Iced Buns

What Goes With It

• Tea
• Milk
• Cherries
• Butter

How to Cook Iced Buns

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1. Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Add the milk, egg and butter and knead for 10 minutes to a smooth, soft dough.

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2. Leave to rise in an oiled bowl, covered, for 1 hour until doubled.

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3. Divide into twelve, shape into fingers and set close together on a lined tray. Leave for 20 minutes. Heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F.

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4. Bake for 15 minutes until golden and cool completely.

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5. Stir the icing sugar with the water into a thick icing and spread over the cooled buns.

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Worth Knowing Before You Cook

Use lukewarm milk.

Keep the dough soft.

If your oven runs hot, check at 12 minutes.

Cool before icing.

Storing and Reheating

Best on the day. Keeps in a tin for 2 days.

Common Questions

Iced Buns Nutrition Facts

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.