These Iced Buns are absolutely to die for. They are old school milky soft with a divine sweet icing. Be prepared to inhale at least two…
Iced Buns
ICED BUNS RECIPE
I use a free standing mixer and dough hook to make this as the dough is sticky.
Mixing Bun Dough
As the mixer mixes the dough it becomes less sticky and starts to come away from the sides of the bowl.
Mixed Iced Bun Dough
Once the dough is smooth and elastic then cover and leave it somewhere warm to double in size.
End of first prove
After knocking back I use scales to divide equally into 12 balls.
Dividing the Bun dough
- I roll these into balls but you could shape into finger roll shapes-what ever suits you sir. I place them a good 2 cm apart on a lined or oiled baking tray and wait about 30 mins for them to puff up proudly.
Iced Buns Proving
- Bake for 10 mins until a middle brown colour and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Burnished Buns
- Mix the icing ingredients together until smooth. When the buns are cool dip then in the icing and leave back on the wire rack to set.
Iced Buns
These Iced Buns are absolutely delicious and very nostalgic to me. Soft and sweet they really are outstanding.
Ingredients
- 500 g strong white flour
- 50 g of caster sugar
- 40 g unsalted butter softened
- 2 large free range eggs beaten
- 2 + 7g sachets of instant yeast
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 150 ml of lukewarm milk
- 140 ml of water
Icing
- 200 grams icing sugar
- 5 tsp water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220 C.
- Place all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl, holding back a quarter of the water.
- I do this in a food mixer but you can do it by hand. Add the extra water.
- Knead then on a surface for ten mins or for eight in a food mixer with the dough hook. The dough begins sticky but then becomes smooth as you knead/mix. Don't be afraid to stop your mixer and scrape the dough from the sides of the bowl down halfway through if it sticks to the sides.
Once the dough is smooth and elastic then put in a clean lightly oiled bowl and cover with a damp tea towel or clingfilm and place somewhere warm for about an hour or doubled in size.
- Knock the dough down and then divide into 12. I measure the lot and then work out what each bun should weigh.
I roll these into balls but you could shape into finger roll shapes-what ever suits you sir. Place a good 2 cm apart on a lined or oiled baking tray. Cover with damp tea towel or oiled clingfilm and leave somewhere warm to puff up for about 30 mins.
Bake for 10 mins until a middle brown colour and hollow when tapped on the bottom, leave to cool on a wire rack.
Mix the Icing ingredients vigorously together in a bowl until it forms a thickish paste and dip the buns.Place back on the wire rack to set.
Apply to Face covered with stubble rash.
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Iced Cinnamon Rolls
Pain au Chocolat
Yum Yums
Doughnuts
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Iced Buns
I have linked with Cakeyboi and The Baking Explorer,with treat petite.It is The Baking Explorer hosting this week.
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These look amazing! It’s been a while since I made buns. Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my blog so I could find you. Looking forward to following your blog. 🙂
hahaha – giggling at this story, I remember something vaguely similar at one of my school discos. These buns look great though, not had one in ages! That definitely needs to be rectified:-)
Thanks for stopping my blog as well 🙂
They are so simple to do if you have a mixer with a dough hook and one of the most delicious things I have ever made.Seriously lush xx
Great recipe, I absolutely love these buns! Super easy to prepare, and a joy to taste!
Thanks Agnes.They are super seriously good!
I haven’t thought about “Forever” in forever! It was the teenage bible! Thanks for a trip down memory lane and those hideously awkward moments. Thanks for linking up to #FridayFrolics
I know!I’d forgotten all about it too until I was having a reminisce!It blew me completely away at the time.I even think it was banned at our school!How times have changed x
I think the humble iced bun is an overlooked treat! I love them, but have never made my own. Time to change that, I think!
Honestly I cannot convey how good they are.One of my top 3 recipes ever.You won’t regret it!x
I love your stories Jenny, they always have me chuckling 🙂 Absolutely great bake too, I’ve not had an iced bun for years – you’ve mae me want to go out any buy one (ok three now! – sorry can’t actually make your recipe with a dodgey wrist sadly!)
Angela x
Oh no!Hope you recover soon.This recipe blows me away every time.Trouble is There are too many in a batch and I can eat 4 easy peasy!xx
They look amazingly soft. Definitely the recipe I want to try for my family 🙂
Thanks Balvinder,they seriously are delicious,one of my fave recipes of all time x
What a great story and oooh what lovely buns! I haven’t made iced buns in such a long time. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Thanks Kirsty,I can’t stop making them…for the kids of course!!xx
Haha – I don’t even remember mine! Must have been good! I did become less confident over time, however, which I think was moving in the wrong direction! In Primary school, I was quite popular and had quite a few ‘boyfriends’, by secondary school I was very shy and avoided everyone! Most of my friends were boys as a teenager, so I actually could talk to boys very easily – I just didn’t even attempt to deal with the fear associated with anything else! Thanks so much for joining us for #FridayFrolics
Love your story about the first kiss! Mine was in a fort, I think I was thirteen or fourteen and he had braces! YUCK. He wanted to be girlfriend/boyfriend but I wasn’t into it hahaha. I remember my first boyfriend and I never even spoke to each other lol. It must have been really different at an all girls school, I can totally imagine your handsome tubby, I know the type! Thanks so much for sharing with #stayclassymama!