Dessert Recipes #3: Cinnamon rolls

Most people buy frozen cinnamon rolls or the already cooked ones. This time I tried to cook them from the beginning and the result was really satisfying. So, here's the recipe!

Ingredients

For the dough:

• 250 ml milk
• 50g butter
• 460g wheat flour 00
• 100g sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 spoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 packet of dried yeast (not backing powder, since the dough needs to raise for a couple of hours)

For the filling:

• 60g soft butter
• 3 spoons cinnamon
• 18g brown sugar

For the icing (optional):

• 100g powdered sugar
• water

Directions

1. Heat the milk and butter for the dough, until the butter is melt. The mixture shall not reach boil.
2. Add to the mixture 150g flour, the egg, sugar, cinnamon, salt and yeast and whisk until you obtain an homogeneous compound.
3. Add the remaining flour and knead until all the flour has been absorbed by the compound.
4. Make a ball with the dough and let it rise for about two hours in a bowl covered with transparent film.
5. Mix the ingredients for the filling: butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.
6. Roll out the dough in order to obtain a rectangular shape, then spread the filling homogeneously on the surface.
7. Roll up the dough and cut it in order to obtain rolls 2cm high.
8. Cook in the preheated oven at 180° for around 20 minutes. Then let the cinnamon rolls cool off.
9. Optionally it is possible to add a icing prepared with the powdered sugar and water. Add a teaspoon of water at a time to the sugar and mix. Add water until you obtain a vicious fluid. Thean spread the icing on the rolls with a spoon before it becomes solid again.

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