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Cinnamon Cruffins

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Croissant dough baked as a muffin with a cinnamon swirl, rolled in cinnamon sugar. Crisp, flaky pastry with a buttery and fluffy interior. The perfect way to start your morning!

Ingredients

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Dough

  • 500g Bread flour (3 3/4 cup)
  • 55g White sugar (1/4 cup)
  • 5g Salt (1 1/2 tsp)
  • 130g Water (1/2 cup 2 tsp)
  • 130g Whole milk (1/2 cup)
  • 50g Unsalted butter (I), softened (1/4 cup)
  • 10g Instant yeast (2 1/4 tsp)

Butter Block

  • 250g Unsalted butter (II), softened (1 cup 2 tbsp)

Cinnamon Sugar

  • 200g White sugar (1 cup)
  • 1 tbsp Ground cinnamon 

Assembly

  • 20g Unsalted butter, melted (1 1/2 tbs)

Instructions

Dough

  1. Combine flour, sugar, salt and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix to combine
  2. Add water and milk to the flour mix on low until the dough comes together into a rough ball
  3. Add the butter, increase speed to medium-high and continue to mix for 10 minutes
  4. The dough should be smoother and more elastic, but not completely smooth
  5. Remove dough, grease bowl and cover with cling wrap 
  6. Place in the fridge to proof overnight, or a minimum of 6 hours

Butter Block

  1. Fold a large sheet of baking paper into a 20 x 15cm rectangle 
  2. Add the butter to the centre of the baking paper and fold up the rectangle to enclose the butter
  3. Using a rolling pin roll the butter into the shape of the baking paper, making sure to get into the corners as well
  4. Place the butter in the fridge to set for 30-45 minutes. The butter should be chilled and firm, but not rock solid

Cinnamon Sugar

  1. Add sugar and cinnamon to a bowl, whisk to combine

Assembly

  1. Remove your dough from the fridge and roll out into a rectangle that will enclose your butter block (see illustrated image above)
  2. Fold the corners of the dough in and pinch the edges to fully enclose the butter in the dough
  3. Flip the dough so the edges face the benchtop and roll the dough out into a 20 x 60cm rectangle
  4. Flip the dough over again so the edges face up and perform a single fold by visually dividing the dough into thirds and folding the top and bottom third into the centre (see illustration above)
  5. Cover in cling wrap and place in the fridge for 20 minutes
  6. Remove from fridge and roll out into a 20 x 60cm rectangle
  7. Perform a double fold by visually dividing the dough into fourths and folding the top and bottom forth towards the centre line, then fold in half (see illustration above)
  8. Cover in cling wrap and place in the fridge for 20 minutes
  9. Remove from fridge and roll into a 20 x 60 cm rectangle 
  10. Perform a single fold again (see step 4)
  11. Cover in cling wrap and place in the fridge for 45 minutes
  12. Grease 10 holes of a muffin/cupcake tray
  13. Remove from fridge and roll into a 25 x 40cm rectangle
  14. Brush the dough with melted butter
  15. Sprinkle with 1/3rd of the cinnamon sugar, pressing the sugar into the dough
  16. Trim the edges, then cut the dough into ten 4cm strips
  17. Roll them into swirls
  18. Place each swirl into a cavity and cover the tray loosely with cling wrap
  19. Leave at room temperature to proof for 1-2 hours, until puffy and 1.5X in size (the layers will begin to separate)
  20. Preheat the oven to 190C / 375F
  21. Bake the cruffins for 18-20 minutes, until puffed and golden brown
  22. Remove from oven and unmould (I use a fork to pull them out of the tray)
  23. Immediately roll in the cinnamon sugar 
  24. Enjoy!

Notes

These taste best freshly baked as they are crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside. If enjoying once cooled pop them in an oven at 200C / 390F for 10 minutes, or an airfryer!

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