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Chelsea Buns (Classic)

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Chelsea Buns (Classic)

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

Rest 30 minutes.

5

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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