Cinnamon buns
Difficulty
Medium 👍Ingredients
Utensils
small bowl, standing mixer or hand mixer, clean kitchen towel, large bowl, zester, rubber spatula, oven, rolling pin, palette knife, knife, muffin pan, cake rack, tablespoon, citrus press, large plate
How-To Videos
Homemade vanilla extract
Basic yeast dough
Nutrition per serving
Step 1/11
- 5 ml water
- ⅝ g dry yeast
- ⅛ tsp sugar
- small bowl
In a small bowl, combine water, yeast, and some sugar. Let sit until foamy for approx. 5 – 10min.
Step 2/11
- 15 ml milk
- ⅛ tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ egg
- 4⅛ g butter (melted)
- 4⅛ g sugar
- salt
- standing mixer or hand mixer
In a standing mixer or with a hand mixer, whisk together milk, vanilla extract, egg, melted butter, some sugar and a pinch of salt.
Step 3/11
- 41⅔ g all-purpose flour
- clean kitchen towel
- large bowl
In two editions, add all-purpose flour into the milk mixture. Then add in yeast mixture and continue beating. Knead by hand until smooth. Place the dough in a clean bowl, cover with a kitchen towel and leave it to rise in a warm place for approx. 2 hours.
Step 4/11
- 9⅛ g butter (soft)
- 7½ g sugar
- ⅛ orange (zest)
- ⅛ tsp cinnamon
- zester
- rubber spatula
- small bowl
For the filling, combine soft butter with the remaining sugar, cinnamon and the zest of halve an orange in a small bowl. Mix until smooth.
Step 5/11
- flour for work surface
- oven
- rolling pin
Preheat oven to 190⁰C/375⁰F. Halve the dough and roll each half into the shape of a rectangle, approx. 3 mm thick.
Step 6/11
- palette knife
Spread the filling evenly onto the dough leaving a small border all around.
Step 7/11
Starting at the long end, roll up the dough.
Step 8/11
- knife
Cut the roll crosswise into equally sized pieces.
Step 9/11
- muffin pan
- cake rack
Place the rolls into the prepared muffin pan cut side down and leave to rise for another hour. Then bake in a preheated oven at 190⁰C/375⁰F for approx. 15 - 20 min. until golden. Allow to cool for 10 min. on a cake rack.
Step 10/11
- 16⅔ g confectioner’s sugar
- ⅛ tbsp citrus juice
- tablespoon
- citrus press
- small bowl
In a small bowl, combine confectioner’s sugar and lemon juice. Stir until completely dissolved.
Step 11/11
- large plate
Place a plate underneath the cake rack to catch any excess frosting. Drizzle cinnamon buns with sugar frosting to your liking. Serve while still warm.