Chelsea Buns
These Chelsea Buns certainly take some beating, especially when they’re straight from the oven. Some people like them dredged with a little icing sugar, but the bakery we always drizzled white icing over the top.
Chelsea Buns
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Calories per Serving 208
Ingredients
For the dough
- 250 g Bread Flour
- 25 g Sugar
- 1 egg
- 100 g Milk Warm NOT Hot
- Pinch Salt
- 50 g Butter or Margarine
- 7 g yeast active dried
For the Filling
- 15 g Butter or margarine Melted
- 50 g Sugar caster
- 100 g Currants or Sultanas
DISCLAIMER
I recommend using the Metric measurements (instead of cups & spoons) for more accuracy and better results.
Instructions
- For the Dough
- Mix the flour with the yeast in a large bowl, then add sugar and salt, now add the fat and rub in to form a rough crumb-like mixture.
- Now add the wet ingredients (Water and beaten egg), mix well, then turn out onto work top and knead well for about 10 minutes. (If you have a stand mixer you can use that instead).
- Leave to rise in a warm place for around 1 hour or until the dough at least doubles in size.
- Forming the Buns
- Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead again lightly for a couple of minutes.
- Roll out into an oblong about 20 x 15cm, brush all over with the melted butter.
- Sprinkle the sugar and dried fruit all over the surface.
- Now getly roll it up like a swiss roll and cut into 2.5cm slices.
- Now lay the slice in a greased baking tin, the pieces should be near together but nit touching as they will swell as they rise. Leave them to prove, covered with a greased plastic sheet in a warm place for around 15 - 20 minutes.
- Then bake in a hot oven 220ºC Gas 7 for 15- 20 minutes.
- Whilst they are still warm brush the tops with a hot sugar glaze made with 50/50 water and sugar which should be boiled for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Some bakers drizzle the tops with a little icing too.
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Category: Baking, Breads & Doughs, British, Cakes, Pastries & Biscuits, Cuisine, Recipes, Teatime Treats, Snacks, Party Food
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