
Chelsea Buns
Sticky cinnamon-fruit spirals baked shoulder to shoulder — London's original pull-apart indulgence.
- Total
- 120 min
- Serves
- 4
The London bakery classic: a soft enriched dough rolled around butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and dried fruit, sliced into spirals and baked snug so they rise into pull-apart pillows, glazed sticky with milk and sugar. Chelsea buns are what cinnamon rolls dream of becoming when they grow up.
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
- 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.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 420
- Protein
- 0 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 0 g
Adapted from bbc.co.uk. Rewritten and re-photographed by MealIdeas.
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