Piddie's Kitchen: Sugary Cinnamon Buns

What you need

How you do it

With Bread Baking Machine

In the Panasonic breadbaking machine add the yeast first.
whisk the eggs
Put flour, milk, whisked eggs, 1 tblspoon sugar a pinch of salt into the bread pan
select 'Dough' programme

Without breadbaking machine

use a clean bowl. pour the flour in. in the centre of the bowl dig a small hole.
heat the milk until lukewarm - then add yeast and sugar. whisk until all is well mixed.
pour the mix into the small hole of the centre of the flour in the bowl.
cover with a kitchen towel and let rest for at least 30min. before you proceed check that the yeast is actually expanding.
next put the whisked eggs into the mix and knead the dough. add flour if necessary. It is useful to cover your hands in flour - so the mix won't stick to your hands.
form a ball and put back into the bowl. cover again with the towel and let it rest for another 2 hours.

Making the Buns

preheat the oven to 200 degrees (centigrade)
put the dough on non-sticky baking paper. roll out and form a rectangle. again cover your hands in flour to avoid the dough sticking to your hands.
once a rectangle cover the surface with a slight film of milk. this is so the fruits will stick.
cover the surface next with cinnamon and brown sugar. then add the raisins/lemons/orange bits evenly.
then start rolling up the dough. start at the long axis of the rectangular dough. continue rolling until the whole dough is rolled up and forms some kind of 'sausage'.
take a sharp knife and cut the dough into separate bits.
put the pieces on non-sticky baking paper. you may cover the buns with additional sugar/cinnamon.
put into oven for 20-25min until slightly brown.

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