A Sweet Way to Start the New Year

Save all of those stern resolutions for after breakfast! Ease into the new year with a bite of something deliciously sweet. With a food processor, these tender, fluffy cinnamon buns can be ready in moments. Homemade is a wonderful way to start the New Year!

Quick Cinnamon Buns

1 recipe Sunday Biscuits (blog post October 2012)
2 Tablespoons butter, cubed
2 teaspoons cinnamon
flour, for dusting

For Glaze:

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon milk

1 X 12 cup muffin tin (makes a dozen buns)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Butter or spray the muffin tin


1. Make a batch of Sunday Biscuits. Mix until just combined. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and roll gently with a rolling pin until you have a rectangle, about 1/2 inch thick.

2. Dot the surface with butter and sift cinnamon over the whole surface.

3. Roll up the dough jelly-roll style, pinching gently to seal seams.

4. Using a serrated knife, slice roll into 12 pieces and place, swirl side up, in muffin tins.

5. Bake, 12-15 minutes until the buns are fluffily risen and just beginning to brown. Let cool for a few minutes in the tins and then turn out gently on baking rack to cool.

6. While buns are cooling, make icing: whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk until smooth. Drizzle over muffins and serve, with lots of napkins!