Cinnamon Baking: 10 Easy Recipes

Cinnamon is credited with miraculous properties - it will lift your spirits and help you lose weight. We guarantee delicious pastries with an incredible cinnamon flavor.

Cinnamon is credited with miraculous properties - it will lift your spirits and help you lose weight. We guarantee delicious pastries with an incredible cinnamon flavor. On a winter afternoon, a cup of tea or coffee with a fluffy bun is exactly what you need for a delicious break. See recipes and repeat in the kitchen.

1. Quick puff pastry cinnamon rolls

 

These buns can be prepared in half an hour! While the oven is heating up, you already sprinkle the finished dough with cinnamon and sugar and cut out the blanks. And it only takes 15 minutes to bake.

Ingredients:

400 g of ready-made puff pastry (yeast or yeast-free); 50 g of sugar; 15 g cinnamon; egg for brushing.

Defrost the dough in advance on a floured table. Then sprinkle the dough layer with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. Roll up the roll and cut into thick pieces.

Idea! Ready-made buns can be poured with icing from curd cheese whipped with powdered sugar (mascarpone type). Yummy!

 

Spread the blanks on a baking sheet covered with parchment, and grease with a beaten egg using a pastry brush.

Bake for 15 minutes at a temperature of 190-200 degrees.

2. Buns with pumpkin and honey

 

Pumpkin puree is made from thawed pumpkin slices punched with a blender. A pumpkin prepared in this way will always come in handy!

Ingredients:

200 g pumpkin puree; 500 g flour; 11 g dry yeast (or 33 g fresh); 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon and ground ginger; egg; 50 g butter; 3 art. l. honey; 80 ml of warm water; a pinch of salt.

For greasing buns 1 tbsp. l. melted butter and liquid honey.

Dissolve yeast in warm water. In another large bowl, mix flour with cinnamon, ginger and salt. In another bowl, mix pumpkin puree with honey and egg.

Make a hole in the flour, pour in the yeast and pumpkin mass. Knead the dough, adding melted and slightly chilled butter in the process. Leave the dough under the towel for an hour.

After an hour, with oiled hands, divide the dough into 12 parts, form balls from them and put them on a parchment-lined baking sheet at a short distance from each other. Leave for another 20 minutes, and then bake in a hot oven at 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

While still hot, brush the buns with a mixture of honey and melted butter. Ready!

3. Yeast buns "Golden"

 

In the dough for buns, add 1/2 tsp. turmeric or saffron and they turn bright gold! And we will also flavor pastries with your favorite dried fruits - dried cranberries, cherries or raisins.

Ingredients:

500 g flour; 180 ml of milk; 1/2 tsp saffron or turmeric; 7 g of dry fast-acting yeast; 50 g of sugar; 2 pinches of salt; 1/3 tsp cinnamon; 55 g butter; 60 ml sour cream 20 percent; raisins / dried cherries / dried cranberries to taste; 3 eggs (one for brushing) 

Bring milk, sugar and turmeric (or saffron) to a boil in a saucepan, then cool to 40 degrees (the mixture should be warm). Melt the butter, drain slightly and beat in a bowl with a whisk with two eggs and sour cream. 

In a large bowl, combine both mixtures - milk and egg, add salt, cinnamon, yeast and add flour in parts, mixing each time. Knead a firm and slightly sticky dough with a food processor or with your hands, cover with a towel and leave for an hour and a half.

Then divide the dough into 16 pieces, roll each into a sausage (20 cm long) and place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet in the shape of the English letter S. Put dried berries in the center of the curls, brush the blanks with a beaten egg. leave for 20 minutes and then bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.

4. Fragrant buns

 

Let's make buns with almond flour, cinnamon, cardamom and nuts. If you do not have almond flour, then you can simply grind the roasted almonds in a coffee grinder.

Buns Ingredients:

350 g flour; 200 g sugar (100 g for the dough and 100 g for the filling); egg; 150 ml of milk; 20 g fresh yeast; 50 g almond flour; 100 g butter at room temperature; a pinch of salt; a pinch of grated almonds; 1 tsp ground cinnamon and cardamom; a handful of almond flakes or other chopped nuts.

For brushing egg, 1 tbsp. l. melted butter and 2 tbsp. l. milk.

In a bowl, mix a tablespoon of sugar, yeast and half a glass of warm milk. Put in heat until a foam cap appears.

Sift the flour into a bowl, make a well in the center, pour in the yeast, milk, add 100 g of sugar and break the egg. Knead a sticky dough, cover with cling film and leave warm for 40 minutes.

Let's prepare the filling. To do this, combine soft butter, 100 g of sugar, almond flour, cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg. Mix well.

Punch down the dough. Roll out on a table greased with vegetable oil into a layer, 1/2 cm thick. Then spread the almond filling evenly, cut into small strips and wrap with a spiral.

 

Roll the spirals into a snail and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Lubricate the blanks with a beaten egg with butter and milk and sprinkle with nuts. We will bake the buns for about 20 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. Enjoy!

5. Oatmeal cookies

 

Soft, crispy, flavorful. These cookies melt in your mouth and are especially good with warm tea or milk. Let's see the recipe!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups oatmeal; a glass of wheat flour; egg; 100 g of sugar; 100 g butter at room temperature; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp baking powder.

Optionally, you can add any nuts or seeds to the dough.

Whisk butter, cinnamon and sugar in a bowl. Beat in the egg, beat again. Then add the sifted flour with baking powder in parts, knead the dough.

Spread small cakes on a baking sheet covered with parchment, then send to the oven preheated to 190 degrees for 20 minutes until golden brown.

6. Buns with nut filling

 

This filling is also perfect for ready-made puff pastry, if you don’t want to mess with yeast. We have walnuts, but you can choose any favorite.

Dough Ingredients:

500 g flour; 75 g of sugar; a pinch of salt; 20 g fresh yeast; 250 ml of milk; 75 g butter; 2 tbsp. l. vegetable refined oil; egg yolk for greasing buns.

Filling Ingredients:

200 g nuts; 100 g of sugar; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 50 g butter.

Dissolve yeast, sugar and salt in warm milk. Add the egg, melted and slightly chilled butter, vegetable oil. Stir and add the sifted flour in portions. Knead soft dough. Put the bun in a bowl, cover with cling film and leave warm for an hour and a half.

For the filling, fry the nuts (we have walnuts) in a dry frying pan, crush in a chop or twist through a meat grinder. Add soft butter, cinnamon, sugar to the nuts, mix.

 

Punch down the dough and roll it out on a floured board into a rectangle. Spread the filling evenly over the dough. Now fold the edges towards the center so that one edge is on top of the other. Cut the dough into strips and then twist them a couple of times. Lay out on a baking sheet lined with parchment.

 

Lubricate the blanks with a beaten egg, leave warm for 20 minutes. Then bake for 20-25 minutes at 200 degrees. Ready!

7. Buns "Cinnabon"

 

Soft pastry, caramel filling, sweet cream fudge and cinnamon flavor - all these are Cinnabon's most popular pastries.

Dough Ingredients:

540 g flour; 280 ml of milk; 60 g butter; egg; 80 g of sugar; 2/3 tsp salt; 20 g fresh yeast; 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar.

Filling Ingredients:

60 g butter; 180 g of sugar; 4 tsp ground cinnamon.

Fondant:

50 ml of milk; 250 g cream cheese; 60 g of powdered sugar; 1 st. l. lemon juice.

Dissolve a teaspoon of sugar and yeast in warm milk, mix and leave until a foam cap appears. Then add sugar, vanilla sugar, beaten egg, salt and melted and slightly cooled butter. Introduce the sifted flour in portions, knead a homogeneous smooth dough (by the way, you may need more or less flour; the dough should be soft and stick a little to your hands).

Put the bun of the finished dough in a bowl, tighten with cling film and leave for an hour, then punch down and leave warm for another 30-40 minutes.

Roll out the dough into a large layer, 7 mm thick. Let's prepare the filling. Lubricate the layer with a thin layer of butter, sprinkle with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon.

 

Wrap the layer in a tight roll and cut into pieces, 5 cm wide. Place the rolls in a greased baking dish with the cut down (and up), leave for 20 minutes. Bake for about half an hour at a temperature of 180 degrees until golden brown. 

Top the finished buns with a fondant of whipped cream cheese, milk, powdered sugar and lemon juice. Enjoy!

8. Braids with poppy

 

We are preparing two types of buns - delicate airy braids with poppy seeds and fragrant cinnamon. There will be no indifferent for sure!

Ingredients:

500 g of premium flour; 130 ml of milk; 4 tbsp. l. Sahara; 4 egg yolks; 100 g butter at room temperature; 10 g vanilla sugar; 2 tbsp. l cinnamon and sugar for the filling; 1 tsp dry yeast.

Ingredients for poppy seed filling:

100 g poppy; 50 ml of milk; 2 tbsp. l. Sahara.

Sift flour into a large bowl, add sugar, vanilla sugar, dry yeast.

Lightly beat the eggs with a whisk and mix with warm milk. Pour the mixture into the flour and stir. Add oil and knead to a soft dough. Roll into a ball and place in a bowl, cover with cling film. Leave the dough for 1.5 hours.

We prepare the poppy filling in this way. Grind poppy seeds in a coffee grinder, mix in a saucepan with milk and sugar, bring to a boil, stirring, then cool. For the cinnamon filling, mix cinnamon and sugar.

 

Punch down the dough, divide into pieces the size of an egg. Roll each piece into an oval. Put the poppy seed filling on half of the ovals, brush the other half with melted butter and lay out the cinnamon filling. Roll each oval into a roll, then go along the center with a knife, cutting the dough to the filling. Twist the flagellum. Then roll into a circle.

Put the buns on a baking sheet covered with parchment and leave for 20 minutes, and then bake in the oven at a temperature of 180-190 degrees for 25 minutes or until cooked. Enjoy!

9. Carrot cake with nuts and dried fruits

 

Bright, moist, juicy! Such a pie can be supplemented with dried berries, nuts, candied fruits, dried fruits. 

Ingredients:

210 g flour; 3 eggs; 60 g sugar; 1 g vanillin; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 40 g butter; 60 ml of vegetable oil; 2 tbsp. l. honey; 1 tsp dough baking powder; large carrot; 50 g raisins; 70 g dried apricots; orange; 50 g walnuts.

In a bowl, beat eggs with honey and sugar, pour in vegetable oil and melted and slightly cooled butter. Add peeled grated carrots, chopped nuts, orange juice and zest, chopped dried apricots and raisins. Stir and add the mixture of flour, cinnamon, vanilla and baking powder. Mix again until smooth. Pour the dough into a greased form and bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes until a toothpick is dry at a temperature of 180 degrees. In the slow cooker, select the "Baking" mode and bake until the beep, then leave the cake for another 10 minutes on heating. Sprinkle the finished cake with powdered sugar. Enjoy!

10. Open apple pie

 

Soft yeast dough, apple filling and condensed milk sauce! Be sure to try this cake!

Ingredients:

220 g flour; 180 ml of water; 1 tsp dry fast acting yeast; 4 tbsp. l. Sahara; a pinch of salt; 1 st. l. vegetable oil; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1 g vanillin; lingonberries or cranberries to taste (frozen will do); 4 tbsp. l. condensed milk.

Dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water. Then add flour, vanilla, cinnamon and salt, mix. Pour in vegetable oil and knead a soft and slightly sticky dough. Shape into a ball, place in a bowl and cover with cling film. Leave for an hour to come.

After an hour, roll out to the size of the form, lay out, forming the sides. Cover with a towel and leave for another 20 minutes. During this time, cut the apples into thin slices. Lay the apples on the dough in a circle with an overlap, sprinkle with cranberries or lingonberries. You can sprinkle a little sugar if the apples are sour. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180 degrees. Pour the finished hot pie with condensed milk.