British Cream Buns Recipes

CREAM BUNS

Steps:

• Measure the flour, sugar, salt and yeast into the bowl of an electric stand mixer.
• Lightly mix the ingredients together using the dough hook.
• Slowly pour in the warm milk, and continue mixing until everything comes together into a rough dough.
• Add the butter, one tablespoon at a time. Once the butter has been fully incorporated into the dough, add the next tablespoon of butter.
• Once all of the butter has been added, continue kneading the dough on medium speed for about 15 to 20 minutes.
• The dough is ready when it is soft and smooth, and also slightly elastic in texture when you try to stretch it. If you poke the dough softly, it should bounce back right away.
• Lightly oil a large mixing bowl.
• Place the dough inside the bowl.
• Cover the dough with a clean tea towel, cling film, or a reusable bowl cover.
• Leave the dough somewhere warm for 1 to 1.5 hours, or until the dough has doubled in size (see Kitchen Notes below).
• Once the dough has doubled in size, punch back the dough to release all of the air.
• Gently knead the dough a few times, and then knead in all of the raisins.
• Portion your dough into 12 equal pieces. If you have some kitchen scales, weigh the dough and then divide this number by 12. This will be the weight of each bun dough.
• Line a large baking tray with a sheet of baking paper.
• Gently knead each ball of into a round ball.
• Place the balls of dough onto the lined baking tray, slightly spaced apart.
• Place the tray somewhere warm for about 30 minutes, or until the buns have risen and puffed up slightly.
• Preheat the oven to 220°C/428°F (without fan).
• Make the egg wash by lightly whisking together the egg and milk.
• Brush the buns with some egg wash.
• Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the buns are lightly golden. Check the buns at about 10 minutes, and if they are browning too quickly, cover them with a loose sheet of foil for the rest of the baking time. The buns are cooked if an internal thermometer reads 85°C (185°F).
• Gently remove the buns (intact) to a wire rack, and leave them to cool completely.
• I find it quickest and easiest to use a piping bag to work with the jam, but you can simply use a teaspoon or butter knife.
• Whisk the cream until it has thickened and soft peaks form.
• Transfer the whipped cream to a large piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle.
• Separate the buns.
• Use a serrated knife to split the buns open on a diagonal, but do not cut all the way through.
• Spread a small amount (or a lot) of jam onto one side of the bun.
• Pipe the cream on top of the jam.
• Dot a small amount of jam on top of the cream, in the centre.
• Lightly dust the buns with some icing sugar (powdered sugar).
• Serve immediately.

PAUL HOLLYWOOD'S ICED BUNS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 210°C/190°C fan/415°F/Gas 7. To make the dough, place all the dry ingredients into the bowl of the stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment. Add the milk, beaten egg, softened butter and half of the water, then mix until the dough comes together. Slowly add the remaining water to form a sticky dough. Mix on high for 8 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. Using a dough scraper, place the dough in an oiled bowl and leave to prove for 45 minutes or until just doubled in size.
• Meanwhile make the jam. Put a small saucer in the freezer. Add chopped strawberries, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice to a pan and place over a medium heat. Cook for about 5 minutes until the strawberries are soft and the juices run. Mash slightly. Bring to the boil and boil for 5-7 minutes. Spoon a thin layer of jam on to the cold saucer and push with your finger, if it wrinkles and does not flood the gap, it is ready. If not, put the pan back on the heat and boil for an additional 1-2 minutes and test again. Once ready, transfer to a bowl to cool.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knock back. Knead for 2 minutes minutes until smooth. Divide the dough into 6 pieces, then roll into balls and shape into fingers about 12-13cm long. Place the dough fingers in a line on an oiled baking sheet, leaving space between so that they just touch each other when risen. Place the tray in a proving bag and set aside in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• For the icing, place the fondant icing sugar in a bowl and gradually whisk in a tablespoon of water at a time to create a thick paste, beating out any lumps. Add the yellow food colouring and whisk to create a uniform coloured icing.
• Once the dough fingers have proved, bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
• For the Chantilly, whisk the cream, icing sugar and vanilla together to soft peaks. Spoon into a piping bag fitted with a medium star nozzle.
• Slice each finger horizontally creating an even top and bottom and spread a layer of jam on the bottom half of each bun. Pipe cream in rosettes on top. Dip the top of the fingers into the icing, holding it upside down to let any excess fall away.
• Smooth the icing over the bun with your finger, then top with sugar sprinkles. Leave to set for a few minutes on a wire rack, then gently place the top of each bun over the filling and serve.

CREAM BUNS

Steps:

• NOTE: 2 tsp of dry active yeast can be substituted for the compressed yeast. sift dry yeast with flour and sugar, rub in butter, add combined lukewarm milk and water, then proceed as for recipe).
• cream yeast with 1 tsp of the sugar, add lukewarm milk, let stand 10 to 15 minutes until frothy.
• sift flour and remainging sugar into bowl, rub in butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• make well in centre of dry ingredients, add yeast mixture and lukewarm water, mix to a soft dough.
• turn out on to floured surface.
• knead 5 minutes.
• put dough into lightly oiled bowl.
• cover, stand in warm place 1 hour or until dough has doubled in bulk.
• punch dough down in bowl.
• turn out on to floured surface: knead 5 minutes. divide into twelve even portions.
• knead each portion of dough into a round.
• put rounds on well greased oven tray, allowing room for spreading.
• set in warm place 10 minutes or until half doubled in size.
• brush with combined beaten egg yolk and extra water.
• bake in hot oven 10 minutes,reduce heat to moderate, bake further 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• put buns on wire rack.
• when cold, slit open, fill with raspberry jam and mock cream, dust each bun with a litle sifted icing sugar.
• Mock Cream:.
• combine water and sugar.sift over heat to dissolve sugar.bring to boil, remove from heat.
• when completely cold, beat butter and vanilla until white and fluffy, gradually pour in cold syrup, beating constantly.

BRITISH CREAM BUNS

Steps:

• Sift the dry yeast with the flour and sugar.
• Rub the butter into the dry mixture until you a fine crumb type mixture.
• Add the warm water and warm milk and salt combined together, into the dry mixture.
• Combine until a soft dough.
• Place onto a lightly floured board and knead 8 minutes.
• Of course all the above can be done in your electric mixer with a dough hook as you would any bread dough.
• Put dough into light oiled bowl, cover and let stand in a draft free warm area for 2 hours or until doubled.
• Punch dough down.
• Place again onto a board and knead by hand 4 minutes.
• Divide into 12 portions for the buns.
• Knead each portion into a nice round bun, and place onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Leaving enough room for rising in between.
• Set aside covered in a warm place until about 1/2 doubled in size or about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Brush with beaten yolk and water combined into a wash.
• Bake in a hot oven 450 degrees oven for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees for the last 15 minutes.
• Total baking time 25 minutes.
• OR until Golden brown-- Place on a wire rack to cool.
• When cold slit each bun and place in mock cream and a dab of lemon curd lengthwise in and along the slit.
• Dust all over with powdered icing sugar-- These are not sweet buns-- for added sweetness can place a jam of choice into the cut, with the cream.
• Mock Cream.
• Make a sugar syrup with the water and sugar in a saucepot.
• Just dissolve and bring to a boil and boil three minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool completely.
• When syrup is cold, beat the butter with the vanilla for a long time until it is white in colour and fluffy.
• Gradually while mixer is still beating pour in the cold syrup, beat constantly.
• Fill buns with the mock cream, or use ontop of tarts of choice.

ICED BUNS WITH CREAM & JAM

Steps:

• Heat the milk until steaming. Add the butter and swirl until melted. Leave to cool slightly. Tip the flour and yeast into a bowl or stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, then add the caster sugar and ½ tsp salt.
• When the milk mix has cooled slightly (it should feel just warm when you stick a finger in) pour into the flour mix. If using a stand mixer, mix for 5-8 mins on a medium speed until springy. Or, knead in the bowl for about 10 mins - when the dough is pulled apart, it should be able to stretch without ripping.
• Put the dough in a clean bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for 1½ hrs or until doubled in size. Or, transfer to the fridge to slowly rise for up to 24 hrs (this will improve the texture and flavour).
• If the dough is chilled, remove from the fridge 1 hr before shaping. Divide into 10 equal portions (weigh them out if you want to be accurate). To make round buns, roll and shape each piece into a smooth ball, or to make finger buns, roll and shape each piece into a finger shape. Arrange on a lined baking tray, leaving space between each. Cover loosely and leave to rise for 30 mins-1 hr more until doubled.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. Brush the buns with milk and bake for 25-30 mins until golden. Put on a wire rack and leave to cool.
• Mix the icing sugar with 2-3 tbsp water - it should be thick. Divide between bowls, depending on how many food colourings you're using (we used three). Dye each with a different colouring, adding a splash more water if needed.
• Whisk the cream and 1 tbsp icing sugar until just holding its shape. Don't overwhip, as it will thicken as you pipe (see tip, below). Fit a piping bag with a star nozzle and fill with a third of the cream.
• Split the round buns in half as you would a burger bun, or the finger buns down the middle lengthways. Spoon roughly 60g lemon curd or jam over the bottom half of each bun (or down the middle), alternating the flavours, then pipe over a swirl of cream. Continue until all the buns are filled, refilling the piping bag with cream as needed. Spoon some icing over each bun, matching the colours to the jam (we used yellow for the curd, pink for the raspberry jam and purple for the blackcurrant). Decorate with the glacé cherries, sprinkles and crystallised petals, if you like, then leave to set for about 20 mins before serving. Best eaten the day they're made, but will keep in the fridge for 24 hrs.

ENGLISH BATTER BUNS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add the shortening, sugar, salt, eggs and 2 cups flour; beat on medium speed 3 minutes. Stir in remaining flour until smooth. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes., Stir batter vigorously for 25 strokes (dough will be slightly sticky). Spoon into 12 greased muffin cups. Tap pans to settle the batter. Cover and let rise until batter reaches tops of cups, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400°., Bake 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with butter.