Cinnamon buns with mascarpone icing

Ingredients

• Dough:
• plain flour – 550 g
• water – 150 ml
• milk – 150 ml
• butter – 70 g
• eggs – 1 pc
• sugar – 70 g
• dried yeast – 7 g
• sunflower oil – 70 g
• Filling:
• cocoa – 2 tbsp
• cinnamon – 1 tsp
• butter – 50 g
• Icing:
• mascarpone – 150 g
• milk – 70 ml
• icing sugar – 70 g

Method

1. Step 1

   Stir yeast and sugar into the flour. Add butter, 1 egg, water and milk; whisk. Add the oil and knead to a smooth dough.

   
2. Step 2

   Put the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with cling film and leave 1 hour, until doubled.

   
3. Step 3

   Oil the worktop, turn out the dough, shape a ball, then roll into a square about 5 mm thick.

   
4. Step 4

   Soften (don’t fully melt) the butter and spread it over the dough. Mix sugar, cinnamon and cocoa and scatter over, leaving a 1 cm strip on one side.

   
5. Step 5

   Roll up, enclosing the filling.

   
6. Step 6

   Cut into 1 cm slices and set on a tray lined with baking parchment.

   
7. Step 7

   Bake at 180°C for 25–30 minutes. Check with a skewer; adjust for your oven.

   
8. Step 8

   Meanwhile whisk or blend mascarpone, milk and icing sugar to a smooth icing.

   
9. Step 9

   Brush the hot buns with icing, cool on the tray, then eat — chocolate, cinnamon and a curd-cheese icing.

   
10. Step 10

    Bon appetit!