Chelsea buns

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Preparation info
  • For

    24

    buns
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Oats in the North, Wheat from the South: The history of British Baking, savoury and sweet

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2020

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Ingredients

For the buns

  • 30 g (1 oz) dried yeast
  • 600 ml (21

Method

For two 39 x 27 cm (15½ x 10¾ inch) baking tins

Add the yeast to the lukewarm milk and stir briefly and gently to activate it. The yeast will start to foam up in clusters, which means it is ready for use. Combine the flour and sugar in a large bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook and put the butter on top. Pour half of the yeast mixture over the butter and st