How to Make Award-winning Cinnamon Buns

Cinnamon Buns. This easy cinnamon bun recipe puts a lot of the cinnamon sugar on the top, rather than hidden away inside. The Swedes know how to live - their cinnamon buns are a prime example. These aren't just cinnamon buns, these are master baker Richard Bertinets BEST EVER cinnamon buns.

This traditional Swedish kanelbullar (cinnamon buns) recipe is made with a perfectly soft and chewy cardamom dough, a buttery cinnamon-sugar filling, and twisted into cute little knots. The buns have a subtle butter-sugar-cinnamon flavor, making them a great light breakfast, unlike American cinnamon rolls that tend to be heavy on the icing (not that that's a bad thing). Cinnamon buns, cinnamon rolls, cinnamon roll bites…. these are a few of my favorite things. You can have Cinnamon Buns using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cinnamon Buns

1. You need of Buns.
2. You need 1 of Egg.
3. You need 2 tbsp of Sugar.
4. It's 2 tsp of Sugar.
5. You need 3/4 tsp of Salt.
6. It's 3 tbsp of Butter.
7. Prepare 1 cup of Milk.
8. It's 3/4 tbsp of Yeast.
9. Prepare 3 cup of Flour.
10. Prepare of Cinnamon Sugar Mixture.
11. It's 2 tbsp of Butter melted.
12. It's 2 tbsp of Sugar.
13. You need 1/2 tbsp of Cinnamon.
14. It's of Clear Glaze.
15. It's 4 tbsp of Sugar.
16. Prepare 2 tbsp of Water.
17. It's 1/2 tbsp of Corn Syrup.
18. Prepare of Sugar Glaze.
19. You need 1 cup of Icing sugar.
20. You need 2 tbsp of Milk.

A few of my favorite things that I rarely ever make, because I know all too well what happens when they're in. Kanelbullar or cinnamon buns are a classic at Swedish coffee parties. If you are invited to someone's home for coffee, you always get a cinnamon bun, a cookie or a piece of cake with it. See more ideas about Cinnamon buns, Recipes, Food.

Cinnamon Buns step by step

1. In a large mixing bowl whisk eggs, sugar, salt..
2. In a med saucepan melt butter. Add the milk and heat until its lightly warmed to about 110°F. Remove from heat and pour into the egg mixture. Mix until combined..
3. Sprinkle yeast over milk mixture and let stand for 2 minutes to soften yeast. Whisk into the milk mixture. Add flour 1 cup at a time and beat till the dough is smooth and slightly sticky. Dough should start to pull away from sides of bowl while mixing..
4. Place the dough in a very large bowl that has been lightly oiled. Flip dough in bowl and cover with a clean cloth and allow to rise until doubled in size. About 45-60 min..
5. Punch down dough and divide in half. Roll each half of dough into a rectangle. Spread the lower half of dough with butter and sprinkle with the sugar cinnamon mixture. Fold dough over the cinnamon sugar. Cut into 1 inch strips. Twist each strip and tie in a knot. Place on a greased baking sheet or line your pan with parchment paper. Cover with a clean cloth and allow to rise 30-45 min..
6. Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 15 minutes or till golden brown. Remove from oven and brush with clear glaze. When the rolls have cooled drizzle with sugar glaze..
7. To make clear glaze add sugar, water and corn syrup. Bring to a rolling boil in a small saucepan. Remove from heat and cool..
8. To make the sugar glaze in a small bowl combine 10x sugar and milk. Beat until smooth..

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