Bread Machine Cinnamon Buns With Walnuts & Raisins

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons skim milk powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 4 1/4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3/4 cup walnut halves
• 3/4 cup golden raisin
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 3/4 cup golden raisin
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk

Recipe

• 1 measure first 8 ingredients into bread machine (refer to your bread machine instructions for the proper order). select the dough cycle.
• 2 meanwhile, prepare syrup: boil together butter, water and brown sugar for 1 minute.
• 3 immediately, pour syrup into a 9 x 13 pan; tilt pan to cover bottom evenly.
• 4 arrange walnuts, flat side up on syrup; scatter raisins on top.
• 5 when bread machine cycle is complete, remove dough from machine to a lightly floured surface. if necessary, knead in enough flour to make dough easy to handle.
• 6 roll dough into a 12 x 18 inch rectangle. brush with melted butter.
• 7 sprinkle evenly with the mixture of brown sugar and ground cinnamon. sprinkle chopped walnuts and golden raisins on top. starting at large side, roll up jelly-roll fashion. pinch edge to seal. cut roll into 12 equal pieces. to avoid too much filling from escaping, i first cut the roll in half, then each half in half, and then each quarter in thirds. place rolls flat over syrup.
• 8 cover and let rise 30 minutes or until double in volume.
• 9 remove cover and bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes, until golden brown.
• 10 loosen edges and carefully invert onto serving tray.
• 11 to make icing: mix icing sugar and cinnamon together; add maple syrup and 1 tbsp milk, mix. if needed, add more milk. icing should be stiff – but not too stiff – and not too runny either. i like to leave the icing on the side to allow folks to decide to use it or not.
• 12 enjoy!