We start by making the dough, in a bowl add the 3/4th of flour, salt, honey, yeast, orange zest and using your hands stir it around. Add the warm milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, melted butter into the mixture and using your hands start mixing the dough together. We are not kneading at this stage we just want the mixture well combined. It will be a little sticky which is fine. Cover the dough with a tea towel and let it proof for 30 mins.

The dough will have risen in this time, on a clean kitchen surface add the remaining flour and 1 tbsp baking powder, knead the dough until it is soft and not sticky. This should take 8 mins by hand and 3 mins in a stand mixer. Once all the flour is used up and the dough has come together, transfer to the bowl and cover, let this rise for 1 hour.

In this time soak the dried fruits in brandy or little warm water and set aside. We then get on to making the cinnamon butter for the dough, in a mixing bowl add room temperature butter and beat with a spatula, add the brown sugar, cinnamon powder and beat well until it is combined – there should be no lumps, set aside. To make the orange icing, mix together icing sugar orange juice and lemon juice. The lemon juice is optional but it cuts the sweetness so I wouldn’t recommend skipping it, you could also use lime juice.

The dough will have doubled in size by this time. Dust the kitchen surface with flour and roll out the dough 1/4 inch thickness and it doesn’t have to be perfect but try rolling it out to a rectangle shape.

Spread the cinnamon sugar over the dough evenly and sprinkle over the dried fruit (drain out any excess liquid before doing this), grate extra orange zest over the top. Using a pizza cutter cut the dough into 9 strips and roll up each strip into a little cinnamon bun. Transfer them to a baking tray and cover for 15 mins.

Preheat the oven to 180℃ at this time, once they have risen bake the buns for 18-20 mins until golden and risen. As soon as they come out of the oven brush them with the citrus glaze and let them cool down a little.