Authentic Chelsea Buns
Dessert

Authentic Chelsea Buns

This version of Authentic Chelsea Buns is flavorful, easy to prepare and suitable for traditional Dessert configurations....

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8 Min Prep

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21 Min Cook

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6 Servings

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Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 500g White Flour
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 7g Yeast
  • 300ml Milk
  • 40g Butter
  • 1 Eggs
  • Dash Vegetable Oil
  • 25g Butter
  • 75g Brown Sugar
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 150g Dried Fruit
  • 2 tbs Milk
  • 2 tbs Caster Sugar

Instructions

1
Sift the baking flour and table salt into a large dish.
2
Make a well in the middle and toss in the fermenter.
3
Meanwhile, mildly hot the dairy liquid and margarine in a saucepan until the margarine melts and the mixture is lukewarm.
4
toss in the dairy liquid mixture and egg to the baking flour mixture and mix gently until the contents of the dish come together as a soft pastry mix.
5
(You may need to toss in a little extra baking flour.) Tip the pastry mix onto a generously floured work surface.
6
shape for five mins, adding more baking flour if necessary, until the pastry mix is velvety and elastic and no longer feels sticky.
7
Lightly cooking oil a dish with a little of the greens cooking oil.
8
Place the pastry mix into the dish and turn until it is covered in the cooking oil.
9
lid the dish with cling film and set aside in a mildly hot place for one hour, or until the pastry mix has doubled in size.
10
Lightly margarine a baking tray.
11
For the filling, knock the pastry mix back to its original size and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface.
12
Roll the pastry mix out into a rectangle 0.5cm/¼in thick.
13
Brush all over with the melted margarine, then shower over the brown granulated sugar, cinnamon and dried fruit.
14
Roll the pastry mix up into a tight cylinder , cut ten 4cm/1½in carve and place them onto a lightly greased baking sheet, leaving a little space between each carve.
15
lid with a tea towel and set aside to rise for 30 mins.
16
Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.
17
cook thoroughly the buns in the oven for 20-25 mins, or until risen and golden-brown.
18
Meanwhile, for the glaze, bring to temperature the dairy liquid and granulated sugar in a saucepan until boiling.
19
Reduce the bring to temperature and bubble gently for 2-3 mins.
20
Remove the buns from the oven and brush with the glaze, then set aside to cool on a wire rack.

Recipe Information

Cuisine
British
Course
Dessert
Diet
Vegetarian
Total Time
29 mins

Recipe Time chart

Preparation Time

8 mins

Cooking Time

21 mins

Total Time

29 mins
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