Pecan & Pumpkin Cinnamon Buns (Bread Machine) Halloween Spec
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Ready In: 48 mins
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Buns
- 1 1⁄4 cups warm milk (300ml)
- 1 cup cooked mashed butternut squash (alternatively Sweet Potato or Pumpkin)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups bread flour (580g)
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Filling
- 1⁄2 cup butter, to spread on rolled out dough (120ml)
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped pecan nuts
- 1⁄2 cup tightly packed brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Icing topping
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped pecan nuts
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- hot water, to make a liquid icing
Directions
- Method for Buns:
- 1. Place flour, sugar, cinnamon, yeast, salt and butter in the pan of your bread machine.
- 2. Mix milk, butternut and eggs together and pour this on top of dry ingredients and butter already in your bread machine pan.
- 3. Select the dough cycle of your machine according to your manufacturer's directions (about 2hours), (alternatively you can mix by hand, kneading and allowing time to rise).
- 4. When cycle is complete, remove dough to a lightly floured board and punch down.
- 5. Line a baking tray about 9 x 12 x 2 with butter.
- 6. Mix together the dry ingredients for the filling (pecan nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon) and put to one side.
- 7. Roll the dough out to form a rectangle about 18 x 12 inch's.
- 8. Spread the 120ml of butter from the filling evenly on the one side of the rolled out dough.
- 9. Evenly spread the filling ingredients (pecan nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon) over the buttered dough rectangle and roll up from the shortest side to make a cylinder of rolled up dough.
- 10. Divide the rolled up dough by cutting it into 12 equal pieces and place these in the baking sheet 3 rows of 4. .
- 11. Now cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled (about 40mins to 1 hour).
- 12. Bake at 160°C or 350°F for 18 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
- 13. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 mins before topping with the icing.
- Method for Icing:
- 1. In a bowl mix together the icing sugar, finely chopped pecan nuts and ground cinnamon and pour in a few teaspoons of warm boiled water to get a stiff liquid consistency.
- 2. Pour a tablespoon of the icing liquid on top of each bun and allow it to cool and the icing to set.
- 3.Enjoy with a cuppa.
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