Cinnamon Rolls, spiced cinnamon buns — delicious and ready in 30 minutes!

You don’t think the Le Creuset bread casserole is only good for making bread, do you? It’s a perfect oven for all kinds of doughs, besides being able to use it for your roasted meats and fish whenever you want! And today I’ll show you that you can make wonderful recipes with it with these Spiced cinnamon rolls in a quick recipe that turns out delicious: a solution for holiday breakfasts, I can assure you that both its spiced flavor and that sweet cream cheese topping are an absolute delight.

What are cinnamon buns or rolls

Cinnamon buns, cinnamon rolls, or Cinnamon Rolls, as you’ve seen many times, are a sweet, spiral-shaped bread filled with a generous amount of cinnamon.

They were created in 1920 in Sweden and Denmark, and although at first they were a sweet reserved for the upper class due to the cost of their ingredients, their popularity grew after the Second World War as the use of refined flours and sugars became widespread. As a result, today it’s very common to see them in many countries of the Americas and in Europe, and especially in all the Nordic countries (in Sweden, their origin, they are known as "kanelbulle").

It’s an easy-to-make sweet bread that requires mixing but not tedious or expert kneading, which makes it much easier to prepare.

Because of its sweet taste and its spice aroma (especially cinnamon flavor, cinnamon), it's a pastry treat that's perfect to have with coffee, whether in the morning or the afternoon.

You’ll often see raisins used in their filling, and a sweet topping to accompany them, but you can also find them without those.

Why I encourage you to make this recipe

• In today's edition, I bring a recipe that, despite seeming to include many ingredients and possibly looking complicated, actually it is very easy and quick to make.
• No kneading at all, just mix—really, the bare minimum—and you’ll see you get delicious rolls.
• I want to urge you to make the full recipe: the dough is delicious with that spiced filling, but the icing is undoubtedly the cherry on top from the recipe -Those buns are delicious with that sweet sauce, and it helps soften the bun's firmer exterior, making every bite irresistible!
• Buns are small pieces that we bake at high temperatures: you'll see that in half an hour they'll be baked.

Le Creuset Bread Cocotte

Step-by-step recipe for Cinnamon Rolls or spiced Cinnamon Buns with sweet cream cheese icing

Ingredients

For the bun dough:

• 310 g wheat flour
• 25 g butter
• 5 g baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda
• 190 ml milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 220 ºC.
• Prepare the base of your casserole, applying nonstick spray or melted butter, and spread it evenly over the entire surface.

Prepare the dough for the buns:

1. In a bowl, mix the flour with the salt, yeast, cinnamon, and baking soda.
2. In another medium bowl, mix the milk with the partially melted butter and vanilla extract, and add the mixture to the bowl with the flour. Do not overmix; stir just until combined.
3. Flour a surface and roll out the dough (I do it on the Nordic Ware Naturals tray, it helps me since it's very spacious and I don't mess up the kitchen), making a rectangle, about 25 x 20 cm. Set aside.

We prepare the filling and shape the buns:

1. Brush the prepared dough generously with the melted butter. That will help the sugar and cinnamon mixture stick.
2. In a ramekin or a bowl, add the remaining ingredients: the sugars, cinnamon, paprika, and nutmeg. Mix with a spoon and distribute the mixture over the entire surface of the dough, sprinkling and spreading it evenly.
3. Using a spatula and without applying much force, gently press the filling mixture so it sticks to the butter.
4. Let's shape the buns: roll the dough along its long side, forming a cylinder with the filling you prepared inside.
5. With a sharp knife or a pastry scraper (theKuchenprofi Set it works great for this purpose), cut the cylinder into disks about 3 cm wide (you should get 7 to 8 disks). I recommend making a few marks on the dough before cutting, so you’re clear on where you’ll cut, how many you’ll get, and that all the disks will be approximately the same size.

Nordic Ware Naturals Tray and Kuchenprofi Scraper Set

Prepare the icing:

Notes: