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Ingredients
Buns
- ½ lemon or 1 lime, zest only, no white pith (optional)
- 500 g baker's flour
- 250 g full cream milk
- 1 tbsp dried instant yeast or 40 g fresh yeast, crumbled
- 1 pinch salt
- 70 g butter
- 50 g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 100 g sultanas
- 70 g currants
Piping
- 80 g plain flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 100 g water
Syrup
- 2 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp sugar
- Nutrition
- per 1 piece
- Calories
- 1304.6 kJ / 310.6 kcal
- Protein
- 7.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 51.4 g
- Fat
- 7.1 g
- Saturated Fat
- 4 g
- Fibre
- 2.5 g
- Sodium
- 47.5 mg
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