Ever get that craving for a nice fluffy, soft, cinnamon-y, smothered with icing cinnamon roll? Did you just get that craving now?
Cinnamon Buns
Unfortunately, not many people in the UK know the real joys of a proper cinnamon roll! The closest I’ve found is a Chelsea Bun..which is good…but not Cinnamon Bun good!!
Now I’ve looked up a lot of recipes, but most of them had yeast in them, and I couldn’t be bothered to wait for them to rise. I’m sure they’re delicious, but sometimes you just want to eat it NOW, not 4 hours from now!
So I finally just put into pinterest (I do love pinterest!!) “QUICK homemade cinnamon rolls” and voila! Recipes! So I picked this one, tried it and yum yum yum! The only thing I would change is I would make cream cheese icing – but I didn’t have any cream cheese at home, sad face. But cinnamon buns with cream cheese icing are miles better than regular icing!
So to all my Canadian (or American) followers, here is a lovely quick Cinnamon bun recipe – unless you’ve got the tubed pillsbury ones, those are good too!
To all my British or European followers….here is a Cinnamon Bun recipe you’ve got to try! Awaken your taste buds and show them what is the most delicious breakfast, or snack, or lunch, or whatever, they’ve ever had!!
Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
Rolls
-2 1/2 cups of plain/all purpose flour
-3 Tbsp White Sugar
-1 1/4 cups Butter milk (make your own by using regular milk mixed with approx 3 Tbsp white vinegar, and sit for 5 minutes)
-6 Tbsp Melted Butter
-1 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
-1/2 tsp Baking Soda
-1/2 tsp Salt
Filling
-1/2 cup packed brown sugar
-2 tsp cinnamon
-1/8 tsp salt
-1/4 cup White Sugar
Icing
-1 Cup Powdered Sugar
-2 Tbsp Softened Butter
-1 tsp Vanilla
-1 Tbsp Milk (or orange juice)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425F and grease a 9 inch square pan
2. In a small bowl, mix together all the Filling ingredients. Then set the bowl aside to use in a few minute.
3. In a larger bowl, mix together (from the Roll Ingredients) flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Then whisk in the buttermilk and 2 Tbsp of the melted butter. The dough will be very stick at this point…don’t worry!
4. Put some flour down on the counter and place the dough on top. You will need to knead the dough for a minute or two until it becomes smooth. Once this is done, press out the dough into approximately a 9×12 rectangle. Doesn’t haven’t to be EXACT, just close and rectangle-ish shaped.
5. Once it’s laid out, spread about 2 Tbsp of the melted butter on top. You may need to use your hands, or a brush to try to cover the dough as best you can. Then top with the Filling Mix you made earlier. Spread it evening over the dough.
6. Then start at one end of the dough and tightly roll it up. Once it’s in a log form, cut it into about 8-10 pieces (depending on which way you rolled it). Put these pieces into the prepared dish, and top with remaining 2 Tbsp of butter.
7. Put in oven and bake 20-25 minutes
8. To make the icing, just mix together the Icing Ingredients. Add a TOUCH more water/milk/juice to make it a bit thinner – whatever is your liking.
Notes
-It works to roll either direction, but I think I will try rolling it so that it’s only 9 inches long. This will make less buns, but they will be thicker.
-I didn’t have any cream cheese, but cream cheese icing is always better! Here is a link to a basic cream cheese icing recipe I use sometimes.
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