Christmas Buns - Paul Hollywood |
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Serves 9 |
Prep 1h 30 mins |
Cooking 25 mins |
Easy |
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Ingredients
500g strong white flour + extra for dusting
7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
300ml milk
40g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
1 egg
vegetable oil, for greasing
-For the filling
25g unsalted butter, melted
75g soft brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
100g cranberries, halved
100g chopped dried apricot (optional)
For the glaze
50g caster sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
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Put the flour and 1 tsp salt
into a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the
yeast. Meanwhile, warm the milk and butter in a pan until
the butter melts and the mixture is lukewarm. Add the milk
mixture and egg to the flour mixture and stir until the
contents come together as a soft dough (add extra flour if
you need to).
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Tip the dough onto a
well-floured surface. Knead for 5 mins, adding more flour
if necessary, until the dough is smooth, elastic and no
longer sticky.
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Lightly oil a bowl with the
vegetable oil. Place the dough in the bowl and turn until
covered in oil. Cover the bowl with cling film and set
aside in a warm place for 1 hr or until doubled in size.
Lightly grease a baking sheet and set aside.
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For the filling, knock the
dough back to its original size and turn out onto a
lightly floured surface. Roll it into a 1cm-thick
rectangle. Brush all over with the melted butter, then
sprinkle over the sugar, cinnamon and fruit.
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Roll up the dough into a tight
cylinder, cut into 9 x 4cm slices and position on the
prepared baking sheet, leaving a little space between.
Cover with a tea towel and set aside to rise for 30 mins.
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Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas
5. Bake the buns for 20-25 mins or until risen and golden
brown. Meanwhile, melt the glaze sugar with 4 tbsp water
and a tbsp of lemon juice until syrupy.
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Remove from oven and glaze.
Set aside to cool on a wire rack. Serve.
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