CHELSEA BUNS
CHELSEA BUNS
CHELSEA BUNS

Ingredients
  • 500g/1lb strong white flour
  • plus extra for dusting
  • 1tsp salt
  • 1 x 7g/¼oz sachet fact-action dried yeast
  • 300ml/10fl oz milk
  • 40g/1½oz unsalted butter
  • softened at room temperature
  • 1 free-range egg
  • vegetable oil
  • for greasing
  • 25g/1oz unsalted butter
  • melted
  • 75g/3oz soft brown sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 150g/5oz dried mixed fruit
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
Directions
  • Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and add the yeast.
  • Meanwhile
  • warm the milk and butter in a saucepan until the butter melts and the mixture is lukewarm.
  • Add the milk mixture and egg to the flour mixture and stir until the contents of the bowl come together as a soft dough. (You may need to add a little extra flour.)
  • Tip the dough onto a generously floured work surface. Knead for five minutes
  • adding more flour if necessary
  • until the dough is smooth and elastic and no longer feels sticky.
  • Lightly oil a bowl with a little of the vegetable oil. Place the dough into the bowl and turn until it is covered in the oil. Cover the bowl with cling film and set aside in a warm place for one hour
  • or until the dough has doubled in size.
  • Lightly grease a baking tray.
  • For the filling
  • knock the dough back to its original size and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface. Roll the dough out into a rectangle 0.5cm/¼in thick. Brush all over with the melted butter
  • then sprinkle over the brown sugar
  • cinnamon and dried fruit.
  • Roll the dough up into a tight cylinder
  • cut ten 4cm/1½in slice and place them onto a lightly greased baking sheet
  • leaving a little space between each slice. Cover with a tea towel and set aside to rise for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.
  • Bake the buns in the oven for 20-25 minutes
  • or until risen and golden-brown.
  • Meanwhile
  • for the glaze
  • heat the milk and sugar in a saucepan until boiling. Reduce the heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
  • Remove the buns from the oven and brush with the glaze
  • then set aside to cool on a wire rack.