How to Bake Schnecken

Serves: 12

Preparation time: 40 mins

Cooking time: 25 mins

Ingredients needed to make Schnecken:

For the dough:

• 3 1//3 cups bread flour
• ¼ oz fast rise yeast
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup+ 2 tbsp milk
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter
• ½ tsp salt

For the syrup:

• ½ cup +1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 4 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 tbsp turbinado sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 3 tbsp light corn syrup

For the glaze:

• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 egg

For the filling:

• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• ½ cup light brown raw sugar
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar

Cooking instructions for Schnecken:

• Grease a 12 cup muffin mold with a knob of butter.
• Spread a sheet of parchment paper across a roasting pan, larger in size to cover the prepared mold.
• Place the flour in a large mixing bowl and stir in yeast, sugar as well as a dash of salt until well combined.
• Empty ½ cup milk into a saucepan, along with 1/3 cup unsalted butter and heat it over slow flame until the butter melts.
• Crack the eggs into it and beat it into the mixture until they blend thoroughly.
• Drizzle this hot mixture into the dry ingredients gradually in a steady stream while beating them together at the same time until they gather together into a smooth dough.
• Transfer the dough onto a floured surface and knead for 7-10 minutes or until it is pliant.
• Roll it into a ball and place it in a pre-greased bowl.
• Roll it along the sides of the bowl to oil it lightly, cover and let it rest for an hour in a warm place until it rises.
• Meanwhile, to make the syrup, beat the butter with an electric mixer, until it creams and sprinkle the sugar into it.
• Continue to beat them together until sugar dissolves and whisk in the syrups until well combined.
• Spoon it into muffin cups and sprinkle a tbsp of chopped walnuts into each of them.
• Warm up your oven to 350 degrees F.
• Punch the dough and knead it a couple of times on the floured surface.
• Flatten it into using a rolling pin, into a large, 24×12’’ rectangle, with long side facing you.
• For the glaze, beat its ingredients together until mixed thoroughly and brush it all over the rectangle.
• Dump all the filling ingredients in a small bowl and stir them all together to mix well.
• Scatter them all over the dough and roll it into a cylinder, starting from the longer side.
• Slice into 12 equal portions and place them into prepared muffin cups, with the cut side facing up.
• Set aside for about 20 minutes to let it rise again and bake for about 25 minutes or until they are baked through and turn golden brown.
• Place the lined roasting pan on top of the muffin pan and invert them while holding them together tightly.
• Set the rolls aside to cool and serve.

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