Sweet Cinnamon Swirls Recipe
Sweet and gooey cinnamon swirls with a dollop of fresh cream for breakfast! What a wonderfully sweet way to brighten up your day. So if you're craving for some amazingly soft and moist Cinn Bun Roll, your search stops here.
Servings: 12 rolls
Ingredients
- All-purpose Flour – 2 ½ cups
- Milk – 1 cup
- Active Dry Yeast – 2 ¼ tsp
- Butter – 2 tbsp
- Sugar – 1 tbsp
- Salt – 1 tsp
For sprinkling:
- Brown Sugar – ½ cup
- Ground Cinnamon – 1 tsp
For spreading:
- Butter – about ¼ cup
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, sprinkle yeast over a cup of warm milk and leave aside for 10 minutes.
- Mix well and gradually add softened butter, sugar and salt. Blend well.
- Add the flour and mix thoroughly for 5 minutes until the dough is just about firm.
- Cover with a damp towel and keep in a warm place to let rise for one hour.
- Meanwhile, combine brown sugar and powdered cinnamon in a bowl and keep aside.
- Turn over the yeast-leavened dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out into ¼ inch thick rectangle.
- Spread butter evenly with a knife.
- Sprinkle cinnamon-brown sugar mix uniformly over the entire rolled out dough.
- Roll up the dough into a log and cut into ¾ inch pieces.
- Arrange the cut cinnamon rolls in a greased pan, placing the cut side down.
- Cover with a damp cloth and leave to rise for about 30 minutes.
- Bake at 190C for 25 minutes.
- Remove and cool on a wire rack.
- Serve Homemade Cinnamon Rolls warm with your favourite icing.
Notes
You can sprinkle pecans, walnuts, raisins over the cinnamon-brown sugar mixture and then roll up.