cinnamon buns

On Saturday morning it was rainy and stormy, so I decided to fill the house with baking smells by giving Lolo's Perfect Cinnamon Buns a go.



I really enjoyed the process, the dough was quite lovely to knead and I liked sprinkling the cinnamon and sugar across the open dough. My dough was spread a little unevenly, which really showed when I rolled it - it was spread a little bit too thin across the middle, and a little too thick along the edges.

I was concerned, after rolling and leaving them to the second rising, when they didn't appear to have risen, but they actually rose to the point of smushing together during baking, which was unexpected.



I was unhappy with the marg + sugar combination across the bottom of the tray, I will definitely not be repeating that one. It was just too much Nuttelex. Next time I think just some baking paper to prevent the buns from sticking will do. Also after they cooled, the buns were very yeasty, so I'd like to cut down the amount of yeast a little bit. I missed the usual sultanas in the buns - I'm so used to eating them, but I didn't even think to add them when I saw they were missing from the recipe, and the buns really could have used that extra sweetness.

Overall verdict: okay recipe, not too difficult, but needs some slight modification to really be perfect for me.