Homemade Cinnamon Buns
Servings 24
Ingredients
- 3 cups warm water
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 egg
- 4 cups spelt flour (you can substitute white flour if you want)
- 4 cups white flour
- 1 tbsp INSTANT yeast
- 3/4 cup butter
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- extra brown sugar and butter to coat pan
Instructions
- Combine warm water, white sugar, oil, salt, and egg in a mixing bowl.
- Add 2 cups of the spelt four, one cup of the white flour, and the instant yeast. Mix well.
- Add the rest of the spelt and white flour to the dough and mix well again.
- Knead the dough for 6-8 minutes. If the dough is sticking to your fingers while kneading then add more flour.
- Roll the dough into a ball and place it in a greased bowl. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and put it somewhere warm to rise until double the size (roughly 2 hours.)
- Divide the dough into two and take one section and roll it onto a floured surface into a rough rectangle shape.
- Take half the butter and cut into chunks. Drop the chunks evenly onto the dough.
- Take half the brown sugar and sprinkle it onto the dough.
- Sprinkle 1 tbsp of cinnamon onto the dough.
- Starting at the bottom, roll your dough into a long log shape.
- Cut the dough into 2 inch pieces.
- Take your second section of dough that you put aside earlier and do the same as you did with the first section of dough.
- Coat your baking pan with butter and then sprinkle the bottom with brown sugar.
- Place your buns into the pan with a bit of space in between.
- Cover the buns with a towel and set aside to rise for about 45 minutes, or until double in size.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Bake the buns for 22-24 minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE. You want them to start to turn golden brown but to not be too dark.
- Let cool - but not too much - they taste best when warm!