Sticky Cinnamon Buns - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups milk, warmed, plus 1 tbsp
3 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1 tbsp sugar, plus 1 tsp
4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus 1 tsp
11 oz currants
1 tsp lemon zest
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 None egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
None None pink food coloring

Preparation

Grease a deep 9 1/2 inch square cake pan.
Warm 1 2/3 cups milk. Transfer to a medium bowl and add yeast, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp flour. Cover and let stand in a warm place for about 10 mins, or until frothy.
Meanwhile, bring currants and 3 cups water to a boil. Drain then mix with lemon zest and cinnamon.
Whisk egg into yeast mixture. Sift remaining flour into a large bowl. Stir in yeast mixture and mix until combined. Cover and let stand in a warm place about for about 40 mins, or until dough doubles in size.
Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and knead until smooth. Roll into a 12x16 inch rectangle. Brush with 1/4 of the butter and sprinkle with 1/3 of the brown sugar. Fold 1 short end 2/3 of the way up the dough then fold over top third to cover first fold (a letter-fold). Rotate dough 90\u00b0.
Roll dough into a 12x16 inch rectangle. Brush with 1/4 of the butter and sprinkle with 1/3 of the brown sugar. Make another letter-fold. Rotate dough 90\u00b0. Roll into a 12x16 inch rectangle and brush with 1/2 the remaining butter. Sprinkle with remaining brown sugar and currant mixture. Roll up into a long log.
Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F. Cut dough log into 9 rounds. Place buns, cut-side up, in pan and sprinkle with remaining sugar. Set aside in a warm place to proof for 20 mins.
Drizzle buns with remaining melted butter and bake for 5 mins. Reduce oven to 350\u00b0F and bake for another 25 mins, or until golden brown.
Meanwhile, to make the icing, sift powdered sugar into a small bowl. Stir in remaining milk to form a thin, smooth paste. Tint pink with food coloring. Transfer buns to a wire rack and drizzle warm buns with icing.