Cinnamon Swirls

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Proofing 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes

Equipment

  • 2 baking trays
  • Dough scraper

Ingredients
  

The Dough

  • 120 ml mik
  • 1 large egg
  • 335 g plain flour
  • 7 g Fast Action Dried Yeast
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 70 g granulated sugar
  • 60 g butter at room temperature

Filling

  • 75 g butter at room temperature
  • 45 g brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp ground almond
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 60 ml honey or golden syrup
  • 90 g sultanas

Icing

  • 80 g icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • ½ tsp vanilla essence

Instructions
 

Mix the dough ingredients

  • use a stand mixer with dough hook for about 7 minutes; in a Bread Machine dough setting; or by hand and knead.
  • Leave to rise in bowl covered with a cloth for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours

Mix the filling

  • Put all the ingredients except the sultanas into a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until smooth.
  • Add the sultanas and mix through

Make the swirls

  • Prepare a baking tray, lightly dusting with flour. It will not be baked in this tray.
  • Prepare a 2nd baking tray by dusting with flour. This will be the one going in the oven
  • Tip the risen dough on to the baking tray and spread out evenly over the tray.
  • Spread the filling evenly over the entire width but leaving about 2 cm from the each of the long edges.
  • Roll up the dough and filling, like a swiss roll, by the long edge
  • Cut the dough with metal dough scraper into slices about 15-20mm thick and place on the 2nd baking tray (you may need 2 trays)
  • Cover the swirls and leave to rise. This could take 2 to 3 hours

Bake

  • Bake in fan oven 180C for 15 mins
  • Place on a cooling rack.
  • Mix the ingredients for the icing and drizzle over the swirls
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