Cinnamon Buns (Bertinet's best)

... and heavenly smells in the kitchen

A simple recipe for a cinnamon buns that looks like £1m.

Ingredients

makes 24; bake in a cupcake tray or on a flat sheet

• 600g strong white flour

• 10g salt

• 200g full fat milk

• 2 eggs

• 25g fresh yeast (or 12g)

• 50g caster sugar

• 200g unsalted butter / softened

for filling

• 150g unsalted butter / softened

• 250g soft brown sugar

• 2 tsp cinnamon

Method

Make the dough

• put milk and eggs into mixer (dough hook works best for this)

• add the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt) and use some of the flour to rub the yeast into small pieces to disperse more easily

• add softened butter on top

• mix on slowest speed for 4 minutes (until combined)

• increase speed to 3 (on KitchenAid) and mix for another 8 minutes

• rest the dough for 45 minutes to let it develop

Make the filling

• using a paddle attachment, mix together butter, sugar and cinnamon

• set aside

Shape the cinnamon buns

check out the video below to see how Richard Bertinet does it... fun to watch