Cinnamon Buns

 Khanschool Cinnamon Buns

If you're a homeschooling momma, here's some advice- your child must take Home Ec! The perks are so worth it!

My oldest daughter is taking Home Ec this year, as she is in Grade 8. She will be baking/cooking/sewing and  !!!cleaning!!! We've decided to go with one theme a month. 

This month the theme is "Sweet Breads", and last night she made Cinnamon Buns, while I played paparazzi to her skills. The dough is super easy as it's made in the Bread Machine!

We found the recipe on Pinterest here: Bread Machine Cinnamon Buns 

However, we have tweaked it a bit by making some changes to the "filling" ingredients and we added a  glaze. If you bake often enough, it becomes easy to have the confidence to change things up to your own preferences!

These Cinnamon buns are a light, soft, sweet bun texture with a enough sweetness that doesn't overwhelm. 

     Khanschool Cinnamon Bun Recipe

Ingredients

Dough: 

• 1 cup milk
• 1 large egg
• 4 tbsp melted butter
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp active dry yeast            

   

Filling: 

• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tbsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup raisins

Glaze:

• 3 tbsp butter
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 4 tbsp heavy cream

{Consistency should be thick yet drizzly}

                                                              

                           Directions:

For the Dough:

1. Mix the milk, egg, salt and melted butter together and pour into the bottom of the bread machine container.

2. Evenly put the flour on top.

3. Add the sugar into one corner, then make a well and add the yeast to it.

4. Set your bread machine to its "dough setting" and let it go. 

So easy!

While you wait for your bread machine to do all the work, you can take pictures of your pet. {Optional} 

 Our kitty named Stuart

Filling:

1. Empty dough from bread machine onto a floured surface, give it a punch down and leave it to rise up again while you prepare the filling ingredients.

2. Roll the dough into a rectangular shape

3. Brush the dough with butter, leaving half an inch on the outside, then sprinkle 1/2 of the brown sugar and cinnamon evenly on the dough. Lastly add the raisins.

4. Roll the dough up lengthwise and cut into 12 even pieces.

5. To Prepare the baking pan, brush bottom, sides and corner with melted butter, sprinkle remaining cinnamon and brown sugar along bottom and then add the boiling water.

6. Place cinnamon rolls in pan and brush tops with butter.

7. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and let the rolls rise while you wait for the oven to reach its heat.

8. Bake for 30 minutes

Once your Buns come out of the oven, start preparing the glaze. The glaze should be poured on top while the buns are still warm.

Glaze:

1. Mix the butter and icing sugar until creamy.

2. Add cream, slowly, until desired consistency is reached.

3. Pour onto the Cinnamon Buns immediately.

You really should enjoy these while they are still warm, but in case you have other plans, give them a little re-heat before eating!