Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese Frosting

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    3hrs 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    462
based on 2 ratings

This recipe for soft and fluffy cinnamon buns topped with cream cheese frosting flavoured with vanilla will be a family favourite once you have tried them. Serve them slightly warm from the oven for the ultimate home baked feel-good treat.

recipe updated Nov 19, 2025

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    185 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Cream cheese icon
    Cream cheese
    120 g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    90 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    220 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 tablespoon
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    420 g
  • Strong white bread flour icon
    Strong white bread flour
    60 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    60 g
  • Light brown sugar icon
    Light brown sugar
    40 g
  • Quick-rise yeast icon
    Quick-rise yeast
    9 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Dark brown sugar icon
    Dark brown sugar
    140 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    2 tablespoons
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    100 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Baking dish - large
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Making the dough:
  2. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
  3. Heat until melted – 2 minutes, 50ºC, speed Off
  4. Fit the Dough Tool
  5. Then add the next ingredients
  6. Knead until a dough forms – 10 minutes, speed 1
  7. Remove the Dough Tool
  8. Prove until doubled in size – 1 hour 30 minutes, 30ºC, speed Off
  9. Making the cinnamon butter:
  10. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the K-Beater
  11. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  12. Mix until combined – 1 minute, speed 2
  13. Transfer the cinnamon butter into a clean bowl
  14. Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured work surface
  15. Flatten the dough slightly, bring the left side over the right side
  16. Then fold the right side over the left side
  17. Roll the dough and shape into a ball
  18. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and let rest – 10-20 minutes
  19. Grease a baking tray and set aside
  20. Roll out the dough into a rectangle until 5 mm thick
  21. Spread the cinnamon butter evenly over the dough
  22. Roll the dough into a log, along the longest edge
  23. Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces
  24. Place the buns on the baking tray, spiral side up and space them apart evenly
  25. Cover with a damp kitchen towel
  26. Prove until doubled in size – 30 minutes
  27. Preheat the oven – 180ºC
  28. Bake until starting to colour – 15 minutes, 180ºC
  29. Cover with foil and continue to bake until golden brown – 10 minutes, 180ºC
  30. Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin
  31. Making the frosting:
  32. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Creaming Beater
  33. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  34. Mix until smooth – 20 seconds, speed 3
  35. Spread the frosting over the slightly warm buns
  36. Serve
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