Cream Buns Recipes Recipe Box

BRITISH CREAM BUNS

Steps:

• Sift the dry yeast with the flour and sugar.
• Rub the butter into the dry mixture until you a fine crumb type mixture.
• Add the warm water and warm milk and salt combined together, into the dry mixture.
• Combine until a soft dough.
• Place onto a lightly floured board and knead 8 minutes.
• Of course all the above can be done in your electric mixer with a dough hook as you would any bread dough.
• Put dough into light oiled bowl, cover and let stand in a draft free warm area for 2 hours or until doubled.
• Punch dough down.
• Place again onto a board and knead by hand 4 minutes.
• Divide into 12 portions for the buns.
• Knead each portion into a nice round bun, and place onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Leaving enough room for rising in between.
• Set aside covered in a warm place until about 1/2 doubled in size or about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Brush with beaten yolk and water combined into a wash.
• Bake in a hot oven 450 degrees oven for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees for the last 15 minutes.
• Total baking time 25 minutes.
• OR until Golden brown-- Place on a wire rack to cool.
• When cold slit each bun and place in mock cream and a dab of lemon curd lengthwise in and along the slit.
• Dust all over with powdered icing sugar-- These are not sweet buns-- for added sweetness can place a jam of choice into the cut, with the cream.
• Mock Cream.
• Make a sugar syrup with the water and sugar in a saucepot.
• Just dissolve and bring to a boil and boil three minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool completely.
• When syrup is cold, beat the butter with the vanilla for a long time until it is white in colour and fluffy.
• Gradually while mixer is still beating pour in the cold syrup, beat constantly.
• Fill buns with the mock cream, or use ontop of tarts of choice.

EASY CREAM CHEESE CINNAMON BUNS

Steps:

• Spray a bundt or loaf pan with non stick spray and pre heat oven to 350°F.
• In a small bowl mix together white sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
• In a small saucepan melt butter and brown sugar stirring until brown sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
• Cut cream cheese into 20 cubes.
• Using your fingers press out each biscuit to roughly 1/4 to 1/2 inch think. Place one cream cheese cube and a sprinkle of cinnamon and sugar in each.
• Wrap it up into a ball and place into your greased pan. When you do your first 10 drizzle half the brown sugar and butter mixture over them spread your nuts around this layer as well. Finish your last 10 then cover with remaining sauce and you could save half your nuts to put on top here, but when you turn it over onto the plate I hate to have them on the bottom!
• Bake for 30 minutes. Cool and turn over onto a plate.

JUMBO CREAM ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the milk, shortening, sugar, egg, salt and 3 cups flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down; turn onto a lightly floured surface. Roll into an 18x12-in. rectangle. Combine filling ingredients; sprinkle over dough to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Cut into 12 slices. Combine the topping ingredients; pour into two greased 8-in. square baking dishes. Place rolls over topping. Cover and let rise for 45 minutes or until nearly doubled., Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto serving platters.