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Tear and share chocolate cherry buns

This tear and share comfort food delight is simultaneously light and deliciously sticky, with a glace cherry and chocolate filling and easy icing sugar glaze.

A rectangle-ish set of cooked sticky buns sits on a wire cooking rack, one is torn off the front and sites separately, showing the slighlty melted choc interior and sticky glaze.

Tear and share chocolate cherry buns. Credit: Hairy Bikers Comfort Food

  • serves

    10-12

  • prep

    35 minutes

  • cook

    25 minutes

  • difficulty

    Mid

serves

10-12

people

preparation

35

minutes

cooking

25

minutes

difficulty

Mid

level

Ingredients

Dough
  • 250 ml milk
  • 75 g butter
  • 500 g strong white bread flour
  • 1 tsp mixed spice (optional)
  • 7 g instant yeast
  • 75 g soft light brown sugar
  • 1 egg

Filling
  • 100 g butter, softened
  • 50 ml maple syrup
  • 25 g dark soft brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 100 g glace cherries, halved
  • 100 g chocolate chips

To bake
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar

Glaze (optional)
  • 200 g icing sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp just boiled water
Rising time: 2 hours total.

Instructions

  1. Line a 26-28cm round deep cake tin or a deep roasting tin with baking paper (parchment)and butter generously.
  2. Put the milk in a saucepan and bring up to almost boiling point. Remove from the heat and add the butter. Leave to stand until the butter has melted and it has cooled to blood temperature.
  3. Put the flour and spice in a large bowl with the yeast, sugar and a large pinch of salt. Make a well in the middle. Beat the egg into the milk and butter mixture. Add this to the flour and stir until well combined – you will find that you have a very soft, sticky dough.
  4. Lightly oil your hands and the work surface, then turn out the dough. Knead until no longer sticky and you have a smooth, elastic dough. Return the dough to the bowl and cover with a damp tea towel. Leave to prove until it has doubled in size – around an hour and a half.
  5. Make the filling. Beat the butter with the maple syrup, sugar, spices and a pinch of salt until you have a creamy, toffee-coloured butter.
  6. Turn the dough out and roll or pat out into a rectangle of around 30cm by 23cm. Spread the butter mixture over the dough, then sprinkle with the cherries and chocolate chips. Roll up fairly tightly, then cut into 10-12 pieces.
  7. Arrange the rounds, cut sides down, in the deep cake tin. Brush with beaten egg, then leave for around another 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Brush again, then sprinkle with the sugar. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until a rich golden brown and well risen.
  8. For an optional glaze, gradually add hot water to the icing sugar until you have a glaze which is thin enough to pour, but won’t run off too much. Leave the buns to cool in the tin, then drizzle over lines of the glaze. Leave to set.

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.


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Published 22 August 2023 10:03am
By Simon King
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