I have made naan bread before which went pretty well.
So I did what any dried fruit hating person who could do with losing a few pounds would do. I decided I would have a go at baking Chelsea buns for the first time ever. This would make my raisin loving offspring happy and hopefully meant that I wasn't consuming too many calories!
As I hadn't a clue what to do, I generally followed the BBC Good Food Recipe. I say generally as I used caster sugar instead of the golden variety, and had a combination of different dried fruits.
So what did the dried fruit lovers of the house think? Well they liked it! Me? I picked out the dried fruit to give it a taste and liked it too. I can't help thinking that it would taste so much better with chocolate or cherries and marzipan inside. Watch this space!
Chelsea Bun Tear And Share
For the dough
- 450g strong white flour
- 2 sachets of dried yeast
- 50g caster sugar
- 150ml warm milk
- 50g butter
For the filling
- 25g butter
- 100g raisins
- 50g sultanas
- 30g caster sugar
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- Mix the flour, yeast and sugar together. Melt the butter and add this and the warm milk and beaten egg to the mixture. Make into a dough adding a little water or more flour if necessary.
- Knead until smooth and then leave to double in size in a bowl.
- knead the dough and then shape into a rectangle.
- Add the butter (sliced) dried fruit and sugar and spice to the dough. Then roll it along its longest side.
- Pre heat the oven to 200C.
- Grease an 8inch tin.
- Cut the dough into 9 rounds and put in the tin. Leave for about 20 mins to rise.
- Bake for 10 minutes then lower the heat to 180C and bake for 10 more.
- Mix 25g caster sugar with some water and brush over your warm buns.
- Enjoy and share if you can.
The texture on your chelsea buns looks fab. By all means add different fillings but then it not a Chelsea bun at least as far as i'm concerned.
ReplyDeleteI was dreading my family wanting to make Chelsea buns this week because I knew I wouldn't be able to resist and they're not at all Slimming World friendly! I was relieved when they decided to make naans!
ReplyDeleteThese look yum! I think your ideas of cherries and marzipan are great, I might try those myself.
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