Kanilsnúðarstjarna

Cinnamon Roll Star

Cinnamon rolls are pretty ubiquitous in Icelandic cuisine. This is, so to speak, a "hardcore version" of the classic cinnamon rolls, this "star" made of cinnamon roll dough.

Ingredients

75 g margarine
1 egg
100 g brown sugar
300 ml milk
1 pinch of salt
1 tsp cardamom
500 g flour
1 pack of dry yeast
1 tsp cinnamon

100 g brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp melted margarine


Preparation

In a large bowl, whisk the margarine with the egg,

...then the brown sugar...

...and finally stir in the milk.

Then stir in the sugar, salt and cardamom.

Add the flour and dry yeast and knead everything into a smooth dough.

Then add the cinnamon and knead.

Then cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place for about 1 hour. If necessary, add a little more flour if the dough is too sticky.

Then divide the dough into 4 parts.

Roll out the first dough thinly, cut it into a circular shape using a mold, plate or similar, and carefully place it on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Mix the sugar and cinnamon.

Spread the base with 1/3 of the melted butter...

...and sprinkle a third of the sugar cinnamon.

Roll out and cut out the second part of the dough in the same way, place it on the first dough and brush it again with the butter and sprinkle with the sugar cinnamon.

Roll out the third part as well, cut it into shape, place it on the second base and spread/sprinkle with the remaining butter and remaining sugar cinnamon.

Roll out the last part of the dough accordingly, but do not spread it, and place it on top of the stack.

Place a glass or something similar in the middle, make four cuts from the sides until the edge of the glass is imprinted...

...and then cut each quarter into 4 pieces that are as equally sized as possible. Do not cut into the impression on the glass!

Turn 2 pieces towards each other and carefully tuck in the ends.

Continue until all ends are “twisted.”

Then let the finished twisted star rise for about 30 minutes...

...and then bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 20 minutes until the surface is nice and golden brown.

Let it cool down a bit and then enjoy.
Bon appetit!

[Translated from here.]