These lievito madre cinnamon buns are made with a stiff sourdough starter and enriched dough. The cinnamon rolls have scrumptious buttery taste, comfortable texture and the proper quantity of heat cinnamon! 

A heat gooey cinnamon bun is likely one of the finest breakfast treats and whereas these fast and simple no yeast cinnamon rolls will at all times have a particular place in my brunch rotation, I began experimenting making lievito madre cinnamon buns and as they are saying the remainder is historical past!

A lievito madre sourdough starter is an Italian stiff sourdough starter typically used to make Panettonne. It’s not fairly as bitter as a standard starter and ideal to make use of in enriched doughs like these cinnamon rolls crafted with lievito madre!

Why I Love This Recipe

• Lievito madre recipe: I really like discovering new methods to make use of my lievito madre sourdough starter whether or not it’s this rustic Italian bread or these lievito madre cinnamon rolls.
• Unbelievable taste and texture: In case your buns have turned out dry earlier than, utilizing lievito madre ensures the rolls prove moist, comfortable and chewy with solely a touch of sourness. 

Ingredient Notes

• Milk: 2% or complete milk is finest for the enriched dough.
• Lievito madre starter: Your stiff starter must be lively after which damaged into items. I discover it best to interrupt into items utilizing moist arms.
• 00 flour: This flour is finest however for those who don’t have this finely milled flour the place you reside, you need to use bread flour, typically I like to make use of half bread and half pastry flour.
• Granulated sugar: Since this can be a candy dough for cinnamon buns, sugar must be added to the dough.
• Salt: Only a pinch however regulate to ¼ teaspoon if utilizing unsalted butter.
• Egg yolk: Enriches the dough for a lighter, sweeter and softer bread.
• Vanilla extract: Provides one other layer of taste to the dough.
• Butter: I used salted butter softened to room temperature.
• Cinnamon bun filling: Brown sugar, cinnamon and softened butter. 
• Frosting: Cream cheese, softened butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, maple syrup and cream.

Activating Your Starter

For the cinnamon rolls with lievito madre to rise correctly, you will have to make use of an lively levain not discard. Comply with these steps:

• Take away the starter from the fridge and convey to room temperature for 1-2 hours.
• Take away the highest layer of the dough (the drier half), weigh the dough and add sufficient water to equal half the load of the dough. Add 105 grams of flour for each 100 grams of the load of the starter. Stir till mixed after which transfer a flippantly floured floor and knead till sticky but compact. 
• Divide dough into two. Place the quantity wanted for this recipe right into a clear bowl to let rise for 3-4 hours so it is able to use and the remaining dough then add to a clear jar, let rise for an hour at room temperature then refrigerate. 

How one can Make Lievito Madre Cinnamon Buns

To begin, in a medium bowl add the milk and lievito madre damaged into items and mix.

Subsequent, within the bowl of a stand mixer utilizing the paddle attachment, add the flour, sugar, salt, egg, vanilla and lievito madre combination then knead on low pace for 1 minute, enhance pace and proceed to knead.

Add the butter in three additions, kneading between every addition, then proceed to knead till the dough stops sticking to the aspect of the bowl. The dough ought to be comfortable, easy and barely cheesy (not sticky) if sticky add a bit extra flour. Let the dough relaxation within the bowl.

Transfer the dough to an unfloured flat floor and fold into an envelope then flip 180 and fold once more.

Place dough in a flippantly buttered bowl, cowl with plastic wrap then place in a heat draft free space and let rise till doubled in bulk.

Place the dough on a really flippantly floured flat floor and roll into rectangle, unfold the softened butter on the highest of the dough, and sprinkle with the brown sugar cinnamon combination. 

Roll up the dough from the lengthy finish jelly roll model then reduce into 9 slices, and place within the ready spherical cake pan.

Cowl with plastic wrap or a clear tea towel let rise till doubled in bulk.

Bake till flippantly golden brown and baked by way of.

Mix cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, maple syrup and 1-2 Tablespoons cream in a mixing bowl. Cream till easy, including extra syrup or milk if too thick or powdered sugar if too skinny. Frost the lievito madre cinnamon rolls and serve instantly.

Variations

• Orange: In case you love a citrus taste, you possibly can add orange syrup to the dough (as a substitute of sugar) and orange zest to the filling. As a substitute of a cream cheese frosting make the orange glaze from my orange cake.
• Nutty: Add floor walnuts or pecans to the filling.
• Brush with an egg wash: In case you don’t plan so as to add frosting, you possibly can add an egg wash to the highest of the rolls earlier than baking. 
• Frosting: Swap mascarpone cheese for the cream cheese within the frosting. 

Storage

Whereas cinnamon rolls at all times style finest contemporary, you possibly can retailer the buns at room temperature in an hermetic container for a couple of days. I choose to retailer them with out the icing. That means you possibly can heat them up after which add the frosting. Virtually pretty much as good as contemporary! 

Extra Lievito Madre Recipes

Nothing higher then heat candy bread from the oven and these Lievito Madre Cinnamon Buns are simply that! Take pleasure in.

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