Bath Buns

Name: Bath Buns
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 1 h 28 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 cups strong white flour; 7g dried yeast; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 1 tsp salt; zest of 1 lemon; 1/2 cup warm milk; 75g butter, melted; 2 eggs; 100g mixed peel; lump sugar or crushed sugar cubes for topping; 1 egg, beaten for wash

Sticky sugared sweet bread rolls from Bath, filled with caraway comfits. Pressing crushed sugar lumps into the dough before baking gives Bath buns their crackly, sweet crust on top.

Total time

88 min

Prep

70 min

Cook

18 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

3 cupsstrong white flour

7gdried yeast

1/4 cupcaster sugar

1 tspsalt

zest of 1lemon

1/2 cupwarm milk

75gbutter, melted

2eggs

100gmixed peel

lump sugar or crushed sugar cubesfor topping

1egg, beaten for wash

Instructions

Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt and lemon zest.

Add milk, butter and eggs. Knead 10 minutes. Rest 1 hour.

Knead in mixed peel.

Shape into rough balls on lined trays.

Brush with egg and press sugar lumps on top. Bake at 190°C for 18 minutes.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

265

Protein

6.7g

Fat

19.9g

Carbs

16.3g

Fiber

0.9g

Sodium

547mg

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