the dough). A bench scraper or sharp knife will work if you don’t have dental floss.
  5. Tuck the rolls onto the prepared pan and cover with lightly greased plastic wrap or a reusable cover; let them rise for about 45 minutes.
  6. About 20 minutes before you’re ready to bake, position a rack in the top third of the oven and preheat the oven to 375°F.
  7. Bake the rolls for 14 to 18 minutes until they’re a light golden brown, and a digital thermometer inserted into the centre of one roll reads 190°F.
  8. Remove the rolls from the oven, place the pan on a rack and let cool for 10 to 15 minutes before icing.

 

  • Author: Helen Kain