Bolussen - dutch cinnamon rolls

The stickier, the better.

I was introduced these sweet Dutch sweet buns called bolussen by my dear Dutch friend. No wonder they are popular in the Netherlands.

For the dough you need:

8-9 dl flour
1,5 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
50 g yeast
2 dl water
0,5 dl milk
1 egg
25 g butter

Mix the water and milk together and warm the liquid to 37 ºC and mix the sugar to it. Then mix the yeast to the liquid. Add the salt, egg and flour. Knead the dough for 2 minutes. Add the butter and knead for 4 more minutes.

Let the dough to rise in a warm place under a plastic foil for about 20 minutes or when it has doubled its size. Then divide the dough to pieces of 80-100 g each and roll the balls of a strand of 30 cm long.

Roll each dough piece to a 30 cm long strand.

Now you can prepare the sugar mix where you roll the buns. For the sugar mix you need:

250 g brown sugar
4 tbsp cinnamon powder

Mix the brown sugar with cinnamon powder in a bowl. Dip each strand of dough quickly in cold water and then to the sugar and cinnamon mix. Roll them up into a tightly coiled rounds.

Quickly dip the strands in cold water and
then in the brown sugar and cinnamon mix.

Roll the sticky strands to tightly coiled rounds.

Let them rise for 5 more minutes and then cook the buns in the oven for 7 minutes at 225 ºC. After removing the bolussen from the oven, immediately flip them upside down. After they have cooled down, these sticky sweets are ready to be enjoyed.

Serve with coffee!