Very Easy Cinnamon Buns
Serve: 12
Ingredients:
Dough:
3/4 cup cream cheese
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 oz. unsalted butter, melted
1.5 tsp pure vanilla extract
9 oz. unbleached all-purpose flour; more for rolling
1 tbsp baking powder
1/3 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
Filling:
1 oz unsalted butter, melted
1 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans
Glaze:
3 oz confectioner sugar
3 tbsp heavy cream
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Directions:
1) Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease the sides and bottom of a 10-inch oven pan with very little Olive oil.
2) In a food processor, combine the cream cheese, butter-milk, sugar, melted butter, and vanilla.
3) Process until smooth.
4) Add flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda and pulse in short pulse until the dough clumps together
5) The dough will be soft
6) Scrape it onto a lightly floured surface and knead with floured hands 4 or 5 times until smooth and uniform
7) With a rolling pin, roll the dough into a rectangle about 1/3 inch thick
8) Brush the dough with the melted butter
9) In a medium bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon
10) Sprinkle the mixture over the buttered area of the dough then sprinkle the nuts and pat down gently into the surface
11) Starting at a long edge, roll up the dough
12) With a sharp knife, cut the roll into 12 equal pieces
13) Set the pieces, cut side up, in the prepared pan; they should fill the pan and touch each other little bit
14) Bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, 20-25 minutes
15) Pull out and let cool down
16) In a small bowl, mix the confectioner sugar, cream and vanilla, it should be thick enough but add more sugar or more cream till you reach the thickness you want
17) Drizzle the glaze over the rolls, let stand for 10 minutes and serve.