Gooey cinnamon buns (Cinnabon copycat)

I was browsing through my blog tags the other day and I realized that I have FOURTY-FIVE recipes with cinnamon in it!

Can you tell I really love my cinnamon?

And my favorite way to have it has to be in the form of Gooey cinnamon buns.

I mean, what could be better than sinking your teeth into a warm soft fluffy roll with swirls of sweet gooey cinnamon in the middle?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

ESPECIALLY, if it’s got a blanket of spiced glaze on top!

And nothing beats the smell of gooey cinnamon buns baking in the oven.

I swear those little guys were just taunting me from the oven…just creeping up higher and higher within the baking pan so that they could see my misery from afar.

But I was the one who got the last laugh because I got to take a big ol’ bite out (almost) each and every one of them 🙂

Sometimes I like to pretend I’m lady like and eat them with a fork. I end up doing that for a good two bites and then think to myself “oh who am I kidding” before diving into it face first.

How do you all eat your cinnamon buns?

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Ingredients

• 2 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm milk of choice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups bread flour (all purpose works as well)
• pinch of salt

• 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

glaze: 1 cup icing sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon milk of choice

Method

1. In a large bowl, combine the milk, yeast and brown sugar. Mix everything together and let it rest for 8 minutes until it begins to foam. Add in the oil.
2. Sift in the salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and bread flour. Add in the yeast mixture and stir until a dough forms.
3. Knead the dough for 15 – 20 minutes on a lightly floured surface until elastic. Return the dough into the large bowl and cover it with a tea towel. Place the dough in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours until it doubles in size.
4. When the dough is ready, punch it down on a lightly floured surface.
5. Roll the dough out into a rectangle and spread the melted coconut oil/butter on top. Then sprinkle on the cinnamon and brown sugar on top and roll it up into a log. Slice the log into 1″ thick slices for the buns. Let the rolls rise for 1 hour.
6. When the buns have risen, bake them in the oven at 350F for 25 – 30 minutes until golden brown.