Tag: buns
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Chelsea Buns- #100bakeschallenge Paul Hollywood’s Recipe.
A Chelsea Bun is a rich yeasted bun flavoured with citrus zest, dried fruit and cinnamon, dusted with sugar and then glazed with a sticky topping, such as warm apricot jam. They originate from the early 18th century where they were baked at the Chelsea Bun House, an establishment popular with the Hanoverian Royal Family…
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Paul Hollywood’s Iced Lemon Whitby Buns #100bakeschallenge no 78.
I don’t know about you, but as soon as I see a recipe has yeast in it, I have this feeling of absolute dread! I’ve never got the results I want from making something involving yeast. Or I can’t handle the dough properly as my hands are always far too hot and sticky- I blame…
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Rock Cakes
Does anyone remember the first thing they baked at school in Home Economics lessons? Gosh, I’m showing my age here. It’s called Food Technology in schools these days! My very first experience of baking in school was when I was in the Top Infants (as Year 2 was called back then). A parent volunteer used…
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Scandelicious Baking- An Update on the August Cooking The Books Challenge.
It’s been a few weeks since I updated my blog. There’s been so much going on. Once the school holidays are over I’m back into work mode and there is barely time to get the jobs around the house done. Then again, I haven’t managed to get anywhere near my computer. So I thought I’d better…
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Cooking The Books February 2014- Norwegian Cinnamon Buns (How To Be A Domestic Goddess)
For my first recipe from this month’s Cooking The Books Challenge I chose to bake some Norwegian Cinnamon Buns from the Bread and Yeast Chapter of How To Be A Domestic Goddess. I’ve never been to Norway, it’s one of those places that’s high on my places to go list but I have eaten similar…