Cinnamon buns
This mouth-watering recipe is ready in just 55 minutes and the ingredients detailed below can serve up to 1 person.
Ingredients
Method
1) Combine the water and milk in a medium saucepan and warm over low heat until it is about 38C (but no more than 40C). Remove from heat and sprinkle the yeast over the surface over the liquid. Sprinkle a pinch of the sugar over the top and set aside without stirring, until foamy, about 5 mins.
2) Whisk the butter, egg yolk and vanilla into the yeast mixture.
3) Whisk the flour, the sugar, salt and nutmeg in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre of the flour and stir in the yeast mixture with a wooden spoon to make a thick and slightly sticky dough. Turn dough onto a floured work surface and knead until soft and elastic, about 6 mins. Shape into a ball.
4) Brush the inside of a large bowl with butter. Put dough in the buttered bowl, turning to coat lightly with butter. Cover bowl with clingfilm, trace a circle the size of the dough on the plastic, and note the time. Let rise at room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 hr 15 mins.
5) Turn dough out of the bowl and knead briefly to release excess air; reform into a ball and return to the bowl. Lightly butter a large piece of clingfilm and lay it on the dough. Cover the entire bowl tightly with plastic and proof in the refrigerator for 4 hrs or overnight.
6) To fill and form the rolls: Butter a 23 by 33cm baking sheet. Whisk the sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Turn prepared dough onto a floured work surface and press, then roll into 25 by 45cm rectangle, with a long edge facing you. Spread the softened butter evenly over the surface of the dough, leaving about a 2.5cm border on the side opposite you. Evenly scatter the cinnamon-sugar over the butter. Starting from the long side facing you, roll the dough up into a tight cylinder. Lightly brush the clean edge of the dough with water. Press the open long edge to the dough to seal the cylinder.
7) Slip a long taut piece of string or dental floss under the roll, about 3.5cm from the end. Lift and cross the string ends over the roll, then pull the ends tightly in opposite directions to cut a single roll. Repeat, cutting every 3.5cm to make 12 rolls. Place the rolls cut-side-down in the prepared pan, leaving 2.5cm of space between them. Cover the rolls loosely with clingfilm. Set aside in a warm place to rise until rolls double in size, about 1 hr 10 mins.
8) Position the rack in the centre of the oven and preheat to 180C/Gas 4.
9) Bake buns until golden brown and the tops of the buns spring back when pressed lightly, about 30 mins. Cool in the pan for 10 mins.
10) To make the glaze: Sift the icing sugar into a medium bowl. Whisk in the condensed milk, butter, and lemon juice to make a smooth, slightly loose icing. Add the vanilla and cinnamon. Drizzle the icing over warm buns. Serve.
*Cook's Note: These may be refrigerated or frozen after forming. If refrigerated overnight, allow buns to come to room temperature for about 1/2 hr, then proof fully (until doubled in size) before baking, about 2 hrs. If frozen, allow buns to come to room temperature, about 1 hr, and then proof fully (until doubled in size) before baking, about 2 hrs.
Storage: Though the buns are best eaten on the day they are baked, they will keep, covered, for a day. They freeze well.
2) Whisk the butter, egg yolk and vanilla into the yeast mixture.
3) Whisk the flour, the sugar, salt and nutmeg in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre of the flour and stir in the yeast mixture with a wooden spoon to make a thick and slightly sticky dough. Turn dough onto a floured work surface and knead until soft and elastic, about 6 mins. Shape into a ball.
4) Brush the inside of a large bowl with butter. Put dough in the buttered bowl, turning to coat lightly with butter. Cover bowl with clingfilm, trace a circle the size of the dough on the plastic, and note the time. Let rise at room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 hr 15 mins.
5) Turn dough out of the bowl and knead briefly to release excess air; reform into a ball and return to the bowl. Lightly butter a large piece of clingfilm and lay it on the dough. Cover the entire bowl tightly with plastic and proof in the refrigerator for 4 hrs or overnight.
6) To fill and form the rolls: Butter a 23 by 33cm baking sheet. Whisk the sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Turn prepared dough onto a floured work surface and press, then roll into 25 by 45cm rectangle, with a long edge facing you. Spread the softened butter evenly over the surface of the dough, leaving about a 2.5cm border on the side opposite you. Evenly scatter the cinnamon-sugar over the butter. Starting from the long side facing you, roll the dough up into a tight cylinder. Lightly brush the clean edge of the dough with water. Press the open long edge to the dough to seal the cylinder.
7) Slip a long taut piece of string or dental floss under the roll, about 3.5cm from the end. Lift and cross the string ends over the roll, then pull the ends tightly in opposite directions to cut a single roll. Repeat, cutting every 3.5cm to make 12 rolls. Place the rolls cut-side-down in the prepared pan, leaving 2.5cm of space between them. Cover the rolls loosely with clingfilm. Set aside in a warm place to rise until rolls double in size, about 1 hr 10 mins.
8) Position the rack in the centre of the oven and preheat to 180C/Gas 4.
9) Bake buns until golden brown and the tops of the buns spring back when pressed lightly, about 30 mins. Cool in the pan for 10 mins.
10) To make the glaze: Sift the icing sugar into a medium bowl. Whisk in the condensed milk, butter, and lemon juice to make a smooth, slightly loose icing. Add the vanilla and cinnamon. Drizzle the icing over warm buns. Serve.
*Cook's Note: These may be refrigerated or frozen after forming. If refrigerated overnight, allow buns to come to room temperature for about 1/2 hr, then proof fully (until doubled in size) before baking, about 2 hrs. If frozen, allow buns to come to room temperature, about 1 hr, and then proof fully (until doubled in size) before baking, about 2 hrs.
Storage: Though the buns are best eaten on the day they are baked, they will keep, covered, for a day. They freeze well.
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