I already had all the ingredients in my cupboards (love it when that happens!). Yeast and warm milk doing it's stuff ...
Make a well in the dry ingredients ...
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ...
Then knead!
Now, I was feeling particularly lazy and so I thought I'd let my mixer take the strain. Using a dough hook attachment, I set the mixer of a really slow speed and set it to work for around 5 minutes ...
Once the dough had "come together", it was set aside in a warm location for around 2hrs, until it had doubled in size, just like regular bread ...
After the wait, I knocked the air out of the dough, then kneaded again for a couple of minutes to get a really smooth, shiny dough. I took pieces (approx 40g in weight) and rolled them into bun shapes, using a sharp knife I cut the cross shape on top, then added a little egg wash and made a "cross" of shortcrust pastry and let the buns prove ...
A quick glaze of egg wash and then into a hot oven ...
Actually, a little too hot! My buns cooked a little too quickly and got a little darker than I'd intended ...
But that really didn't matter because whilst they were still warm, I split and buttered them and had one (or two!) with a mid-morning cup of tea ...
1 comment:
That looks so yummy! I just tried my first attempt at making cake pops. I'll have to blog about it later.
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