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Best Chelsea Buns in London
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Real ingredients (via TheMealDB): 500g White Flour, 1 tsp Salt, 7g Yeast, 300ml Milk, 40g Butter, 1 Eggs, Dash Vegetable Oil, 25g Butter, 75g Brown Sugar, 2 tsp Cinnamon, 150g Dried Fruit, 2 tbs Milk…
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Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and add the yeast. Meanwhile, warm the milk and butter in a saucepan until the butter melts and the mixture is lukewarm. Add the milk mixture and egg to the flour mixture and stir until the contents of the bowl come together as a soft dough. (You may need to add a little extra flour.) Tip the dough onto a generously floured work surface. Knead for five minutes, adding more flour if necessary, until the dough is smooth and elastic and no longer feels sticky. Lightly oil a bowl with a little of the vegetable oil. Place the dough into the bowl and turn until it is covered in the oil. Cover the bowl with cling film and set aside in a warm place for one hour, or until the dough has doubled in size. Lightly grease a baking tray. For the filling, knock the dough back to its original size and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface. Roll the dough out into a rectangle 0.5cm/¼in thick. Brush all over with the melted
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