Peanut butter cinnamon roll

My peanut butter addiction comes in waves, and the big wave has come again recently. I've been constantly having a spoonful of peanut butter whenever I see the jar...  I felt I should make something with peanut butter, not just eating it...

So here, I made Peanut butter cinnamon roll! I mixed peanut butter, bit of brown sugar and ground cinnamon as the filling. I like crunchy peanut butter for this bread to give a bit of ..."crunch", but smooth one is nice too. ;)

For the dough I used my basic rich bun recipe.
Ingredients:

- Brioche type sweet buns -

Starter (strawberry) 130g

Very strong flour 250g

Butter 40g

Sugar 30g

Egg 2 + Milk =150g

Oil 1tsp

The smell of peanut butter and cinnamon was so inviting!

Look at the inside, it's nice and soft. ;D

Andy said 'it was like a nice peanut butter sandwich.'

Well, I take that as a compliment...

This rich brioche type dough is not only for cinnamon rolls but also works with buns with sweet fillings such as custard or jam;) 

Cinnamon Roll Loaf

I made my regular Milk and Honey loaf dough with a good intention of making cinnamon rolls with it but instead ended up making a loaf...

When I wake up early in the morning to bake, my body is up but my brain is sometimes still left in bed, and that's what happened when I was making this bread. I made the cinnamon butter filling then spread it on the rolled out dough. Next thing I knew, I was folding it as I do when I make a marble loaf... By that time, I said to myself it would be like a big cinnamon roll and taste pretty much the same...

So that's how the Cinnamon Roll loaf was made! It was actually very nice. In a way a slice of this loaf was much easier to eat (especially for a little person, it's not as sticky as normal cinnamon rolls.)

The cinnamon butter filling is a great option for those who are avoiding sugar as I use honey instead of sugar. It can, of course, be used for usual cinnamon rolls, or spread it on a slice of toast and you will have an instant cinnamon roll toast! ;D

The cinnamon butter filling:

Butter 3 tbsp

Cinnamon 1 tsp

Honey 2 tsp

Mix well all the ingredients together.

Happy birthday to Pete

Happy birthday to Pete, Happy birthday to Pete, Happy birthday to Pete, Haaapy Biiirthday toooo Pete♪...

Today is my dad-in-law's birthday. Happy birthday, Pete ;)

I made a selection of breads and funny face biscuits for him. They were... "seedless raspberry jam bread", "chocolate bread", "purple grape bread" (have you seen how to make it?), apple and cinnamon roll, and birthday special... "Jumbo cinnamon roll"!

I hope he is enjoying those sweet buns and rolls with the birthday tea. ;D

Cinnamon Roll

Day 3 of the baking week. Here comes the Cinnamon Roll.

This sweet bun is popular in the Scandinavian countries. Specially in Sweden, 4 October is the day called "Kanelbullens dag (meaning "cinnamon roll day)". That must be the day I can eat those sweet buns like crazy...hummm, one of my sweet dreams....(See http://www.kanelbullensdag.se/).

With these rolls, I've spiced up the recipe a bit, and add peanuts butter and maple syrup.

Ingredients;

Strong flour 200g

Salt 1tsp

Sugar 15g

Dry yeast 7g

Egg 30g

Milk 90ml

Water 20ml

Butter 30g

Maple syrup 1tbsp

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Cinnamon powder 1tsp

Brow sugar 25g

Peanut butter 2tbsp

Butter 1tbsp

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Egg 20g

Water 10ml

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Icing sugar 50g

Lemon juice 2tsp

1. Mix strong flour and salt together in a large bowl. Warm up milk and water to the body warmth, and mix with yeast.

2. Add 30g of egg into the flour mixture, followed by the yeast mixture.

3. Knead the mixture until it becomes a soft dough.

4. Place 3 onto a floured surface, and knead well.

5. Knead in the butter and maple syrup. Continue kneading until the dough is smooth.

6. Put 5 back in the bowl and rest it in a warm place for 30 minutes to 1 hour to prove.

7. Punch the dough, reshape and rest it another 15 minutes.

8. Meanwhile make the fillings. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon powder together.

9. Mix peanut butter and butter together and microwave them to melt.

10. Roll out the dough into 1cm thick.

11. Spread the butter mixture on the dough, and then sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture on top.

12. Roll the dough towards you.

13. Cut 12 into 6 pieces and place on a baking tray. Rest it for 45 minutes to prove.

14. Pre-heat the oven to 190º. Mix 20g of egg and 10ml of water together. When the dough is proved, brush it with the Egg mixture.

15. Bake in the pre-heated oven (190º) for 30 minutes.

16. Cool the cinnamon roll. Mix icing sugar and lemon juice and pour on the cinnamon roll.