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Chelsea Buns

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Chelsea Buns

Soft, sticky yeasted buns filled with dried fruit and brown sugar — a London bakery classic. Packing the sliced rounds snugly together in the tray before their final rise lets them rise into each other, creating those soft, pull-apart sides once baked.

Total time
115 min
Prep
90 min
Cook
25 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
British
vegetarian

Ingredients

3 cupsstrong white flour
7gdried yeast
1/4 cupcaster sugar
1 tspsalt
3/4 cupwarm milk
60gbutter, melted
1egg
60gbutter, softened
1/2 cupbrown sugar
1 cupmixed dried fruit
1 tspcinnamon
3 tbspapricot jam, warmed

Instructions

1

Mix flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Add warm milk, melted butter and egg. Knead 10 minutes. Rest 1 hour.

2

Roll dough to a rectangle. Spread with softened butter. Sprinkle with brown sugar, fruit and cinnamon.

3

Roll up tightly. Cut into 12 rounds. Pack into a greased baking tray.

4

Rest 30 minutes. Bake at 190°C for 20-25 minutes until golden.

5

Glaze with warmed apricot jam while still hot.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories
601
Protein
5.8g
Fat
27.4g
Carbs
88g
Fiber
4.3g
Sodium
532mg

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