This is a classic and one of my absolute favorite pastries. Here in Denmark bakeries offer all sorts of cinnamon rolls; high, sugar, cinnamon, cream, rum and Wednesday cinnamon rolls, which is a classic cinnamon roll but just in a XL size. I love them all.
This recipe is for the classic cinnamon roll.
Ingredients:
300 g flour
100 g of butter
50 g fresh yeast
1 tbsp. sugar
½ teaspoon.
salt
1 egg
1 dl whole milk
Filling/Remonce
100 g butter
100 g brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
Heat the oven to 220 C.
Warm the milk and dissolve the yeast into the luke warm milk. Do not heat the yeast.
Add the flour and the other ingredients. Beat the dough till its smooth.
Let the dough rise to double size.
Make the filling by adding butter, brown sugar and cinnamon into a bowl and mixing all together.
Divide the dough into 2 equal parts and roll them out to 2 squares (about 30 x 30 cm). Spread the filling over the whole surface. Roll the dough into a roulade and cut each roulade into 12 equal pieces.
Place the rolls on a baking sheet with baking paper and press them flat.
Let the rolls prove, covered with a moist tea towel, approx. 20 min.
Brush the rolls with a beaten egg.
Bake for about 8 minutes.
Place the baked rolls on a rack.
Decorate with frosting while the rolls are still a little warm.
