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Gooey Bread Machine Cinnamon Buns

Make the dough for these Gooey Bread Machine Cinnamon Buns in your bread machine! Then roll and shape the dough into buns and bake in your oven. So good. Gooey, doughy and delicious.
Course Bread
Keyword bread machine cinnamon buns, bread machine cinnamon rolls, cinnamon buns, cinnamon rolls
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
Servings 9 cinnamon buns
Author Jo-Anna Rooney

Ingredients

The Dough:

  • 1 cup milk at room temperature or lightly warmed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp bread machine yeast

Syrupy Topping:

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Cinnamon Sugar Filling:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup butter melted

Instructions

The Dough:

  • Add all of the bread ingredients to the bread machine in the order listed above.
  • Set the bread machine to the dough cycle.
  • When the cycle is finished, remove the dough from the machine and set it in a warm place, cover with a clean tea towel, and let rise for 1 hour.

Making the syrup:

  • In a small saucepan over low/medium heat, combine the butter, syrup and brown sugar. Bring to a low simmer, stirring until the butter is melted and everything is smooth, this should take less than 5 minutes. 
  • Stir in the vanilla.
  • Pour the syrup into an 8x8 baking dish. Set aside.

Cinnamon Sugar Mix:

  • When the dough cycle is near complete you can mix the cinnamon sugar mix in one bowl, and melt the 1/4 cup of butter in another small bowl.

Putting the cinnamon buns together:

  • After the dough has risen for the 1 hour, it's time to roll it out. Lightly dust your countertop with flour. Roll out the dough to measure about 12 x 18 inches (a rectangle shape) and 1/4 inch thick.
  • Slather it with the melted butter.
  • Spread the cinnamon/sugar mix evenly over the dough.
  • Starting on the longer side of the dough, roll it into a log.
  • Then cut the log into 9 equal pieces. I do this by first cutting the dough into 3, then each section into 3.
  • Lay each piece, swirl side up, into the baking dish (on top of the syrup), with three buns in three rows. 
  • Cover the baking pan with a clean tea towel, and let rise for 45 minutes more.
  • Preheat your oven 350 degrees F.
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes.
    Tip!
    Place a baking sheet under the baking pan because the sugar mix may bubble over.
  • When baking is complete, take cinnamon buns out of the oven, and let rest in the pan for about 15 minutes.
  • Turn the buns out onto a plate and enjoy!