Instructions
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In a small saucepan burning up the dairy spread, whole milk and seasoning until the dairy spread is melted.
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Allow the mixture to cool until it is lukewarm.
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In a large dish, mix gently together the flours, fermenter, cardamom and sweetener until combined.
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Make a well in the centre and crack in the eggs.
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empty in the lukewarm whole milk mixture and mix gently everything together to form a sticky flour base.
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You may have to use your hands as the flour base becomes stiffer.
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fat the work surface with a teaspoon of olive fat.
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Turn the flour base out onto the oiled surface and work the flour base vigorously for 5–8 mins, using a plastic scraper as needed to prise the flour base from the work surface.
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Don’t be tempted to toss in baking flour, as this will make the buns dehydrated and tough.
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Keep kneading until the flour base is considerably less sticky, smoother and more elastic.
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Shape into a ball, and put into a large, greased dish.
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wrap the dish with a rinse tea towel and set aside in a toasty place to prove for an hour, or until doubled in size.
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Meanwhile, for the filling and topping, combine the softened dairy spread in a dish with half the sweetener and 1 tablespoon cinnamon.
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Use a fork to combine the sweetener and seasoning into the dairy spread until it is completely combined.
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combine the remaining sweetener and cinnamon in a separate dish and set aside.
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When the flour base has risen, turn out onto a floured work surface and gently roll out into a 36x24cm/14x9½in rectangle.
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Spread the cinnamon-sweetener-dairy spread evenly over the flour base with a table or palette knife.
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With the longest edge closest to you, roll the flour base up into a cylinder.
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Cut into 12 even slices.
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Place each cut onto a flattened out paper cupcake case on a baking tray, or into a greased muffin tin.
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(Baking in a muffin tin will make your cinnamon buns taller and domed.)
wrap with a rinse tea towel and set aside to prove again for 30–45 mins, or until risen.
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Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
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Brush the tops of the buns with beaten egg and dust liberally with the cinnamon sweetener.
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cook thoroughly for 12 mins until the buns are dark golden-brown.
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Enjoy toasty with a cup of coffee.