Feb

23

Nat’s Chocolate Twister Buns

Filed under: Breads, Breakfasts, Diary, Photos, Recipes — English Mum @ 4:42 pm
 

Leave dough to rise in a warm place

Leave dough to rise in a warm placeWhile waiting for the dough to rise, clean up yer crap

Brush on the butter and sprinkle with the choccy…

Bake for 20 mins and…ta da!

On meeting a Yorkshireman once, J uttered those immortal words: ‘ooh, I LOVE your puddings’.  C has never let her forget it.  In the same vein, therefore, if I bumped into Frank Lampard, I’d let him know how much I like his buns (Chelsea buns.  Stop it.)  So this morning, for your delectation, I present the best recipe I’ve tried in a long time, a delectable choccy kind of Chelsea bun.  And it’s not just the fact that the end result is fabulous, it’s also the fact that it’s really fun to do some hard core beavering in the kitchen occasionally, filling the house with delightful bakery-type wafts of sweetness, and underlining your worth as a Mum, wifey and all-round good gal.  These lovely buns are the creation of Nats over at Eire Rules, who generously gave me carte blanch to go ahead and do what I like with the recipe.  In the end, though, it’s so perfect, even I couldn’t fiddle about with it.  Here goes then:

For the bread dough:

650g strong white bread flour

1 ½ tsp salt

5 ml honey or sugar

15 ml oil

7g sachet instant yeast

400ml warm water

For the filling:

200g  dark chocolate, finely chopped

100g melted butter 

Sprinkle of crunchy brown sugar

So combine all the dry ingredients, bung them in the mixer, then mix all the wet ingredients in a jug and pour them onto the dry.  Mix with a dough hook for 5 minutes, or knead by hand for ten minutes (much better result).

Bung your dough into a bowl, cover with clingfilm and a clean teatowel and leave somewhere warm for 45 minutes until doubled in size. 

Thump heartily with a clenched fist to knock down the dough, then roll out into a large rectangle.  Brush the dough generously with the melted butter and sprinkle on the chocolate, then roll up and cut into 2cm slices.  Place your slices on a baking sheet and leave them somewhere warm again to puff up and double in size.

 Finally, brush with the remaining melted butter, sprinkle with the crunchy sugar and bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 200 degrees C.  Tuck in, and do the ‘we’re not worthy’ bowing thing to Nats.  Yum.

21 Comments »

  1. Look fantastic! Next time I am going to try cranberry, orange and chocolate. Will let you know how that goes. You can write the recipe, much better at it than me! Huge sigh of relief that all went well.

    Comment by Natalie — February 23, 2008 @ 5:53 pm

  2. Omigod!

    They look absolutely, drooligly FABULOUS!

    (sluuuuurp!)

    :P

    Comment by Jennynib — February 23, 2008 @ 5:58 pm

  3. Nats: You taught me well, oh masterful one. Ooh, they were fab. I’m going to try proper Chelseas with butter, brown sugar and sultanas next time.

    J: I could post you one…? xx

    Comment by englishmuminireland — February 23, 2008 @ 6:01 pm

  4. Droooool
    Droooool
    Droooool

    Think I might have to teach the girls to make them.

    Comment by Thriftcriminal — February 23, 2008 @ 7:40 pm

  5. How come I never get an invite to try these ??

    Comment by Moon — February 24, 2008 @ 1:26 am

  6. Thrifty: Ohhh so worth it. Get those girls into the kitchen right now! Or, you could actually make them yourself????

    Moon: You’re too far away, and parcel force don’t do emergency bun delivery x

    Comment by Englishmuminireland — February 24, 2008 @ 11:51 am

  7. Cor. Love Chelsea buns and a chocolate version is an inspired idea. I feel a cooking session coming on…

    Comment by Wee Jen — February 24, 2008 @ 1:35 pm

  8. But I love nice buns….. although I think i prefer lovely baps …

    Comment by Moon — February 24, 2008 @ 2:54 pm

  9. Much more fun getting a 6 year old and 3 year old involved.

    Comment by Thriftcriminal — February 24, 2008 @ 3:06 pm

  10. Ah, I well remember my (only!) trip to Lahndahn, land of my sweeties’ birth…

    Beautiful white Docs in Camden Market that I shall wear on my wedding day and the sublime Chelsea Bun…

    Time to go back, methinks…

    Comment by Jennynib — February 24, 2008 @ 8:41 pm

  11. What’s that lovely shiny kitchen-y yoke in your second pic, EM?
    Bee-uuut-iful looking buns too.

    Comment by Sandra in Maryland — February 25, 2008 @ 12:58 am

  12. No, not the mixing bowl!! The YOKE to the left of it. The gadget thingy? I probably need one of them, and just don’t know it yet.

    Comment by Sandra in Maryland — February 25, 2008 @ 12:59 am

  13. They look great. Just managed to make some icing last night….under the instrcution of a male friend. What’s the world coming to?

    Comment by 73man — February 25, 2008 @ 9:38 am

  14. F*cking hell you lead a sad life sis getting excited about chocolate buns,whatever happened to sex drugs and rock n roll x

    Comment by Ali — February 25, 2008 @ 10:10 am

  15. Jen: Very enjoyable too. And all that kneading is so good for the biceps. Lol.

    Moon: Seeing as we’re related, I’m not sure I’m happy with you commenting on my baps heheh.

    Thrifty: There you go, then. Set those smalls to work. Mind you, when kids get involved, your dough always ends up grey, doesn’t it. Wonder why that is…? x

    J: Ahh, I can picture you walking down the aisle in white Dockies. Mind you, shouldn’t they be cream…or ivory…? Heh xx

    Sandra: that’s my fahbilis Kenwood Mixer. Me Mam bought it for me, and it’s the best ever. The mixing bowl fits on that L shaped bit and the dough hook clips into the top bit which then clicks down into position. Technical huh? x

    73: Icing?! Is there no end to your talents? What did you ice? x

    Comment by englishmuminireland — February 25, 2008 @ 10:19 am

  16. Mad Uncle A! Glad you could join us. Yes I’m afraid there’s very little rock and roll goes on at English Towers these days. By the way I edited your appallingly bad language. You might upset Moon, he’s very delicate x

    Comment by englishmuminireland — February 25, 2008 @ 10:43 am

  17. that’s another post, wait til I get that blog home!

    Comment by 73man — February 25, 2008 @ 11:50 am

  18. Nice to see my Cousin adding some class to the blogg … can you bad him ?

    Comment by Moon — February 25, 2008 @ 3:43 pm

  19. 73: Aw go on… x

    Moon: You know what they say, you can’t choose yer family…x

    Comment by englishmuminireland — February 25, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

  20. Ooo, these buns look so delish I’m going to attempt to translate the recipe into volumetric measures. Wish my math-challenged American brain luck.

    Comment by sometimesispill — February 27, 2008 @ 10:26 pm

  21. SIS: Welcome! Hmmm..good luck with that - I’m afraid I’m not very good at changing recipes - hope they work out! x

    Comment by englishmuminireland — February 29, 2008 @ 7:04 pm

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