Honey Cinnamon Buns With Cream Cheese Frosting

MizEmerilLagasse's Note:

What a great recipe!! I'm so proud of myself for making this! It started out with a friend of mine asking me to make her some cinnamon buns for her husband, note that I normally use other peoples recipes, so I decided to finally make my own. And guess what! They were great! What a wonderful thing to take to work with you too. Thank you for trying them. ENJOY!

• Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 24 hrs
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 15 cinnamo ...

Buttermilk Dough

• 1/2 cup milk, warmed to about 110 degrees
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Filling

• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 5 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons Dark Karo syrup or 2 tablespoons light Karo syrup
• 1 tablespoon honey

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 5 tablespoons cream cheese
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup buttermilk

Directions:

1. In a medium sized mixing bowl stir together the warm milk, yeast, and teaspoon of honey.
2. Let stand for 5 minutes or until foamy.
3. Add the egg, 1/4 cup honey, and buttermilk and stir until combined.
4. Stir in the salt and flour until the dough forms a ball and pulls away from the edges.
5. Place in a greased bowl, flipping dough once to coat both sides, cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 1 hour.
6. Place dough in the refrigerater and let rise over night.
7. In the morning, in a small bowl, stir together all the filling ingreidents and set aside.
8. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and punch down.
9. Roll the dough out on a lightly flour surfuse until it is an 1/8-1/4 of an inch thin RECTANGLE.
10. Spread the butter cinnamon mixture evenly over the top of it and roll it long ways in a jelly roll form.
11. Cut off the ends and then cut into 1 inch slices.
12. Place slices slightly apart in a 9"-13" baking dish, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise for about 1-1 1/2 hours.
13. Preheat oven to 350F and baking for 10-15 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
14. In the meantime, in a small bowl, stir together the cream cheese and the powdered suger then stir in the buttermilk, set aside.
15. After baking the cinnamon rolls, remove them from the oven and let them stand for 10 minutes before spreading on the frosting.
16. **Youcan make an orange frosting for these buns by changing the buttermilk to 3 tablespoons orange juice and adding 1/2 teaspoon finely grated orange zest.
17. Serving Suggestions: Coffee, tea, oatmeal, coke (hehehe).

Reviews

[alijen]

Oh my gosh!!! These are amazing! I am obsessed with cinnamon and try every recipe with it included. I didn't have karo syrup, so I just added more honey. They were wonderful, but next time I'll make fewer because the temptation is too great! Oh, and I made the orange frosting instead- really complemented the honey. Thanks for a great recipe!