Cinnamon Bun Recipe

BUN Ingredients:
3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided. More may be needed.
1 tablespoon or one packet instant (rapid rise) Yeast
slightly more than 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup butter (half a stick)
1 egg

CINNAMON FILLING ingredients:
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed!
Some cinnamon

GLAZE (optional)
Confectioners sugar
water

Combine 2 and a quarter cups of the flour, yeast, salt, and sugar in a bowl. MELT the butter, and WARM the milk and water. Add all three of the warm ingredients at the same time. Mix this.

Add the egg, and some more of the flour, until it becomes a nice doughy texture, instead of a gooey slimy mess. Put this on a floured surface, and knead it for 5 minutes.

Cover it with a damp cloth (or damp paper towel) and leave it alone for 10 minutes

Meanwhile, combine the ingredients in the cinnamon filling. If you can smell the cinnamon without needing to put it up to your nose, then you have enough. The flavor comes out strongly, so be sure not to use too much cinnamon.

After those 10 minutes, flour a rolling pin, and roll the dough out so its about a quarter inch thick. Try and get it as close to a square or rectangle as possible.

Spread your cinnamon/sugar/butter mixture over the entire surface of the dough.

Roll the dough into a log shape, with the cinnamon on the inside, of course.

Cut slices about an inch to an inch and a half thick, depending on how large you want them. They expand a lot in the oven. Place them cut side up on a cookie sheet. Make sure to leave space between them. Maybe 3 or 4 inches. Cover them again with a damp cloth, and leave them alone for another 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, remove the damp cloth and put them in a COLD oven. Turn that oven to 350 degrees. If you put them in a hot oven, the sugar in the filling melts too quickly, and burns.

Wait until they're golden brown. When they are done, they look done. REMEMBER to take them OFF the cookie sheet IMMEDIATELY. Some of the sugar will have melted on the pan, and if you don't take them off while they're still very hot, the melted sugar will harden again, and they wont come off.

They're wonderful without glaze, but if you feel like it, just mix about a half cup of confectioners sugar with about a teaspoon of water. Maybe more water if its REALLY thick, or more sugar if it's not, but probably not.

But really, the glaze is unnecessary. They're lovely.