Disney Recipes: Chip’s Sticky Bun Bake – Garden Grill Restaurant at Epcot

Ingredients

Cinnamon Smear
• 1 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs

Sweet Cinnamon Dough
• 1 cup milk
• 2/3 ounce cake (fresh) yeast, crumbled (approximately 3 tablespoons loosely packed)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• Pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 cups bread flour
• 2 room temperature eggs

Icing
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For cinnamon smear:
• Cream together margarine, cinnamon and brown sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, scraping bowl after adding each egg. Mix well and place in refrigerator.

For sweet cinnamon dough:
• Heat milk in small sauce pan to 90 – 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove from heat, add cake (fresh) yeast, whisk until dissolved, set aside.
• Mix sugar, butter, salt, cinnamon, eggs and flour in large bowl, until smooth.
• Add yeast mixture slowly, stirring until dough comes easily away from sides of bowl.
• Knead dough on lightly floured surface for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Place dough in large bowl, cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest 10 minutes or until doubled in size.
• Coat bottom and sides of 12 inch cake pan or 9 x 13 inch pan with butter.
• Punch down dough, knead it a few times, roll out on a floured surface into a 15 by 10-inch rectangle.
• Spread cinnamon smear over dough. Roll up dough beginning at the 15-inch side and pinch edge together to seal.
• Cut into 1 inch slices, quarter each slice, place pieces close together in pan.
• Cover, let dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, bake about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

For icing:
• Mix milk, confectioners’ sugar, softened butter and vanilla extract together in a small bowl until smooth.
• Drizzle over warm bun.