Belgian Buns

Name: Belgian Buns
Yield: Makes 8
Cuisine: Belgian
Ingredients: 40 g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; Approximately 1 egg (you need 25 g), beaten; 5 g milk powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 8 glacé cherries; 220 g icing sugar; 2-3 tablespoons water; 120 g sultanas; 10 g dried yeast or 20 g fresh yeast; 300 g strong bread flour, plus extra for dusting; 125 ml warm water; 40 g caster sugar; 10 g dried yeast or 20 g fresh yeast

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Baker's Daughter

By Louise Johncox

Published 2014

About

In the days when there was a local bobby who walked the streets of Weybridge, he regularly popped in to visit Dad in the bakehouse. One policeman always enjoyed a Belgian bun or two with a mug of tea. The policeman’s uniform always got coated in flour, which was a small price to pay for a sticky Belgian bun.

Ingredients

10 g dried yeast or 20 g fresh yeast
40 g

Europe
Belgium
United Kingdom
Weybridge
Mediterranean
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Put the yeast and 5g of the sugar into the warm water and leave the mixture to ferment for about 10 minutes.

Mix the flour, salt, milk powder and remaining sugar together in a large bowl. When the yeast is ready, add it to the flour mixture with the egg and softened butter. Mix the ingredients well to combine. If the dough seems too sticky, add an extra tablespoon of flour to the dough.