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Heading to the USA

Overview

This sweet is commonly regarded as a typical USA breakfast pastry, however, cinnamon rolls are believed to be origianlly from Sweden. The swedish cinnamon rolls are lighter and less sweet than the well-known american version. On the 4th of Octobre, Sweden celebrates the National Cinnamon Bun day. This treat is also often discussed in the media as a simil due to its sweetness and the softness of the dough. The following recipe is for the USA version.

Recipe

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 500g Flour
  • 250ml Milk
  • 75g Butter
  • 25g Fresh Yeast
  • 70g Sugar
  • 1 package Vanilla Sugar
  • pinch of Salt

For the filling

  • 40g Butter
  • 50g Sugar
  • 1/2 Tbs Cinnamon

For the topping

  • 64g Powdered Sugar
  • 1Tbs Milk
  • 1tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions

1- Warm the milk and place the butter inside. When melted, add sugar, vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt.

2- Remove the mixture from the heat and crumble the fresh yeast, adding it to the mixture and stirring thoroughly.

3- Add the milk-yeast mixture to the flour and knead it until obtaining a homogenous dough.

4- Cover the dough and let it rise for 45 minutes.

5- Cover a large area with flour and roll out the dough forming a rectangle.

6- Mix cinnamon and sugar together, spread the butter on the dough and spread the sugar-cinnamon mixture.

7- Roll up the dough from the short end.

8- Cut off 4cm thick pieces placing them on a baking tray with the cut side upward.

9- Cover the tray and let the cinnamon rolls rest another 30 minutes.

10- Warm the oven to 250ºC and bake the pastries for 10 to 15 minutes.

11- Mix the Powdered Sugar with the milk and the vanilla extract.

12- Spread the topping on the baked cinnamon rolls.