Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese Glaze

You should probably go ahead and make two batches of these Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese Glaze. Your neighbours are definitely going to come around making random small talk just to get an invitation to taste what they’re smelling.

These amazing buns are the right balance of flaky and fluffy with an amazing cream cheese glaze that has a hint of citrus notes.

Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese Glaze

Try our cinnamon buns recipe for a delightful treat. Soft, fluffy, and topped with creamy glaze for the perfect indulgence.

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Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Caribbean, Tobago, Trinidad

Keyword: baking

Servings: 10

Author: baidawi

Ingredients

Dough

• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• ½ cup of granulated sugar
• 2 ½ tsp of instant yeast
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 ½ ounces of melted unsalted butter
• 1 egg at room temperature
• ¼ cup warm full cream milk
• ½ cup of warm water

Cinnamon Filling

• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup of granulated sugar
• 1 ½ tbsp. of ground cinnamon
• 3 ½ ounces of unsalted butter

Cream Cheese Glaze

• 4 ounces of softened cream cheese
• 2 ounces of unsalted butter
• 2 cups of icing sugar
• 1 tbsp. ricotta or mascarpone cheese
• Zest of one lime orange or lemon can be used as well

Instructions

Cinnamon Buns

• Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl.
• In a large bowl, combine the milk, water, egg and melted butter.
• Dump dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir to form a sticky ball.
• Transfer dough onto a well-floured surface and gently knead for 2 minutes or until the dough is soft and no longer sticky.
• Transfer dough into a lightly greased bowl and loosely cover with a tea towel or plastic wrap.
• Let rest in a warm, dry place, away from any direct sunlight for 20 minutes.
• For the filling, mix softened butter, cinnamon and sugars together to form a paste. Set aside.
• After the dough has rested for 20 minutes, transfer onto floured surface.
• Using a lightly floured rolling pin, gently roll out dough into a rectangular shape, about ¼ inch in thickness.
• Evenly spread filling onto dough.
• Gently roll the dough into itself, forming a log/cylinder shape.
• Cut dough into 10 even pieces and place into greased baking dish, lined with wax paper.
• Loosely cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 1 hour or until buns have doubled in size.
• Bake in oven at 350F for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Add glaze to warm buns and enjoy!

Cream Cheese Glaze

• Using an electric mixer or by hand, combine softened butter and cream cheese.
• Gently fold in icing sugar, in two separate additions.
• Beat in ricotta/mascarpone cheese.
• Fold in lime fresh zest.

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