Quick recipe
Fluffy cinnamon rolls with guaranteed success
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If there was one smell you could feel embraced by, it would certainly be that of freshly baked cinnamon rolls. Here comes a recipe that will have you floating on culinary clouds.
Spring, summer, autumn or winter – fluffy ones Cinnamon rolls taste good all year round, but let’s not kid ourselves: in the cold season, in combination with a warm tea and ideally in front of the fireplace, it is simply unbeatable. However, the preparation is always a bit intimidating due to the complex yeast dough. That’s why we now have good news for you: with this recipe, the snails become fluffy even without taking forever to rise!
Ingredients for the dough:
- 90g flour
- 10 g natural yogurt
- 20g butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
For the filling:
- 20g butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp sugar
For the casting:
- 1 tbsp cream cheese
- 2 tsp powdered sugar
- 1 tsp milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Preparation:
- Knead together the flour, yogurt, 20 grams of butter, a teaspoon of cinnamon, milk and baking powder. Be careful not to make the dough too sticky. Add some flour if necessary.
- Spread some flour on a larger surface and roll out the dough flat into a rectangle.
- For the filling, melt the remaining 20 grams of butter and mix with sugar and a teaspoon of cinnamon. Spread the cinnamon-butter mix evenly over the dough. Leave half a centimeter free from the edge.
- Roll up the dough from the long side. Cut the roll into five equal pieces and place in a baking dish.
- Put the casserole dish in the oven at 180° degrees for approx. 15-20 minutes and bake the cinnamon rolls.
- Meanwhile, mix together a frosting from cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract. As soon as the cinnamon rolls are golden brown and fluffy, remove them from the oven and brush them with icing.
Fun fact: The cinnamon roll comes from Sweden and because it is so popular there, the Scandinavian country has dedicated an entire holiday to it. Since 1999, this day has been celebrated every year on October 4th. The delicacy originated in the 1920s, but it only became popular in the post-war years. The simple reason for this was that the ingredients flour, cinnamon, butter and sugar were previously simply too expensive for most people.