Christmas Buns

Paul Hollywood's fruit rolls can be made ahead then heated up before adding a glossy glaze and citrus icing

• Cooking Time Cook 25 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Serves 9

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  455

• Protein

  9g

• Carbs

  89g

• Fat

  9g

• Saturates

  5g

• Fibre

  3g

• Sugar

  47g

• Salt

  0.65g

Ingredients

• 500g strong white flour, plus extra for dusting
• 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
• 300ml milk
• 40g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
• 1 egg
• vegetable oil, for greasing
• For the filling
• 25g unsalted butter, melted
• 75g soft brown sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 100g dried cranberries
• 100g chopped dried apricots
• For the glaze
• 50g caster sugar
• For the lemon icing
• zest 1 lemon
• 200g icing sugar

Directions

1. Put the flour and 1 tsp salt into a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the yeast. Meanwhile, warm the milk and butter in a pan until the butter melts and the mixture is lukewarm. Add the milk mixture and egg to the flour mixture and stir until the contents come together as a soft dough (add extra flour if you need to).
2. Tip the dough onto a well-floured surface. Knead for 5 mins, adding more flour if necessary, until the dough is smooth, elastic and no longer sticky.
3. Lightly oil a bowl with the vegetable oil. Place the dough in the bowl and turn until covered in oil. Cover the bowl with cling film and set aside in a warm place for 1 hr or until doubled in size. Lightly grease a baking sheet and set aside.
4. For the filling, knock the dough back to its original size and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll it into a 1cm-thick rectangle. Brush all over with the melted butter, then sprinkle over the sugar, cinnamon and fruit.
5. Roll up the dough into a tight cylinder, cut into 9 x 4cm slices and position on the prepared baking sheet, leaving a little space between. Cover with a tea towel and set aside to rise for 30 mins.
6. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Bake the buns for 20-25 mins or until risen and golden brown. Meanwhile, melt the glaze sugar with 4 tbsp water until syrupy.
7. Remove from oven and glaze. Set aside to cool on a wire rack. Once cool, mix the zest and icing sugar with about 2 tbsp water to drizzle over the buns. Serve.

Categories: All Christmas