The smell of baked cinnamon rolls wafting through the house is the ultimate in festive comfort at this time of year. Added cranberries and apricots give these a seasonal twist – the perfect thing to enjoy on a cold winters morning.
Ingredients
For the rolls
450g strong white flour
75g dried cranberries
1tsp fast acting dried yeast
1tsp salt
1 ½ tbsp caster sugar
150ml hot milk and 150ml hot water mixed together – hot but
not boiling!
For the filling
25g butter, melted
50g light brown sugar
2tbsp ground cinnamon
75g dried apricots, cut into small pieces
Makes 8 rolls
Method
- Place the flour, cranberries, yeast, salt and caster sugar
into a large bowl and stir together. Now add the hot milk and water and mix
together using an electric mixer with a dough hook attachment for 5 minutes –
if you don’t have an electric mixer that’s fine, you can just use your hands
and mix and knead for about 10 minutes. Once the dough has been mixed and
kneaded, cover the bowl with a tea towel and leave in a warm place for 1 ½
hours, or until the dough has doubled in size.
- Once the dough has risen, turn it out onto a lightly floured
surface and knead for another 5 minutes. Roll the dough out into a large
rectangle about 1 cm thick, spread the surface with the melted butter and
scatter over the sugar, cinnamon and apricot pieces in an even layer, making
sure you reach the edges. Now roll the dough into a tight sausage shape, slice
into 8 even pieces and place these, swirl side up on a lightly oiled baking
tray.
- Leave in a warm place for a further 30 minutes, or if you
want to make these for breakfast next day you can leave them in the fridge
overnight (although if you do this, you will need to take the rolls out of the
fridge and leave for 30 minutes to come up to room temperature before baking).
- When you are ready to bake the rolls, preheat the oven to
180°C and bake for 13-15 minutes, or until the rolls are well risen and a
lovely golden brown. Remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly. You can
eat the rolls as they are, but for an extra delicious twist make up some icing
using 3tbsp icing sugar, 1tbsp water and 1tsp vanilla extract and drizzle over
the top of the hot rolls. Tear off and eat warm – heavenly!
By Millie Norton
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