British · PANTRYHOP RECIPE
Chelsea Buns
45 minutes · 6 servings · vegetarian
A familiar British bakery bun, simplified with ready-made dough.
Ingredients
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- 500 g ready-made sweet dough
- 30 g butter, softened
- 60 g brown sugar
- 100 g mixed dried fruit
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 2 tbsp milk
- 75 g icing sugar
Let’s make it
- Preheat the oven to 190 C/375 F. Roll the dough into a rectangle and spread with butter.
- Mix the sugar, dried fruit, cinnamon and orange zest, then scatter over the dough.
- Roll up tightly from the long side and cut into 6 slices. Place in a baking tin.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden. Mix icing sugar with milk to make a glaze and drizzle over warm buns.
- Cool slightly before serving.
Let children help sprinkle the fruit filling before rolling up.
Cooking time varies with equipment and batch size. Follow school allergy rules for children’s meals; keep perishable lunches cold.
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