Cinnamon bun with chocolate & pecan nuts

As this week-end has been very rainy and rainy reminding me a lot of Autumn, the weather got me baking !!!

I have located this recipe on cinnamon bun with chocolate & pecan nuts in the latest issue of the magazine "Isabella" (issue August 2019). I have only made a small adjustments on the amount of wheat flour, as the originally level was too low in my opinion.

Cinnamon buns with chocolate & pecan nuts: - 16-20 buns

• Bun dough:
• 25 g fresh yeast
• 100 g butter
• 3½ dl full-fat milk
• 2 eggs
• 80 g sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 750-800 g wheat fllour
• Bun filling:
• 150 g butter - soft
• 80 g sugar
• 75 g dark milk chocolate - fine-medium chopped
• 50 g pecan nuts - fine-medium chopped
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon
• Frosting:
• 100 g plain cream cheese
• 75 g butter - soft
• 125 g icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
• Decoration:
• cinnamon sugar

1. Add all bun dough ingredients into mixing bowl of the stand-alone mixer.
2. Knead the dough for 10 minutes on speed 2.
3. Increase the speed to 4 for 2 minutes. Check if, the texture of the dough is OK. If not OK, when knead the dough for another 1-2 minutes on speed 4.
4. Let the dough raise for 1 hours under an damp tea towel.
5. Place the dough on the kitchen table and roll into a shape of 30 x 60 cm.
6. Whip the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl using an electrical whipper.
7. Add in the chopped milk chocolate & pecan nuts together with the cinnamon. Stir the filling well together by hand.
8. Spread the filling on top of the bun dough.
9. Roll the dough together on the long side.
10. Divide the dough into 16-20 buns.
11. Cover a baking tray (35 x 45 cm) with a piece of baking parchment.
12. Place the bun piece with the filling part facing upward close together in the baking tray.
13. Let the dough for 30 minutes.
14. Heat up the oven to 200-210'C.
15. Place the baking tray with the buns in the lower part of the oven.
16. Bake the buns at 200-210'C for approx 25-30 minutes.
17. Cool down the cinnamon buns.
18. Add all the frosting ingredients into a mixing bowl. Whip the frosting together using an electrical whipped.
19. When the cinnamon buns are cold, the frosting can be placed on top of the buns.
20. Finally decorate the frosting with cinnamon sugar.
21. Enjoy and serve together with a cup of coffee/tea.