Homework

Today I made Choc Chip Chelsea Buns (with some help from my mum).

They take a long time to make as you have to wait for the dough to rise in between, just like making bread.

Here is the recipe:

1 tablespoon sugar, ½ cup warm water (but not hot), 1 tablespoon active yeast, ½ cup milk, 50g butter, 2 eggs, 4 cups of high grade flour.

Dissolve the sugar in the water. Sprinkle the yeast over it. Leave for 10 minutes or until frothy. Heat the milk (scald). Add in the butter and stir til melted. Cool. Beat in the eggs. Place flour in a large bowl. Max a well in the centre and put the yeast and milk mix in. Mix with a wooden spoon. Tip it all out onto a floured board and knead until smooth and elastic ( this bit was really hard work and we all took turns). Place in a greased bowl, cover with cling film and sit the bowl in a nice warm spot until it is double in size. The you get to punch the dough to flatten the air out. Turn on to a floured surface and knead until smooth. Roll out into a rectangle shape.

Melt 25 g butter, brush this all over the surface.

Mix ½ cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 cup choc chips together. Sprinkle this evenly all over the top of the dough.

Roll the dough up along the long side to make a big sausage. Cut off slices about 2.5 cm wide. Place them on a greased oven tray slightly apart.

Cover them with a dry cloth and put them back in a warm spot until the rise and are touching.

Bake at 190 degrees Celsius for approx minutes or until golden (ours only took 25 minutes). You can ice them if you want after wards.

I have attached photos mum took when we were doing this. The finished product I brought along to share.