Blood Orange Sticky Iced Buns Recipes

BLOOD ORANGE STICKY ICED BUNS

Steps:

• Put the flours, milk, yeast, salt, sugar and 125ml of warm water in a large bowl, and mix together. Add the beaten egg, blood orange zest and butter, and mix to a sticky dough.
• Tip out the dough onto a worksurface and knead for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. If the dough is sticking, lightly oil your hands.
• Put the dough in a large buttered bowl, cover and leave to rise for 2 hours or until doubled in size, then tip the dough out and knead a few times to knock out the air.
• Divide the dough into 20 pieces and roll into balls. Arrange them in 5 rows of 4 on a large baking-paper-lined tray. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave to prove for at least an hour at room temperature, or until doubled in size. Don't worry if they touch during proving or baking - they will tear apart easily once baked.
• Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Once the dough balls have doubled in size, bake for 15 20 minutes or until they are golden brown and sound hollow when gently tapped. Leave to cool on the tray.
• Mix together the icing sugar and about 2 tbsp of blood orange juice in a large bowl until smooth and glossy.
• Spoon a generous tbsp of icing onto each of the buns, and decorate with edible flowers or toasted flaked almonds, if you like.

ORANGE STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• For the orange glaze: Grease a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter, orange juice, honey and salt and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring gently to dissolve the sugar. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until the glaze thickens and coats the back of a spoon, about 7 minutes. Pour the glaze into the cake pan and set aside.
• For the orange roll filling: In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, orange zest, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Pour over the butter and use a fork to stir the mixture until it resembles wet sand. Set the filling aside while you make the dough.
• For the orange roll dough: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and melted butter. Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon or spatula until a shaggy dough forms.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead gently until smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Roll the dough out into a 12-by-9-inch rectangle. Spread the reserved filling evenly over the dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edges. Starting at one long end, gently roll the dough into a log and pinch the seam. Slice the log into 8 even pieces and place the rolls cut-side down onto the glaze in the cake pan.
• Bake until the rolls are golden and the filling is dark and bubbly, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool the rolls in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn them out onto a platter, spreading any leftover glaze from the pan over the top of the rolls. Allow to cool slightly before serving.