Chelsea Buns

Chelsea Buns! - Makes 10!

This was my first time baking these babies and I pretty much made up the recipe so please don't judge me too harshly!

Ingredients:
100ml of butter
1/2 cup of milk
2 tsp of yeast
2 eggs
1 tsp of sugar
3 cups of flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup sultanas
Juice of 1 lemon
Zest of 1 lemon
3/4 cups of brown sugar.
Honey

Melt the butter in the microwave and prepare your milk then pour both in.

Add the yeast and eggs and sieve the flour, sugar and salt. 

Mix your dough then knead your dough in flour until the mixture no longer sticks and then shape into a circle. Put in a warm place in a bowl wrapped in cling film or put your oven on 50 degrees Celsius and put your bowl with the dough in and leave it for an hour - good to do in the winter!

Take out your dough and preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius. It should now be doubled in size, dust your work bench with flour and knead for 3-5 minutes. Shape dough into square like so:

Then roll the dough out until it is about 1-0.5 cm thick.

Brush the dough with melted butter but leave a 1cm boarder with no melted butter.

In another bowl put your sultanas, lemon juice and zest in and give them a mix then add your brown sugar and mix again until it become a thick consistency. Spread the fruity mixture over your dough like this:

Begin rolling your dough and then cut it in the style you like. Line a tray with baking paper and put your Chelsea buns on, put them close together but not touching so when they cook they will come together. Put in oven and bake for about 25 minutes or until golden brown. Use some runny honey on top of the buns for a glaze.

Warning: When the buns are cooking some of the fruit juice will leak but it you have your baking paper down so you won't end up with a mess!