Chelsea Buns (Classic)

Name: Chelsea Buns (Classic)
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 cups strong white flour; 7g dried yeast; 1/2 cup warm milk; 1/2 cup warm water; 50g butter, melted; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tsp salt; 1 egg; 50g butter, softened for filling; 1/2 cup brown sugar for filling; 1 tsp cinnamon for filling; 150g mixed dried fruit for filling; 2 tbsp honey for glaze

Sticky British soft buns rolled with currants, cinnamon and sugar. Rolling the dough up tightly before slicing gives each bun its distinct spiral of fruit and sugar once baked.

Total time

125 min

Prep

100 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

3 cupsstrong white flour

7gdried yeast

1/2 cupwarm milk

1/2 cupwarm water

50gbutter, melted

2 tbspcaster sugar

1 tspsalt

1egg

50gbutter, softened for filling

1/2 cupbrown sugar for filling

1 tspcinnamon for filling

150gmixed dried fruit for filling

2 tbsphoney for glaze

Instructions

Mix dough: flour, yeast, milk, water, butter, sugar, salt and egg. Knead 10 minutes. Rest 1 hour.

Roll to rectangle. Spread with butter. Scatter sugar, cinnamon and fruit.

Roll up tightly. Cut into 12 slices. Pack into a greased tin.

Rest 30 minutes.

Bake at 190°C for 25 minutes. Brush with honey glaze.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

245

Protein

3.5g

Fat

22.5g

Carbs

8.5g

Fiber

0.5g

Sodium

512mg

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