The perfect sweet roll dough base for any kind of bread roll, whether that be chocolate, jam, or cinnamon this base recipe can do anything!
Author:Catherine Zhang
Prep Time:40 minutes
Cook Time:20 minutes
Total Time:1 hour
Yield:12 Rolls 1x
Category:Bread
Method:Intermediate
Cuisine:American
Ingredients
Scale
Bread Dough
530 g Plain flour (3 3/4 cups)
100 g Granulated sugar (1/2 cups)
1 tbsp Instant yeast
3 Large eggs
120 g Water (1/2 cup)
1 tsp Salt
150 g Unsalted butter, cubed and room temperature (2/3 cup)
Fillings
1/4 cup Chocolate hazelnut spread, i.e. Nutella
1/4 cup Raspberry jam, homemade or storebought
Cinnamon filling, see below
Cinnamon filling
60g Unsalted butter (1/4 cup), softened
1 tbsp Cinnamon powder
60g Brown sugar (1/3 cup)
Icing
25g Icing sugar (1/4 cup)
2 tsp Milk
Instructions
Bread Dough
Combine the flour, sugar and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer fixed with a dough hook and combine
Add the eggs and water and mix on medium until the dough comes together
Continue to mix for 5 minutes until the dough is smooth
Add salt, then the butter one cube at a time until fully incorporated, and knead the dough until it starts to come away from the sides of the bowl. The dough should be smooth and elastic
Oil a medium-sized bowl and place the dough in it, cover with cling wrap, and place in a warm spot for 1-2 hours or until doubled in size
Cinnamon Filling
Combine the softened butter, cinnamon powder, and brown sugar together in a medium-sized bowl and whisk together until well combined.
Assembly
Turn the proofed dough out onto a floured surface and press out the built-up air
Divide the dough into three portions (if you wish to create just one kind of bread roll, triple the amount of your desired filling and use that for all the rolls)
Roll each portion out into a large rectangle and spread over the fillings
Roll, braid or swirl the buns up, each of the three portions should create 4 buns (see the linked Instagram reel on how to shape the buns)
Place on two large baking trays lined with baking paper, cover with cling wrap and proof for 30 minutes to 1 hour, or until doubled in size
Preheat the oven to 170C (340F) and bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown. An inserted toothpick should emerge clean of any dough.
Remove and cool completely
Icing
If you would like to ice any of your rolls, combine the icing sugar and milk together in a small bowl
Adjust the icing by adding more icing sugar if too runny and more milk if too thick
Transfer to a piping bag and drizzle over the rolls