Quick & Easy Cinnamon Buns

Warm cinnamon buns are the best to bake for a lovely warming treat. They are just so yummy and cinnamony! We all trooped out for a long walk down the river today and when we got back everyone needed a treat to warm up and get our energy back so I thought of this recipe.

Cinnamon buns always remind me of Sweden because we ate them there ALOT! They seemed to be much more popular there for some reason. I find that in England it is really hard to find a nice cinnamon bun. They occasionaly have them in the bakery bit in M&S but so far this is the only place I have found them. Apart from some extremely hard ones from a packet in Aldi. 

So baking them fresh is the only way to get really nice cinnamon buns in England. The only problem with this is that they take ages! I am not the best at kneading or waiting for dough to rise. So this recipe is amazing it is so quick and easy so that you can actually make them in time for breakfast. 

I also love recipes where you mix things with your hands. I just find that it makes baking even funner. 

They are a slightly different texture to normal cinnamon buns because they are made without yeast but it is still a delicious recipe. 

You will need:

For the Rolls:

• 350g of self-raising flour
• Pinch of salt
• 2 tbsp caster sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 100g butter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 200ml milk

For the Filling:

• 1 tsp cinnamon 
• 55g brown sugar
• 2 tbsp caster sugar
• 1 tbsp of butter, melted

Method:

• Grease and line a 20 cm round tin and preheat the oven to 180.
• Mix the flour, salt, caster sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl with a spoon.
• Whisk the butter, eggs and milk together and then combine them with the dry ingredients to make a soft dough with your hands. 
• Sprinkle the side with flour and roll out into a thin rectangle, roughly 30 x 25 cm, don't feel that you need to measure it!
• Make the filling  by mixing all of the ingredients together, then spread the filling on top of the dough.

• Roll up the dough into a log shape and then use a knife to cut the roll into 8 pieces. 

• Place them into the tin and brush them with milk to glaze.
• Cook for 30-35 mins until they are golden brown.
• Enjoy them warm from the oven. 

They are also really nice with an icing topping and they look extra pretty too. It does make them a bit sweeter though so I don't always add it. If you want to just mix up some icing using the packet instructions and drizzle over .