Kelewele cinnamon buns
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + Resting + Proving
- Easy
- Serves 6-7 as a brunch
Ingredients
DOUGH
- 350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 50g caster sugar
- 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
- 120ml whole milk
- 50g unsalted butter, plus extra for the tin
- 1 large egg
- vegetable oil, for the bowl
FILLING
- 45g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 50g soft dark brown sugar
ICING
- 100g icing sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ tbsp sobolo (cooled hibiscus tea) or milk (for unflavoured icing)
Method
- STEP 1
To make the dough, combine the flour, sugar, yeast and 1 tsp of salt in a bowl. Set aside. Tip the milk, 60ml of water and the butter into a pan. Heat until the butter has melted and the mix is warm (about 43C if you have a thermometer). Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and gently stir with a wooden spoon until combined. Add the egg and stir until a soft, semi-sticky dough forms. Lightly flour a worksurface and your hands. Tip out the dough and knead for 2-3 minutes. Lightly oil a bowl, add the dough, cover loosely and leave to rest for 10-15 minutes.
- STEP 2
Roll the dough out into a 35cm x 20cm rectangle. Brush with the butter. Combine the spices and sugar, and sprinkle all over. Roll the rectangle up tightly from a long edge. Cut into 14 pieces (each should be about 2½ cm wide). Lightly butter an 18cm round cake tin. Arrange the pieces, spiral-side up, in the tin. Cover and leave to prove in a warm place for 1 hour until doubled in size.
- STEP 3
Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned, then leave to cool until just warm. For the icing, whisk together the sugar, vanilla and sobolo or milk. Drizzle over the rolls, and serve.