Christmas

Cinnamon Pull-Apart Buns

January 24, 2014
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  • Makes 10-12 cinnamon buns
Author Notes

Probably the best cinnamon buns you'll ever make. These are ultra-sticky, soft, sweet, addictive and downright delicious. This recipe require three proves, but don't let that put you off - the time spent is totally worth it. Inspired by Pinch of Yum's homemade cinnamon pull-apart bread. —Gabriella Simonian

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • Dough
  • 3.5 grams active dry yeast
  • 60 milliliters warm water
  • 120 milliliters milk, scalded
  • 100 grams caster sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 480 grams all-purpose flour
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 60 grams unsalted butter, melted
  • 75 grams sultanas
  • Filling & sticky glaze
  • 30 grams unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 heaped tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 135 grams soft brown sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten (to brush)
  • 6 tablespoons icing sugar
  • 3 tablespoons milk
Directions
  1. Add the yeast to warm water and stir to dissolve. Leave for a few minutes until it begins to froth, then transfer it to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment. Add 120g of the flour, sugar, salt, beaten eggs and the hot milk and mix on a low speed for a few minutes until the dough has come together, then add another 180g of flour and turn the speed up a bit until it’s been incorporated. Finally add the melted butter and the remaining 180g flour and knead the dough for around 5 minutes. The dough will be super sticky and elastic, but panic not! Scrape (literally) the dough into a lightly greased bowl, cover with clingfilm and leave to rise in a warm spot for an hour.
  2. After an hour of proving, tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and with your hands, knead in the sultanas. Work the dough for 5 minutes or so until it is springy and pliable, and doesn’t stick to the work surface. Shape the dough into a ball, place back in the bowl, cover and leave to rise for another 30 minutes.
  3. After the second prove, take the dough and roll out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll it into a rectangle around half an inch thick and transfer to a sheet of parchment paper. Spread the softened butter over the entire surface of the dough. Mix together the sugar and cinnamon then sprinkle it gently dump it all over that beast of glory and spread evenly. NOTE: the amount of sugar in this recipe results in oozing, sticky, delicious cinnamon buns. If you’re not into that, then please click the top right button… or left if you’re on a Mac.
  4. Roll the dough away from you into a log and sit seam-side down. Cover with a clean dish towel and leave to rise for another 20 minutes – I know, the suspense is killing me too. Preheat the oven to 200°c to pass the time.
  5. FINALLY – it’s time. Slice the dough-log-thing almost all of the way to the bottom, leaving about an inch between each slice. You should get between 10 and 12 slices. Then arrange each cut section so that they lean to alternate sides. Brush the dough all over with the beaten egg. Slide the parchment paper with the cinnamon buns onto a baking sheet.
  6. Bake in the middle of the oven for 20-25 minutes until puffed up and golden and oozing and until the house smells so damn good you literally can’t handle life any more. I’m so sorry for sharing this with you.
  7. Whisk together the icing sugar and milk and drizzle all over the cinnamon buns. For a thicker glaze use more icing sugar. Pull-apart and die happy.

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3 Reviews

Diane March 10, 2018
Could you please send me the conversion amounts? Thank you so much.
 
Daniel J. November 26, 2015
Oven temp at 200 degrees????
 
Cinda December 16, 2015
Celsius not Fahrenheit