These Salted Maple Cinnamon Rolls have a cinnamon maple filling then rolled in maple sugar and covered in a salted maple glaze.
Let’s start the holiday baking season off with these Salted Maple Cinnamon Rolls.
Now you may be saying, it’s not the holidays yet.
Well, to me, one second after Halloween is over, it’s the holidays.
Between now and the New Year there are plenty of reasons to celebrate.
And celebrate I will.
Most of my celebrating involves baking and cooking for others.
It’s what makes me happy…and makes my friends and family happy.
A win-win for me.
While I bake year round with yeast and sourdough this is the time of year that it really ramps up.
I buy both all-purpose and bread flour in bulk.
Let me tell you how much my UPS man loves dragging 50 pounds of flour up to my door. 😀
Trader Joe’s this year started having salted maple ice cream and salted maple popcorn.
Both of which are very tasty by the way.
I decided I needed to make them into my sugared buns.
Now, this recipe does call for a speciality product.
Maple sugar.
Which is not maple syrup.
You use maple syrup in this recipe as well but this is different.
You can get a small package of it on Amazon however, I buy a bigger amount of it.
Because once you start using it, you will want to use it more.
You can make the buns without maple sugar technically.
But really I think it’s needed.
It’s what make my sugared buns special.
The little crunch you get from the outside sugar coating.
The rest of the ingredients you should be able to find easily.
Since maple is an important part of the recipe I suggest using the best maple syrup you can afford.
Like wine, maple syrup quality can differ greatly.
I usually buy mine in bulk from Costco.
I use a lot of maple syrup.
It goes without saying that pancake syrup is not maple syrup and will not be a good substitute here.
If you are a maple syrup lover you will want to make these buns.
The salt is not overwhelming for those wondering.
Just enough hint of it to make the rolls not so sweet.
P.S. It’s a great day to buy my cookbook.
Want More Bun Recipes?
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sugared Buns
Coconut Cream Pie Breakfast Buns
Prosecco Strawberry Sugared Buns
Brown Butter Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Brioche Buns
Salted Maple Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
- For the rolls:
- 1/2 cup warm milk, 110 - 115F
- 1 TBSP active dry yeast (I used Red Star Yeast Platinum)
- 1/2 cup whole fat buttermilk, at room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup plus 1/2 tsp granulated sugar, divided
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 6 TBSP unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 3 1/2 - 4 cups bread flour
- For the filling:
- 6 TBSP unsalted butter, super soft but not quite melted
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 TBSP cinnamon
- 2 TBSP maple syrup
- For the Glaze:
- 2 TBSP melted butter
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 6 TBSP maple syrup
- 2 TBSP milk (or more to thin
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- For the Buns:
- Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment add the yeast, warm milk, and 1/2 tsp. granulated sugar.
- Let rest for 5-10 minutes to proof…the batter will puff up. If it does not then your yeast is bad and rolls won’t rise so best to throw out and start again with different yeast.
- Add in buttermilk, eggs, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, maple syrup, salt, vanilla, and melted butter and mix until fully combined.
- Add in 2 1/2 cups of the flour and mix until fully combined.
- Switch to a hook attachment then add another 1 cup flour. Knead mixture until combined.
- Continue to knead on low speed about 5 - 6 minutes while adding a little more flour as needed to reach a soft and moist dough (Dough shouldn't stick to the sides of the bowl but does stick to the bottom).
- Transfer dough to an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap (I find press and seal works best) and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Punch dough down.
- Dust a working surface lightly with flour and turn dough out onto surface.
- Sprinkle top of dough with a little flour then roll dough out into an 20 by 18-inch rectangle.
- In a small mixing bowl whisk together butter, maple syrup, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Sprinkle and spread cinnamon maple mixture evenly over the buns.
- Beginning on an 18-inch side tightly roll dough into a cylinder. Pinch the seam to seal (brushing a little egg white underneath helps if needed or I just use a toothpick).
- Cut into 12 equal portions using a large sharp knife (they should be 1 1/2-inch each).
- Transfer the log to a baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 10 minutes. This will make cutting the buns clean and even.
- Remove from freezer, cut buns into 1 ½-inch pieces, you should get around 12.
- Place them into a standard muffin pan with cupcake liners. I use THESE because they help the bun rise up not out.
- Wrap with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for 1 ½ to 2 hours. The cooler your house is the longer it will take.
- Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool slightly on wire rack.
- Remove buns from muffin tins (and liners). The buns will be very soft. Let them cool on a baking sheet and they will get a little more firm.
- For the Dusting:
- Mix together the 1 cup maple sugar and 1/2 tsp sea salt.
- Brush the buns liberally with melted butter and gently roll in maple sugar mixture.
- While buns are cooling make glaze.
- For the Glaze:
- Simply whisk together the butter, powdered sugar, milk, maple syrup, and salt in a medium bowl.
- When buns are cool pour glaze over the top of them.
- Let it firm up, which will take about 30 minutes.
wonderfulcook says
These cinnamon rolls look delicious and your pics are great! I will definitely be giving these a try! Thank you.