For a quicker results this Cinnamon Rolls’s recipe is made of bun’s dough instead of puff pastry. They are soft with less butter.
The syrup of orange juice balances its sweetness and makes it moist. You’ll never get tired of eating this buns, since it’s a kind of sweet bread for a better chewy texture, use all-purpose flour.
Ingredients
- 300g/10.5oz all purpose Flour
- 2-3 tsp Cinnamon
- 4 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 Egg
- 100g/3.5oz of Milk
- 100g/3.5oz of Butter
- 7g/0.2oz of Yeast
- pinch of Vanilla
- pinch of Salt
Syrup ingredients
- 100g/3.5oz water
- 3-4 tbsp Brown sugar
- 1 orange juice
Preparation
– Dissolve yeast in a bit of cold milk.
– Slightly heat the rest of the milk, butter, 1 tbsp sugar, salt, and vanilla.
– Mix to dissolve sugar and salt.
– In a big bowl combine: flour, yeast, 1 egg and the butter mix.
– Create a dough and knead for 10 mins.
– Put the dough aside and proof for ⏳ 3 hours.
Syrup:
– Mix half a cup of water with orange juice and sugar.
– On high heat, mix till the sugar dissolves and the syrup becomes slightly dense. put it aside when its ready.
Filling:
– Mix the cinnamon with 2-3 tbsp of brown sugar.
Assemble
– Roll out dough into a large sheet of 1 cm/0.3inch and fold it on itself, wait 5 minutes to relax then roll out again.
➡️ Repeat this 2 times. This helps the dough to have a better layered texture.
– Stretch the dough for the last time spread the butter (room temperature) on its surface.
– Sprinkle the filling and start to roll it on itself.
– Cut each piece at 2cm/1inch
– Put the rolls on the baking tray, covered with parchment paper and proof for ⏳ 1 hour.
♨️ preheat the oven to 190C°/370F°
– Egg wash the surface of the rolls.
♨️⏳ Put them in the hot oven for 15 mins
+ 2 mins on the grill program to have a golden color on top
– Make some wholes with a toothpick and while they are warm, pour the syrup.
– Wait ⏳30 minutes so the rolls absorb the syrup and so they’ll be ready to serve!
Notes
- I’m not a fan but It’s common to add white sugar glaze on top if you like here is how: half cup of powdered sugar with 1 tbsp of melted butter add some drops of vanilla and mix lively until it gain a silky gooey texture.
- These Cinnamon Rolls are wonderful for parties with numerous people. You can bake them a day before and serve them at room tempreture.
Enjoy 🙂
