Maple Cinnamon Rolls -

Maple Cinnamon Rolls

Soft, fluffy and oh so tasty, these rolls are truly melt-in-your-mouth.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword maple cinnamon rolls,milk bread rolls

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 30

Rest and rise time. 2

Total Time 2 50

Servings

Calories 322kcal

Equipment

Baking Pan
Stand Mixer
Rolling Pin
Pastry Brush

Ingredients

Starter

½ c warm water
⅓ c bread flour
½ c warm milk

Dough

2⅔ c bread flour
¼ c granulated sugar
1 packet active dry yeast
1 lg egg
¾ c warm milk (reserve ¼ cup for brushing tops of rolls)
4 oz butter
1 tsp maple extract

Filling

8 tbsp butter (softened)
¾ c granulated sugar
3 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp maple extract

Maple Glaze

1 c powdered sugar
½ c sour cream
1 tsp maple extract

Instructions

Milk Bread Starter

Pour the ½ cup warm water into a small saucepan.
Add in ⅓ cup flour and whisk.
Add in ½ cup milk and whisk until smooth with no lumps.
Heat over medium heat until smooth and thickened like a slurry.
Remove from heat and cover with plastic wrap to cool. Press wrap against mixture to prevent scum from forming.

Roll Dough and Filling

Place ½ cup warm milk in a large mixing bowl. Add ½ tsp. of the sugar to the milk and stir. Sprinkle the yeast over the mixture and stir until dissolved. Allow mixture to sit for approx. 15 minutes to allow the yeast to activate. The mixture will be bubbly when it is ready.
Once the yeast mixture is ready, add the starter to it along with the remainder of the sugar, egg, flour and salt. Mix by hand until combined.
Using a dough hook, knead dough for about 5-minutes on low speed. Cut butter into four pieces and add to dough, one at a time, mixing with the dough hook between each addition. Turn the speed to medium and knead for about five more minutes. Dough should come together and begin to form a ball.
Place dough ball in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled (about 1-1½ hours,
Divide dough in two equal parts and roll each half to an approx. 8x20 inch rectangle.
Stir softened butter and maple extract until combined. Spread over surface of rectangle,
Combine cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle half over each buttered rectangle. Using your rolling pin, lightly roll across surface to press mixture into dough.
Starting at one long end, roll up into a log, gently pulling backwards during the process to help the roll to stay tight. Pinch seam together to seal.
Cut into 2-inch slices and place in a greased baking pan.
Repeat process with second half of dough.
Cover pans and let rise until doubled in a warm place.
Preheat oven to 350°.
Brush tops of risen rolls with the reserved ¼ cup of milk. Bake on center rack of oven for about 35 minutes, until golden brown. Cool in pan. until warm.
Ladle or pour maple icing over tops of rolls while still warm.

Maple Icing

Combine powdered sugar, sour cream and maple extract until smooth.

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