Old Fashioned Cream Buns
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Nothing beats the old time favourites like cream buns and here is a very easy recipe that will produce a light delicious bun. Try stopping at one !!!
These are the flours I use either are good in this recipe but if you can't use these then normal plain flour is still good
Ingredients
- 4 cup plain flour ( I use lighthouse cake or bun flour although normal plain flour is ok) see below
- 60 g butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk warmed
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 30 g compressed yeast ( see notes below)
- 1 egg yolks
- 1 tsp water
- 12 tbs raspberry jam
- 1/4 cup of sultanas or currents optional
MOCK CREAM
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 125 g butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Method
Before starting bring the milk to boiling point the cool to Luke warm. This helps produce a lighter bun- Cream yeast with 1 teaspoon of the sugar. Add lukewarm milk and stand 10 to 15 minutes until frothy.
- Sift flour and remaining sugar into bowl. Rub in butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add sultanas
- Make well in centre of dry ingredients.
- Add yeast mixture and lukewarm water and mix to a soft dough.
- Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.
- Place dough into lightly oiled bowl. Cover and stand in a warm place for 1 hour or until dough has doubled in bulk.
- Punch dough down in bowl and turn out on to floured surface.
- Knead for 5 minutes and divide dough into twelve even portions.
- Knead each portion of dough into a round and set aside in a warm place for 10 minutes or until half doubled in size.
- Brush with combined beaten egg yolk and extra water.
- Bake at 200C / 180 °C fan-forced for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 170 °C / 150°C fan-forced and bake a further 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Place buns on wire rack.
- When cold, slit open and fill with raspberry jam and mock cream.
- Dust each bun with a little sifted icing sugar.
- Mock cream: Combine water and sugar.Sift over heat to dissolve sugar.Bring to boil and remove from heat. When completely cold, beat butter and vanilla until white and fluffy.Gradually pour in cold syrup, beating constantly.
NOTES
2 teaspoons of dry active yeast can be substituted for the compressed yeast., combined lukewarm milk, 1 teaspoon of sugar and yeast and mix and then let stand for 10 minutes in a warm place , then proceed as per rest of recipe. I have also used coconut to dust as well.These are the flours I use either are good in this recipe but if you can't use these then normal plain flour is still good
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