Giant Cinnamon Bun
By Good Food team · bbcgoodfood.com
3 hrs (mostly rising and baking)
A single oversized spiral cinnamon bun made by rolling four strips of dough together, filled with cinnamon sugar and butter, then drizzled with icing.
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| prepButter a 20 cm springform or loose-bottomed cake tin | ||||||||||
| prepPreheat oven to 200°C / 390°F (180°C / 355°F fan) | ||||||||||
| vegetable oil for the bowl | Place in oiled bowl, cover, rise 1 hr until doubled | Knock air from dough, rest 5 min, roll to 30×50 cm | Spread filling over dough rectangle completely | Cut into 4 strips, roll & spiral together into 1 bun | Transfer to tin, cover, rise 45–60 min until 1/3 higher | Bake 200°C / 390°F (180°C / 355°F fan), 50–60 min | Cool in tin, remove, drizzle icing, cool on rack | |||
| 200 ml milk | Heat milk & butter until melted, cool to warm | Pour warm milk mixture & egg, combine by hand | Knead on floured surface 10 min until springy | |||||||
| 50 g butter, softened, plus extra for the tin | ||||||||||
| 450 g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting | Mix flour, yeast, cinnamon, sugar & salt in bowl | |||||||||
| 7 g sachet fast-action dried yeast | ||||||||||
| 1 tsp ground cinnamon | ||||||||||
| 75 g golden caster sugar | ||||||||||
| 1 egg, beaten | ||||||||||
| 200 g light brown soft sugar | Beat filling ingredients with pinch of salt | |||||||||
| 150 g butter, softened | ||||||||||
| 2 tbsp ground cinnamon | ||||||||||
| 100 g icing sugar | Whisk icing sugar, vanilla & water until loose | |||||||||
| ¼ tsp vanilla extract | ||||||||||
| 3 tbsp water | ||||||||||
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