Kanelbullar: Swedish Cinnamon Buns
These cinnamon buns are incredibly delicious, and once you taste them, you'll understand why Swedes are so obsessed with them!
Ingredients
Bun Dough:
- 500 g nonfat milk
- 1100 g all-purpose flour
- 200 g sugar
- 200 g butter
- 23 g ground cardamom
- 70 g fresh yeast or 23g dry yeast
- 15 g salt
Cinnamon Filling:
- 300 g butter
- 120 g sugar
- 20 g cinnamon
- 10 g salt optional
Topping:
- 1 beaten egg
- Pearl Sugar
Instructions
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, add all the ingredients for the bun dough.
- Attach the hook and mix on low speed for about 5 minutes, or until all the ingredients are well combined.
- Increase the speed to medium or medium-high and continue mixing for 15-30 minutes to develop gluten in the dough.
- Once the dough becomes smooth and pliable, cover it with a towel and let it rest for 30 minutes.
- While the dough is resting make the filling by combining all the filling ingredients together.
- Turn the dough out of the bowl and shape it into a rectangle. Allow it to rest for an additional 5-10 minutes.
- Roll the dough into a large rectangle, aiming for a thickness of about 1cm (⅓ inch).
- Spread the cinnamon filling evenly over the dough.
- Roll up the dough tightly and cut it into individual buns. Ideally, each bun should weigh around 100g, but a range of 95g to 105g is acceptable.
- Place the buns on a baking tray, cover them, and let them rise until they double in size, which usually takes about 2 hours.
- Preheat your oven to 225°C (430°F).
- Bake the buns for approximately 8 minutes or until they turn golden brown. To prevent over-browning, check them around the 5-minute mark and rotate the tray if necessary.
- As soon as the buns come out of the oven, brush them with beaten egg wash.
- Immediately sprinkle pearl sugar on top of the buns.
- Allow the buns to cool (if you can resist the temptation) and enjoy!
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Notes
If the dough seems a bit dry, you can add 50g of water and continue kneading in the machine for an additional 5 minutes. Refer to the note in the post regarding adding more water.