Norwegian Cinnamon Buns

Name: Norwegian Cinnamon Buns
Yield: Makes 20
Cuisine: Norway
Ingredients: 1 egg, beaten, to glaze; 1 egg, beaten, to glaze; 100 g sugar; 600 g flour; 21 g (3 sachets – yes, really) of easy-blend yeast or 45 g fresh yeast; ½ teaspoon salt; 100 g butter; 21 g (3 sachets – yes, really) of easy-blend yeast or 45 g fresh yeast; 2 eggs; 400 ml milk; 150 g soft, unsalted butter; 150 g soft, unsalted butter; 1½ teaspoons cinnamon; 150 g sugar

Preparation info

Makes
20

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

How to be a Domestic Goddess

By Nigella Lawson

Published 1998

About

The Northern Europeans, and especially the Scandinavians, are wonderful bakers and eating these for breakfast or tea on a cold winter’s day makes one feel ours is a climate to be grateful for. But then, I’ve always thought that bad weather has its compensations, most of them culinary.

Ingredients

For the Dough

600 g flour
100 g sugar
½ teaspoo

Europe
Norway
Norwegian
Breakfast
Nordic
Vegetarian
Winter

Method

Preheat the oven to 230°C/gas mark 8.

Combine the flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Melt the butter and whisk it into the milk and eggs, then stir it into the flour mixture. Mix to combine and then knead the dough either by hand or using the dough hook of a food mix