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Cinnabons

Ingredients

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FOR THE DOUGH

  • ¼ oz pack of dried active yeast
  • 1/2 cup warm water (bath temperature)
  • 3 TBS bakers sugar
  • 4 ¼ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tspn dried ginger
  • 1 tspn cinnamon
  • ½ cup bakers sugar
  • 1 tspn salt
  • ½ cup cream
  • ¼ cup 2% milk
  • 2 eggs- room temp
  • 6 TBS butter – melted in the microwave for 15 seconds
  • 2 TBS canola oil

FOR THE FILLING

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 TBS cinnamon
  • 1 stick of butter (8 TBS) – melted for 10 seconds in the microwave
  • 2 egg yolks – beat and add 2 TBS of water to make an egg wash

FOR THE GLAZE

  • 3 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1½ cups confectioners’ sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Pinch salt

Instructions

Combine the warm water, sugar, and active yeast in a bowl and let the yeast activate till frothy (approximately 25 minutes)

Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk together to combine

Whisk melted butter together with cream, milk, oil, and 2 eggs.

Make a well in the bowl of dry ingredients. Pour in the frothy yeast mixture and the butter and cream mixture. Use a fork to combine the liquid with dry ingredients and bring them together into a dough.

Turn onto a countertop and knead the dough for 10 minutes to stretch the glutens (do not skip this step).

Place dough ball back into a bowl and cover with a little oil. Soak a towel in hot water. Ring it out and place it over the bowl. Leave outside in a sunny spot for 2 to 3 hours till dough doubles in size. You can resoak the towel in hot water mid-way to help the dough rise quicker.

Heat oven to 350 F/175 C

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with baking spray.

When dough has doubled in size, turn onto counter. Roll dough into a 16×21 inch rectangle about ¼ inch thick.Paint with melted butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Roll up loosely to form long swiss roll. Cut into 1 inch thick pieces.

Place them on a baking sheet. Leave a 1 inch gap between each bun. Brush with the egg wash (water/egg). Allow the buns to rise again for 15 minutes.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on while they are still warm so that the frosting melts into the roll.

MAKES 12

Notes

You can freeze the dough before or after the rise. Thaw and bring to room temp before kneading. Then let the dough rise before baking
You can also freeze the buns. Wrap them in plastic wrap and then tinfoil. Thaw to room temp and warm them in the oven for a few minutes before serving and adding the glaze.

Find it online: https://melissamayo.com/recipe/cinnabons/