Dish · scandinavian
Cinnamon Bun
An enriched yeasted dough is rolled flat, spread with butter, cinnamon, and sugar, rolled into a log, sliced into spirals, and baked.
Where it comes from
Cinnamon buns trace to Scandinavia, where cardamom-spiced sweet breads were a fixture of coffee culture; Sweden later gave the bun its own holiday, Kanelbullens dag, celebrated each October.
What cooks argue about
Cooks argue over the cardamom: Scandinavian versions put it in the dough itself for a background note, while American versions often drop it entirely and rely on cinnamon alone.
Versions
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What goes in it
Each one opens everything else made with it.
bread flour
active dry yeast
butter
cinnamon
brown sugar dark
cardamom green