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Cinnamon And Cardamom Buns


Well, if you like cinnamon rolls, you should try to bake these buns instead. They were really, really good! I actually prefer them than the cinnamon rolls. This is yet another great recipe from Tessa Kiros. In fact, I'm going to bake them again, like today!



Cinnamon And Cardamom Buns

Ingredients

Bun Dough

250 ml (1 cup) Tepid Milk
100 g ( 3 1/2 oz) Caster (Superfine) Sugar
25 g (1 oz) Fresh Yeast
1 Egg, lightly beaten
125 g ( 4 1/2 oz) Butter, softened
2 tsp Ground Cardamom
1 tsp Salt
650 g ( 5 1/4 cups) Cake Flour or Plain (All-Purpose) Flour

Cinnamon Butter

2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
50 g ( 1 3/4 oz) Caster (Superfine) Sugar, plus 1 Tbsp for sprinkling
80 g ( 2 3/4 oz) Butter, softened
1 Egg, lightly beaten

Method

Put the milk and sugar in a bowl and crumble in the yeast. Leave it for 10 minutes, or until the yeast begins to activate. Add the egg, butter, cardamom and salt and mix in. Add the flour, bit by bit, mixing it in with a wooden spoon until you need to use your hands, and then turn it out onto the work surface to knead. It may seem a little too sticky initially, but will become compact and beautifully soft after 5 minutes. Put the dough back in the bowl, cover with a clean cloth and then a heavy towel and leave in a warm place for about 2 hours, or until it has doubled in size.

To make, the cinnamon butter, mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Divide the butter into four portions and keep on one side.

Put the dough on a floured work surface and divide it into four portions. Begin with one portion, covering the others with a cloth so they don't dry out. Using a rolling pin, roll out a rectangle, roughly about 30 x 25 cm (12 x 10 inches) and 2 - 3 mm(1/8 inch) thick. Spread one portion of butter over the surface of the dough with a palette knife or blunt knife. Sprinkle with about 3 tsp of the cinnamon mix, covering the whole surface with quick shaking movements of your wrists. Roll up to make a long dough sausage. Set aside while you finish rolling out and buttering the rest of the dough, so that you can cut them all together.

Line two large baking trays with baking paper, or bake in two lots if you only have one tray. Line up the dough sausage in front of you and cut them slightly on the diagonal, alternating up and down, so that the slices are fat 'v' shapes, with the point of the 'v' about 2 cm (3/4 inch) and the base about 5 cm (2 inches). Turn them so they are all the right way up, sitting on their fatter bases. Press down on the top of each one with two fingers until you think you will almost go through to your work surface. Along the sides you will see the cinnamon stripes oozing outwards. Put the buns on the baking tray, leaving space for them to puff and rise while they bake. Brush lightly with beaten egg and sprinkle a little sugar over the top.

Leave the buns to rise for half and hour and preheat your oven to 180˚C (350˚F). Bake them for about 20 minutes, or until they are golden. Check that they are lightly golden underneath as well before you take them out of the oven. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature and, when they are cool, keep them in an airtight container so they don't harden.



Comments

  1. Oh wow, I think I'm going to make those one day soon!

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  2. They are so nicely rolled. Almost look too perfect to eat. Almost! They look so good.

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  3. @Joie de vivre: Thanks :)

    @Robyn: Yes, you should try made them and thanks for commenting.

    @duodishes: Thanks for you nice comments.

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  4. how long do these stay soft for?

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  5. Hi missy-j, those buns doesn't stay soft for long, maybe half a day. I heat them up the next morning and still taste good. Thanks for your comment.

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  6. this is like Finnish Pulla.... super yummy!

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  7. more like korvapuusti, pulla with cinnamon and cardamom... very yummy!

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  8. I just made the dough, but 600g of flour seems a lot. I made it with 500g and the dough already seems dry instead of sticky as the recipe says.

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  9. Wat is tepid milk?

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