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Cinnamon Expresso Rolls

These rolls are beautiful and well flavored with sugar, cinnamon and expresso powder. They are not overly sweet and go very nicely with a cup of coffee.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Cutting and Shaping 15 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Rolls
Calories 479 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixer Kitchenaid

Ingredients
  

Brioche Dough

  • 475 g Bread Flour
  • 260 g Whole Milk
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 1 Large Egg Yolk (1 Egg + 1 Yolk)
  • 50 g Sugar
  • Tsp Cardamom (Optional - I excluded)
  • 9 g Salt
  • 6 g Instant Yeast
  • 90 g Unsalted butter (chilled)

Cinnamon Expresso Filling

  • 90 g Unsalted Butter Room Temp
  • 80 g Sugar
  • 4 tsp Cinnamon
  • 2.5 tsp Espresso Powder
  • tsp Cardamom (I used it here)
  • Salt - a pinch

Instructions
 

Make the dough the night before baking

  • Get out your scale and measure up the ingredients into your mixer bowl. (all except the butter.)
  • Use your dough hook and knead for about 10 minutes on low. (I used speed 3).
  • Once the dough is looking fairly good / mixed / beginning to get pliable - add in the chilled butter and knead more - for about 10 more minutes (again I used speed 3). (reminder - I added about 1 Tbl extra flour...you may need some extra also?)
  • Pull a piece of dough off - and flatten slightly. Pull the dough / stretch the dough - and see how thin you can get the interior of the dough. (Windowpane test) If quite see-through - dough is well kneaded. If it rips readily or doesn't pull nicely - knead another 5-10 minutes and recheck.
  • Cover the dough with a tea towel and let raise for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. I left mine out for 1.5 hours as it wasn't raising.
  • Place dough in a clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap and rest in the fridge overnight.

Make the Filling

  • Mix all the filling ingredients together and stir / ensure the filling is pliable and will be easy to spread.

Roll Out the Dough & Spread the filling

  • Roll the dough out to about 16X16 - and spread the filling as evenly as you can. (You may need a dusting of flour to help you roll / maneuver the dough)

Cut and Shape the Dough

  • Butter your Xlarge Cupcake Tin / Baking Pans. (makes 8 rolls)
  • Fold the dough in thirds, like a letter going into an envelope.
  • Cut the Dough into 2 inch strips (8 strips).
  • Cut each 2 inch strip into 4 thin strands. Place the 4 strands like a lattice (over under and then under/over). Then wrap two of the strands (over / under) - 4 times around. Then mixing the groups - wrap two of the strands (over / under) 4 more times. Gather up the dough by pushing the pretty center to the top and tuck under the bottom the strand ends. Place the roll into the Xlarge tins / baking pan.

Proof the rolls till doubled

  • I placed mine into the warming drawer (with sprayed plastic wrap) on lowest setting for 30 minutes. You could raise on the counter for 1 hr or more - depending on temp in your house.
  • Egg wash rolls just before baking.

Bake at 350℉ for 20 minutes

  • Bake until slightly brown and cooked through - internal bread temp ~ 190℉

Cool and Serve

    Notes

    Well - let's look at the good news.  There's 10 g of protein in each roll !!!!  :) 
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 479kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 10gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 463mgPotassium: 137mgFiber: 2gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 683IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 71mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Cinnamon, Expresso Powder
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