Bucks &amp; Oxon

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If you have any doubt how popular recipes from baking wunderkind Kitty Tait are, simply pop over to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/therealorangebakery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Orange Bakery (opens in a new tab)">The Orange Bakery</a> in Watlington and eyeball the queues. Since Kitty and and her father opened the bakery back in May 2019, they regularly sell out in a matter of hours, and they&#8217;re still open for business during lockdown (and delivering locally to those self-isolating). 



Even better, their recipes are due to be turned into a cookbook for Spring 2022. Can&#8217;t wait that long? We hear you &#8211; here&#8217;s a delish cinnamon buns recipe to tide you over in the meantime. 



Over to you Kitty. 



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Ingredients</h2>



For the dough 



<ul><li>500g bread flour (or plain white)</li><li>100g soft cubed butter</li><li>7g dried yeast</li><li>7g salt</li><li>50g caster sugar</li><li>220ml warm whole milk</li><li>1 egg</li><li>1tsp cardamon (optional)</li></ul>



For the cinnamon butter 



<ul><li>100g soft butter</li><li>100g caster sugar</li><li>2tbs cinnamon</li></ul>



For the milk wash 



<ul><li>150ml milk</li><li>50g caster sugar</li></ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Method</h2>



To make the dough, mix the dry ingredients together then slowly rub in the butter using your hands or a blitzer. 



Make a well in the centre and crack in the egg, pour over the warm milk and knead for about 4 minutes until smooth and glossy. 



Pop the dough it into a lightly oiled bowl and rest in a warm, cosy place for two hours with a damp tea towel over the top. You can also leave in the fridge overnight for buns in the morning. 



For the cinnamon butter, throw your cinnamon, sugar and butter into a bowl and beat either using an electric mixer or blitzer (you can now eat only 1 tsp of the cinnamon butter!) 



Once your dough is light and fluffy roll it out into a rectangle, about 1cm in thickness. Spread your cinnamon butter over two thirds of the dough, fold the bare third over the cinnamon and flip one more time, creating a tripple decker sandwich, this gives it a beautiful cinnamon lamination. 



Roll out again to 1cm thick rectangle, roughly about 30cm in width. With a pizza cutter or sharp knife cut yourself even sized strips about 2cm in width. Take the two ends of your strip and twist (like a cheesestraw) then coil up into a snail wrapping the end over the top then tucking underneath.



Prove for 30 minutes in a warm place.



Preheat your oven to 180c and bake for about 15-20 minutes until golden brown.



Once ready, take out and place on a cooling rack. Rest for about 10 minutes (the hardest part!)



To make the milk wash, heat milk and caster sugar in a source pan until dissolved and brush over your buns to make them nice and shiny. You can also add a sprinkling of icing sugar to be extra fancy.



Now the best part &#8211; eat!



<a href="https://www.theorangebakery.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Orange Bakery (opens in a new tab)">The Orange Bakery</a>, 10 High St, Watlington OX49 5PS

The Orange Bakery’s cinnamon buns

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