Kanilsnúðar

Cinnamon rolls

Cinnamon rolls are apparently a typically northern European specialty; you can find them as “kanilsnúðar” in Iceland, as “kanelsneklen” in Norway or as “kanelbullar” in Sweden (or at Ikea). In Sweden, Kanelbullens dag , “Cinnamon Roll Day”, has been celebrated every year on October 4th since 1999 - probably to the delight of the local baking industry.

It is said that in Iceland it used to be common practice when inviting people to a coffee party that the visitor was allowed to eat at least one of the quite filling cinnamon rolls before helping themselves to the delicious cakes or other pastries.

Here is a recipe version for the “kanilsnúðar”, which is very popular with my children and is generally also suitable for people with lactose intolerance:

Ingredients

850 g spelled flour type 650

1 tsp salt

150 g brown sugar

1 pack of dry yeast

500 ml lukewarm oat milk

150 g melted margarine

some flour for the work surface

filling

90 g brown sugar

20 g cinnamon

8g cardamom

Preparation

If possible, mix the dry ingredients thoroughly in a metal bowl with a wooden spoon, then add the melted butter and lukewarm oat milk and mix the whole thing into a smooth dough. Then cover well with a clean tea towel and place the bowl in hot water, traditionally in the plugged sink - but be careful that the bowl doesn't tip over! Let the yeast dough rise in the warmth for at least half an hour.

Then take the dough out of the bowl in portions, knead it well again and then roll it out into a square about 1 cm thick on a work surface dusted with flour.

For the filling, mix the sugar, cinnamon and cardamom vigorously and sprinkle the rolled out dough with it.

Then roll up the dough from the top edge and then cut the dough roll into slices about 1 cm thick.

Bake in a preheated oven at around 350 °F (180 °C) for a good 20 minutes until the cinnamon rolls are pleasantly browned.

Photo from 2014

I usually make around 40 small cinnamon rolls per recipe, which keep well in an airtight container for several days - if the children haven't eaten them long before!

Photo from 2018

Bon appetit!

Photo from 2018

[Translated from here.]