for 12 pieces

Puff pastry

400 g	white flour
½ tsp	salt
3 tbsp	sugar
½ tsp	vanilla sugar
½ tsp	cinnamon
80 g	butter, cut into pieces, cold
1 ½ dl	milk
½ cube	yeast (approx. 20 g, crumbled
1	egg

Shape

a little	white flour
140 g	butter, cut into pieces, soft

Filling

90 g	butter, melted
90 g	cane sugar
90 g	pecan nuts, finely chopped
90 g	walnut kernels, finely chopped
3 tbsp	maple syrup
1 bag	Chai Tea, contents only

Bake

100 g	icing sugar
2 tbsp	lemon juice

How it's done

Puff pastry

Mix the flour, salt, sugar, vanilla sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the butter and rub together using your hands to form an even, crumbly mixture, press out a hollow in the middle. Add the milk, yeast and egg, mix and quickly combine to form a smooth dough. Leave the dough to rise for approx. 1½ hours.

Shape

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a rectangle of approx. 1 cm thickness, brush one half of the dough evenly with the butter, leaving an uncoated rim of approx. 1 cm. Fold the other half of the dough over, press the edges down firmly, chill for approx. 30 mins. Roll out to a rectangle of approx. 1 cm thickness. Fold the narrow ends into the centre, then place one half on top of the other, to create 4 layers of dough. Cover the dough and chill for approx. 1 hr., roll out again, fold into four, cover and chill for approx. 1 hr.

Filling

Combine the butter with the remaining ingredients, mix well.

Rolls

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a rectangle (approx. 40 x 50 cm). Spread the filling on top, leaving a border of approx. 1 cm all the way around. Roll the dough up from the long edge and, using a bread knife and without exerting pressure, cut it into pieces approx. 3 cm wide. Arrange on a baking tray lined with baking paper, creating two rectangles. Leave to rise for approx. 30 mins.

Bake

For approx. 25 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 200°C.

Remove and allow to cool a little. Combine the icing sugar and lemon juice, brush the cinnamon rolls with the mixture and leave to cool on a rack.

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