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Cinnamon Rolls

Soft cinnamon rolls filled with cinnamon sugar and finished with a water icing.

Adapted from Ricette di cucina - Le Ricette di GialloZafferano.it.

Cinnamon Rolls, plated
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Cinnamon Rolls 0/0 COOK 1COOK 2
1Warm milk and water
2Beat the eggs
In a separate bowl, beat the eggs
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough...
3Plate and serve
+ 19 more steps in the app
Cinnamon Rolls 0/0 COOK 2COOK 1
1Warm milk and water
In a small saucepan, pour in the milk and water and...
Remove the saucepan from the heat, add the crumbled...
Stir to dissolve it completely
2Beat the eggs
3Plate and serve
+ 19 more steps in the app

Ingredients

What you'll need

You'll share: Small saucepan, Stand mixer with dough hook, Oven, 28 x 21 cm baking pan, Pastry brush, Conventional oven, Small bowl, Teaspoon, and Spoon.

Each of you needs your own: Cutting board, Chef's knife, and Mixing bowl.

The full plan

Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.

1. Warm milk and water COOK 1

  • In a small saucepan, pour in the milk and water and bring them to 35°C
  • Remove the saucepan from the heat, add the crumbled fresh yeast
  • Stir to dissolve it completely

2. Beat the eggs COOK 2

  • In a separate bowl, beat the eggs
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, add both flours, the sugar, and the salt

3. Mix cinnamon sugar COOK 2

  • In a bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon

4. Make the dough COOK 1

  • Add the milk and yeast mixture to the eggs and stir to combine
  • Flavor the mixture with the vanilla extract
  • Run the stand mixer and add the egg mixture all at once
  • When it is well incorporated, add the butter one piece at a time
  • Continue kneading for a few minutes, until the dough has formed a strong structure around the hook
  • Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead it briefly to form a smooth, even ball
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the mixture.

5. Prepare the baking pan COOK 2

  • Butter a 28 x 21 cm baking pan and dust it with some of the cinnamon-sugar mixture

6. Mix the icing COOK 2

  • Meanwhile, put the powdered sugar in a small bowl and gradually add the water, stirring with a teaspoon, The icing should have a viscous consistency

7. Proof the dough COOK 1

  • Place the dough in a buttered bowl, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rise in the switched-off oven with the light on for about 2 hours, or until doubled in volume

8. Make the dough COOK 2

  • After the dough has risen, roll it out into a rectangle about 50 x 30 cm
  • Brush the surface of the dough with melted butter
  • Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture generously over the dough, gently roll the rectangle from the longer side
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the dough.

9. Chill the roll COOK 2

  • Compact the roll with your hands, wrap it in plastic wrap, and let it firm up in the refrigerator for 30 minutes

10. Cut the rolls COOK 1

  • Cut the roll into 12 pieces, each 4 cm wide
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the roll.

11. Arrange the rolls COOK 1

  • Place the rolls in the prepared baking pan and press them lightly with the palm of your hand
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

12. Proof the rolls COOK 1

  • Cover the pan with plastic wrap and let the rolls rise for another hour

13. Bake the rolls COOK 2

  • After the final rise, bake the cinnamon rolls in a conventional oven preheated to 200°C for about 20 minutes, until golden

14. Cool the rolls COOK 2

  • Remove the rolls from the oven and let them cool

15. Plate and serve BOTH

  • Spread the icing over the surface with a spoon and enjoy the cinnamon rolls

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