Cinnamon buns

Prepare

1. 🥄In a small saucepan heat the butter, milk and salt until the butter is melted.
2. 🔥Allow the mixture to cool until it is lukewarm.
3. 🧂In a large bowl, stir together the flours, yeast, cardamom and sugar until combined.

Steps

1. 🔥Make a well in the centre and crack in the eggs.

Prepare

1. 🧂Pour in the lukewarm milk mixture and stir everything together to form a sticky dough.

Steps

1. 🍳You may have to use your hands as the dough becomes stiffer.
2. 🫇Oil the work surface with a teaspoon of olive oil.
3. 🍽️Turn the dough out onto the oiled surface and knead vigorously for 5–8 minutes, using a plastic scraper as needed to prise the dough from the work surface.
4. 🌿Don’t be tempted to add flour, as this will make the buns dry and tough.
5. ✨Keep kneading until the dough is considerably less sticky, smoother and more elastic.
6. 🥄Shape into a ball, and put into a large, greased bowl.
7. 🔥Cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and set aside in a warm place to prove for an hour, or until doubled in size.

Prepare

1. 🫇Meanwhile, for the filling and topping, mix the softened butter in a bowl with half the sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon.
2. 🍽️Use a fork to mix the sugar and spice into the butter until it is completely combined.
3. 🌿Mix the remaining sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl and set aside.

Steps

1. 🍽️When the dough has risen, turn out onto a floured work surface and gently roll out into a 36x24cm/14x9½in rectangle.
2. 🌿Spread the cinnamon-sugar-butter evenly over the dough with a table or palette knife.
3. ✨With the longest edge closest to you, roll the dough up into a cylinder.

Prepare

1. 🌿Cut into 12 even slices.
2. ✨Place each slice onto a flattened out paper cupcake case on a baking tray, or into a greased muffin tin.

Steps

1. ✨(Baking in a muffin tin will make your cinnamon buns taller and domed.)
2. 🥄Cover with a clean tea towel and set aside to prove again for 30–45 minutes, or until risen.

Prepare

1. 🥄Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.

Steps

1. 🔥Brush the tops of the buns with beaten egg and dust liberally with the cinnamon sugar.

Cook

1. 🧂Bake for 12 minutes until the buns are dark golden-brown.

Serve

1. 🍳Enjoy warm with a cup of coffee.