Cinnamon Twirls

I made these for Dan for his birthday, he has a thing about cinnamon swirls!

I hope you like them Xx

For the dough i used my breadmaker and then cooked them in the oven once i'd added all the yum stuff.

Ingredients

1 cup + 1 Tbls water
1 tsp salt
3 tsp sugar
4 cups plain flour
2 eggs
3 Tbsp of butter softened
2 1/2 tsp yeast

Filling
3 Tbsp melted butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp cinnamon

Add ingredients to breadmaker pan in order listed, put it onto the dough setting. Once the dough is ready, roll into a rectangle approx 30cm x 40cm (don't forget to put flour down on your board otherwise it could be a bit of a sticky situation). Brush dough with softened butter then sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over the top so it's all covered, i also added in some chopped dates for extra treatiness.

Starting with one of the ends that is longest roll dough up into a log. Once rolled cut into roughly 16 pieces. Place into greased baking tin/cake tin/something with edges (i actually used muffin tins but they got a bit cramped in there) press down gently on them, so that all their sides are touching.

Cover with a tea towel and leave in a warm place to rise for 20 minutes.

Bake at 180 for about 20-25 mins. They should look golden and puffy and wonderful. Let them cool on a cooling rack and then if you like you can glaze them for extra wow.

Glaze
1 cup icing sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1-2 Tbsp milk

Mix together until smooth, drizzle over the top! Xx