Snúðar

Rolls with glaze

In Iceland, Mother's Day is also celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in May, or as it is called in Icelandic, Mother's Day ("mæðradagur"). With that in mind, if you want, I wish you all a happy Mother's Day! Gleðilegan mæðradag!

I baked ours - a big batch of cinnamon rolls. My children eat them in pretty much all situations. And the rolls can easily be prepared the day before, so that I have “free” on Mother’s Day and can enjoy the day in peace.


Ingredients

400 ml water
700 g flour
80 g sugar
80 g margarine
1 tsp salt
20 g yeast

filling

100 g sugar
2 Tbsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cardamom

glaze

300 g powdered sugar
3 Tbsp lemon juice
3 Tbsp water

2 Tbsp cocoa


Preparation

Put all the ingredients for the dough into a large mixing bowl and knead thoroughly.

Then shape the dough into a large ball and let it rise, covered, for about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Knead the dough again, if in doubt add a little more flour so that the dough is no longer sticky.

Then divide the dough into three portions.

For the filling, mix the sugar with the cinnamon and cardamom.

Roll out each portion individually on a work surface lined with baking paper or floured (approx. 20 x 40 cm).

Sprinkle each with a third of the sugar-cinnamon mixture...

...and then roll it up over the long side.

Cut into slices approx. 1.5 cm thick.

Place on a tray lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) for about 15 minutes until the rolls have turned golden brown.

Then let the cinnamon rolls cool down a bit.

For the glaze, mix the powdered sugar with the lemon juice and water until you have a nice, uniform mixture.

Spread about half of the cinnamon rolls with half of the icing.

Then stir 2 tablespoons of cocoa into the remaining glaze, add a tablespoon of lemon juice to give it a nice consistency again.

Then brush the remaining cinnamon rolls with the cocoa glaze.

Let the glaze set a little and then serve the cinnamon rolls.

With this in mind - Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and, of course, to all people who are or were children! And enjoy your meal!

[Translated from here.]