Eskort - Bacon Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese & Vanilla Glaze

20min

30min

50min

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Cinnamon Butter
Fry the bacon in a large frying pan over high heat until crispy.
Chop the bacon up into smaller pieces and set aside to cool.
Combine the butter, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon in a small bowl and add half the fried bacon to the butter mixture.
Refrigerate until ready to use.
Cream Cheese Glaze
Whip all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl until stiff.
Refrigerate until ready to use.
Buns
Combine flour, castor sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl.
Mix the yeast into lukewarm water until it dissolves.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan, add the milk then remove from the heat.
Beat in the eggs and add the vanilla.
Add the yeast and egg mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until a dough forms.
Turn the dough out onto a flour-dusted surface and knead for five minutes until smooth.
Place back into the bowl and cover with cling wrap.
Leave the dough in a warm place to rise until it doubles in size.
Once risen, roll the dough out on a flour-dusted surface until 5mm thick.
Spread the cinnamon butter over the dough, covering it completely.
Roll up the dough into a long log and slice into 4cm thick buns.
Place the buns on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Cover with clingwrap and store in a warm place for five minutes.
Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Top the cinnamon buns with cream cheese glaze and garnish with the rest of the bacon.

Bacon Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese & Vanilla Glaze